By 1808Delaware
“Global Street Food | Handmade Noodles.”
Those five words offer the first taste of Flour & Fetty’s, a new restaurant concept coming to Polaris Fashion Place in fall 2026.
The two businesses announced the partnership this week. Their combined operation will take shape inside Flour Modern Pasta Bar’s existing restaurant at 1540 Polaris Parkway, where the partners plan to merge their menus and kitchen operations. An exact opening date has not been announced. For now, both businesses are promising additional details soon.
Two Menus Meet at Polaris
Flour & Fetty’s will be more than a temporary guest-chef appearance or limited pop-up. The announcement describes a new concept operating from Flour’s permanent restaurant space near Barnes & Noble on the south-facing side of the mall.
Flour brings handmade pasta, creative sauces and a polished dining room and bar. Fetty’s contributes the changing collection of Thai, Indian and South African dishes that has developed a devoted following at food-truck stops throughout Central Ohio. The final menu remains under wraps, but the possibilities are easy to imagine.
Flour’s current menu includes Butter Chicken Alla Vodka, Tie-Dye Ricotta Gnocchi, Korean Fried Cauliflower and Jalapeño Cheddar Mac and Cheese. Fetty’s has built its reputation with Crispy Panaeng Chicken, chili paneer, South African samoosas, Thai curries, General Tso’s chicken and bunny chow served in a hollowed loaf of bread.
Whether those particular dishes survive the transition has not been announced. The new concept’s tagline, however, makes clear that handmade noodles and globally inspired street food will remain at the center of the experience.
Flour Was Already Looking Beyond Italy
Flour Modern Pasta Bar opened at Polaris in September 2024, transforming the former Brass Tap space into a colorful restaurant centered on freshly made pasta. The restaurant was created by Columbus native Yash Kishinchand, whose family also operates Rooh in the Short North. Kishinchand attended the Culinary Institute of America in Napa, graduating at the top of his class and earning a scholarship to continue his studies at the school’s Hyde Park campus. His approach to pasta has always reached beyond traditional Italian cooking. Flour treats the noodle as a starting point for flavors drawn from India, Korea, the Midwest and other culinary traditions.
“Every culture has a version of a noodle,” Kishinchand told Ohio Magazine in 2025.
That approach quickly attracted attention. Flour placed No. 10 in USA Today’s 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice voting for Best New Restaurant and was selected as one of Columbus Monthly’s Best New Restaurants of 2025.
Fetty’s Brings a Well-Traveled Kitchen
Fetty’s Street Food reflects the life and travels of its owner, Damian Ettish. A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Ettish earned a commerce degree from the University of Cape Town before moving into the culinary world. While working in London, he spent time developing his skills in India and later traveled through Thailand and Vietnam to study the food of Southeast Asia.
Ettish first operated a food truck in Cape Town before moving to the United States. He launched the Columbus version of Fetty’s Street Food in 2016 and became a regular presence at Columbus Commons, neighborhood gatherings, breweries and private events.
His menu changes frequently, drawing from Indian and Thai cooking while periodically returning to South African favorites such as Cape Malay curry and bunny chow. Ettish told Columbus Underground that the variety was intentional because many of his regular customers encountered the truck week after week and wanted something new to try. Readers can explore Fetty’s current menu and upcoming food-truck schedule online.
The Polaris collaboration will bring that spirit of experimentation inside an established restaurant kitchen.
A Partnership That Makes Culinary Sense
On paper, a modern pasta bar and a South African-owned food truck might appear to occupy different corners of the dining world. Their menus tell a different story. Both chefs build dishes by moving freely among culinary traditions. Flour has already paired Italian pasta techniques with butter chicken, kimchi, miso and Cajun flavors. Fetty’s regularly moves between South African, Indian, Thai and Chinese-inspired street food.
Their shared interest in noodles, curries and cross-cultural combinations gives Flour & Fetty’s a natural foundation. The partnership also provides Fetty’s with a permanent restaurant setting while allowing Flour to broaden the idea that first distinguished it at Polaris.
More Details Are Still Coming
Several important questions remain unanswered, including the final menu, prices, operating hours and whether the restaurant will close temporarily during the transition. The partners also have not said whether Fetty’s food truck will remain on the road after Flour & Fetty’s opens. Until those plans are announced, Flour continues to operate under its current name and schedule.
By fall, however, one of Polaris Fashion Place’s most distinctive restaurants will be entering a new chapter, with handmade pasta meeting nearly a decade of street-food experience under one roof.
