Walkable Grandview Avenue inner ring suburb west of downtown. Stauf's Coffee Roasters since 1988 and the Grandview Yard mixed use stretch with Hofbrauhaus.
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard in Grandview Yard is the city's full-scale Bavarian beer hall, with house-brewed lagers and pretzels.
Signature: Bavarian pretzel, Schnitzel platter
Order: A house pretzel with mustard, the schnitzel platter and a one-liter Mass of the Original lager.
Tip: Live oompah Friday and Saturday nights; outdoor biergarten in season is the best seating.
Cap City Fine Diner on Olentangy River Road in Grandview is the Cameron Mitchell upscale-diner counter with the meatloaf and the Cap City burger.
Signature: Meatloaf, Cap City burger
Order: The classic meatloaf with mashed potatoes and a Cap City Old Fashioned.
Tip: Reservations on OpenTable for dinner; happy hour at the bar weekdays 16:00-18:00.
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard is the city's Bavarian beer hall with house-brewed lagers and a long pretzel and schnitzel menu in Columbus.
Signature: Schnitzel, Bavarian pretzel
Order: A pretzel with mustard, the schnitzel platter and a Mass of the Original lager.
Tip: Live oompah Friday and Saturday nights; outdoor biergarten in season.
Stauf's Coffee Roasters on Grandview Avenue has been Columbus's anchor specialty coffee roaster since 1988, with cafes across the city pulling the blend.
Sources from: Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Sumatra
How they serve: Espresso, Pour over, Filter, Whole bean retail
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard is the city's full-scale Bavarian beer hall in the Grandview Yard development, with house-brewed lagers.
Signature drink: Mass of the Original Hofbrau lager
Food: Schnitzel, sausage, pretzels
Watershed Distillery on Chesapeake Avenue runs a bottle shop and cocktail tasting room since 2010, the city's reference small-batch distillery.
Signature drink: Watershed Old Fashioned
Food: None, cocktail tastings only
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard brews Bavarian-style lagers on site, with the Original, Dunkel and seasonal Maibock pours for the city.
Watershed Distillery on Chesapeake Avenue has been an urban grain-to-glass distillery since 2010, producing gin, bourbon, vodka and rye with a tasting room.
Cap City Fine Diner on Olentangy River Road in Columbus's Grandview runs a weekend brunch with diner pancakes and the Cap City Old Fashioned mimosa.
Order: Diner pancakes with a Cap City Old Fashioned mimosa.
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard runs to 23:00 on weekends, the city's Bavarian beer hall pulling Mass pours and pretzels past dinner hour.
Try: Pretzel and the Original lager