Law Bird ★ 4.8
Law Bird on South High Street in Columbus is Luke and Annie Williams Pierce's intimate cocktail and natural-wine bar in the Brewery District since 2019.
Signature drink: Rotating seasonal cocktails
Food: Small plates
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Columbus for grown-ups.
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Denmark on High ★ 4.7
Denmark on High is the second-floor Short North cocktail lounge above North High Street, with a rotating seasonal menu and immersive cocktail classes.
Signature drink: Design-forward seasonal cocktail menu
Food: Snacks and shareables
Bodega ★ 4.5
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.
Signature drink: Rotating craft beer flights
Food: Smash burgers and snacks
Service Bar ★ 4.6
Service Bar inside Middle West Spirits on Courtland Avenue in Columbus runs the distillery's cocktail program alongside the chef's seasonal small plates.
Signature drink: Middle West Spirits cocktail flight
Food: Chef-driven small plates
Wolf's Ridge Taproom ★ 4.5
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.
Signature drink: House Daybreak Belgian wheat
Food: Pizza Kitchen counter
Land-Grant Brewing Taproom ★ 4.4
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.
Signature drink: Land-Grant Greenskeeper Pilsner
Food: Rotating food trucks
Seventh Son Brewing Taproom ★ 4.6
Seventh Son Brewing on the corner of North Fourth and Fourth Avenue has been Italian Village's brewery since April 2013, with a long IPA and lager menu.
Signature drink: Seventh Son rotating IPAs
Food: Snacks and food trucks
Hofbrauhaus Columbus ★ 4.2
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
The Pearl Oyster Bar ★ 4.3
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.
Signature drink: Pearl martini with oysters
Food: Raw bar and gastropub
Hoof Hearted Brewing Fifth Avenue ★ 4.2
Hoof Hearted Brewing on East Fifth Avenue in Columbus is the Italian Village pour room for the Marengo brewery, with the house IPAs and a kitchen too.
Signature drink: Hoof Hearted rotating IPA flight
Food: Smash burgers and pub food
Veritas Bar Counter ★ 4.7
The Veritas bar counter on West Gay Street downtown takes walk-in seats facing the open kitchen, with cocktail pairings off the tasting menu.
Signature drink: Cocktails paired with the tasting menu
Food: Tasting menu plates
Watershed Distillery Bottle Shop ★ 4.1
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
Comune Bar Counter ★ 4.3
Comune's bar counter on Parsons Avenue in Columbus pours vegetable-driven cocktails alongside the plant-forward small plates kitchen in Schumacher Place.
Signature drink: Seasonal vegetable-driven cocktails
Food: Plant-forward small plates
BrewDog DogTap Columbus ★ 4.0
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.
Signature drink: BrewDog Punk IPA on cask
Food: American gastropub menu
The Sycamore ★ 4.1
The Sycamore on East Sycamore Street has been a German Village neighborhood bar for over a century, now pouring natural wines under 2021 ownership.
Signature drink: Natural wine by the glass
Food: Bar pizza and cheese
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