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Columbus has a quietly strong cocktail bar scene, with rooms that treat the bar program as the main event. Law Bird in the Brewery District and Service Bar in the Short North both built reputations on inventive, ingredient-driven drinks, while Denmark on High brings a sleek upstairs lounge to North High Street. Veritas Bar Counter downtown ties its bar work to a serious kitchen.
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Drink Rotating seasonal cocktails
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Drink Seventh Son rotating IPAs
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.
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.
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.
Drink Hoof Hearted rotating IPA flight
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.
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.
Drink Watershed Old Fashioned
Watershed Distillery on Chesapeake Avenue runs a bottle shop and cocktail tasting room since 2010, the city's reference small-batch distillery.
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.
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.
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.
Try Cocktails and snacks
Law Bird on South High Street runs late Friday and Saturday until 01:00, the Columbus Brewery District natural-wine and cocktail bar by the Pierces.
Try Cocktails and snacks
Denmark on High runs the Columbus Short North's late-night cocktail lounge above North High Street, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday nights.
