Food

10 Best Fried Chicken Spots in Columbus, Georgia, Ranked by Diners

In Columbus, Georgia, fried chicken isn’t just another menu item. It’s a Southern tradition, a Sunday dinner favorite an...

Oct. 14, 2026

Food

34 Columbus Restaurants With a Perfect Health Score and 4.5+ Stars on Google

The best meal is a great one from a clean kitchen. So we went looking for the Columbus restaurants that have both. Thes...

Oct. 14, 2026

Food

Columbus Restaurant Inspections: 6 Perfect Scores, 3 B Grades This Week (Oct. 7 to Oct. 13)

Health inspectors checked 16 restaurants, school cafeterias and other food businesses in Columbus from Oct. 7 to Oct. 13...

Oct. 14, 2026

Business

6 Restaurant and Retail Developments Columbus, Georgia, Residents Should Know About in 2026

Columbus, Georgia, has welcomed several new restaurants and entertainment businesses in 2026, and the area’s commercial...

Oct. 12, 2026

Food

Every Columbus Restaurant's Health Score, Searchable in Seconds: Columbus Times Launches Free Inspection Lookup

Before you pick a place for dinner tonight, you can now check its health inspection score in seconds. Columbus Times ha...

Oct. 9, 2026

Food

10 Great Columbus Meals Under $15, From a $4.40 Scrambled Dog to a Shrimp Dinner

Eating out keeps getting more expensive, but Columbus still has plenty of great meals that cost less than $15. We checke...

Oct. 9, 2026

Community

Fort Benning Graduation in Columbus: Your Family's Guide to the Ceremony, the Gate, Hotels and Food

Every week, families from across the country come to Columbus to watch their soldiers graduate at Fort Benning. If you'r...

Oct. 9, 2026

Food

The 10 Best Barbecue Joints in Columbus and Phenix City, Ranked by Diners

Everybody in Columbus has a barbecue place, and everybody thinks theirs is the best. So we didn't pick. We let the diner...

Oct. 9, 2026

Food

The Oldest Restaurants Still Serving in Columbus and Phenix City

Restaurants come and go, but a few Columbus-area spots have been feeding the same families for generations. Here are the...

Oct. 9, 2026

Food

The 10 Highest-Rated Restaurants in Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley, According to Thousands of Diners

Everybody has an opinion about the best restaurant in Columbus. So we let the diners decide. Columbus Times ranked rest...

Oct. 7, 2026

Food

Best Soul Food in Columbus: 8 Local Spots for Oxtails, Turkey Wings and Peach Cobbler

Columbus knows good cooking. Turkey wings that fall off the bone, oxtails in deep brown gravy, collards cooked low and s...

Oct. 7, 2026

Food

Columbus Restaurant Inspections: 9 Perfect Scores, 7 B Grades This Week (Sept. 30 to Oct. 6)

Health inspectors checked 25 restaurants, school cafeterias and other food businesses in Columbus from Sept. 30 to Oct....

Oct. 7, 2026

Community

Veterans Day 2026 in Columbus: Free Meals, Deals and Events Honoring Those Who Served

Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11, and with Fort Benning next door, few places in America have more veterans and milita...

Oct. 5, 2026

Community

New Restaurants in Columbus: 7 Places That Opened in 2026 (October Update)

Columbus's restaurant scene has been busy in 2026, with a new steakhouse, a breakfast spot built like a science lab, a b...

Oct. 4, 2026