Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Columbus for grown-ups.

Food tour in Columbus

Short North Walking Food Tour

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Where to drink

15 places

Denmark on High

Drink Design-forward seasonal cocktail menu

Denmark on High is the second-floor Short North cocktail lounge above North High Street, with a rotating seasonal menu and immersive cocktail classes.

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Bodega

Drink Rotating craft beer flights

Bodega on the corner of North High and Third Avenue runs Columbus's largest craft beer list, with a long happy hour and a kitchen until 01:00.

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Brewery tours and tastings in Columbus

3 of the bars on this list are brewery taprooms.

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Service Bar

Drink Middle West Spirits cocktail flight

Service Bar inside Middle West Spirits on Courtland Avenue in Columbus runs the distillery's cocktail program alongside the chef's seasonal small plates.

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Wolf's Ridge Taproom

Drink House Daybreak Belgian wheat

Wolf's Ridge Brewing taproom on North Fourth Street pours the brewery's IPAs, lagers and the house Daybreak Belgian wheat, with a Pizza Kitchen counter.

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Land-Grant Brewing Taproom

Drink Land-Grant Greenskeeper Pilsner

Land-Grant Brewing in Columbus's Franklinton runs the largest outdoor beer garden in the city, with the Greenskeeper Pilsner and rotating food trucks daily.

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Hofbrauhaus Columbus

Drink Mass of the Original Hofbrau lager

Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard is the city's full-scale Bavarian beer hall in the Grandview Yard development, with house-brewed lagers.

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The Pearl Oyster Bar

Drink Pearl martini with oysters

The Pearl on North High Street in Columbus runs the Short North's reference oyster bar, with a martini list paired against the daily oyster selection list.

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Veritas Bar Counter

  • ★ 4.7
  • Restaurant cocktail bar
  • $$$
  • Downtown

Drink Cocktails paired with the tasting menu

The Veritas bar counter on West Gay Street downtown takes walk-in seats facing the open kitchen, with cocktail pairings off the tasting menu.

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Comune Bar Counter

Drink Seasonal vegetable-driven cocktails

Comune's bar counter on Parsons Avenue in Columbus pours vegetable-driven cocktails alongside the plant-forward small plates kitchen in Schumacher Place.

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BrewDog DogTap Columbus

  • ★ 4.0
  • Brewery bar
  • $$$

Drink BrewDog Punk IPA on cask

BrewDog DogTap Columbus on Gender Road in Canal Winchester is the Scottish brand's North American HQ since 2017, with a 42-acre brewery campus.

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The Sycamore

Drink Natural wine by the glass

The Sycamore on East Sycamore Street has been a German Village neighborhood bar for over a century, now pouring natural wines under 2021 ownership.

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