Mike Wolanin | The Republic An exterior view of Olesya’s Kitchen in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Olesya move her restaurant from its current ...
Mike Wolanin | The Republic Olesya Whitfield, the owner of Olesya’s Kitchen, talks about founding her restaurant during an interview at the restaurant in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A ...
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The first time Olesya Whitfield cooked with her grandmother in Ukraine, she fed a whole crowd by accident. At that young age, she was not quite sure how much water to put into rice.