The restaurants worth a reservation in Columbus, from neighbourhood bistros to the new classics.
The restaurants worth the trip in Columbus: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
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Order Whatever the kitchen is leading the tasting menu with this week.
Veritas on West Gay Street downtown is Chef Josh Dalton's Columbus tasting-menu room, the city's reference fine-dining counter since the 2017 move.
Order The bistro three-course at the bar with a glass from the deep Burgundy list.
The Refectory on Bethel Road, run inside a 19th century church since 1976, is Columbus's contemporary French tasting room with a 700-bottle Burgundy cellar.
Order The roasted half chicken from the Lindey's classic menu and a glass of bubbles on the patio.
Lindey's on East Beck Street has been German Village's brick-paved district anchor American room since 1981, with a covered patio in Columbus.
2 of the restaurants on this list serve german.
Order The Bahama Mama sausage plate followed by the cream puff, sized to two hands.
Schmidt's Sausage Haus on Kossuth Street is Columbus's canonical German Village hall, run by the Schmidt family since their 1886 meatpacker.
Order Whichever seasonal small plate the chef is featuring with a Middle West Vim and Vigor cocktail.
Service Bar on Courtland Avenue is the chef-driven new American counter inside Middle West Spirits, the Columbus distillery cocktail pairing.
Order Half-dozen oysters from the daily list and the steak frites.
The Pearl on North High Street is the Cameron Mitchell oyster bar and gastropub anchoring the Columbus Short North strip with a deep raw bar.
Order Whichever house-rolled pasta is on the chalkboard, plus a slice of speck off the salumi list.
Speck Italian Eatery on North High Street in downtown Columbus is the modern Italian counter for fresh pastas, wood-fired pizza and house salumi.
Order The wood-oven pizza of the moment, plus a brunch mimosa flight on Sunday.
Forno Kitchen and Bar on North High Street is Columbus's Short North wood-oven Mediterranean room with a long bar and a weekend brunch service.
Order Whatever the kitchen is doing with that week's farm haul, plus the seasonal cocktail.
Comune on Parsons Avenue in Columbus's Schumacher Place is the plant-forward dining room serving in-season vegetable plates and small dishes.
Order The Bengali breakfast plate and a cardamom chai off the tea list.
Joya's Cafe on High Street in Old Worthington is Chef Avishar Barua's Bengali American Columbus daytime room, named for his mother Joya, since 2022.
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Order A cup of turtle soup followed by the tavern burger and a cold draft.
The Old Mohawk on Mohawk Street in Schumacher Place has been a Columbus German Village tavern since 1933, with turtle soup and a tavern burger.
Order Whichever beer-pairing plate the kitchen is featuring with the seasonal IPA on tap.
The Wolf's Ridge Brewing dining room on North Fourth Street downtown Columbus runs a chef-driven new American menu alongside the brewery taproom.
Order The whole-fish special of the night plus a glass from the deep Italian list.
Tucci's on North High Street in Historic Dublin has run as the Columbus suburb's Italian seafood room since 1992, with a fine-wine cellar list.
Order Build a bowl with falafel, roasted carrots, hummus and the marinated eggplant.
Brassica on North High Street in Columbus's Short North is the Mediterranean fast-casual counter with hearth-baked pita and house-made falafel.
Order A house pretzel with mustard, the schnitzel platter and a one-liter Mass of the Original lager.
Hofbrauhaus Columbus on Goodale Boulevard in Grandview Yard is the city's full-scale Bavarian beer hall, with house-brewed lagers and pretzels.
Order The margherita whole pie and a slice of the pepperoni for the road.
Yellow Brick Pizza on West Rich Street in Columbus's Franklinton is the West Side arts district craft-pizza counter for thin-crust pies and pepperoni slices.
Order The hummus and baba ghanoush mezze with warm pita, plus a chicken shawarma rollup.
Aladdin's Eatery on North High Street in Columbus's Clintonville is the city's Lebanese Mediterranean counter with mezze and a vegetarian menu.
Order A bar pizza off the small-plates list plus a glass from the rotating natural list.
The Sycamore on East Sycamore Street has been a Columbus German Village gathering room for over a century, now a wine-and-bites bar since 2021.
Order The smash burger with a flight from the rotating Ohio brewery taps.
Bodega on the corner of North High and Third Avenue in Columbus's Short North runs the city's largest craft beer list with a tight gastropub menu.
Order The Big Sky organic burger with the side salad and a fresh-pressed juice.
Northstar Cafe on North High Street is the Columbus Short North outpost of the founded-here chain, with the Big Sky organic burger and Yoga bowl.
Order A flight of the rotating IPA and lager line, with a smash burger.
Hoof Hearted Brewing on East Fifth Avenue in Italian Village runs the brewery's Columbus taproom, with house-brewed lagers and the kitchen's smash burger.
Order A pint of the Land-Grant Greenskeeper Pilsner plus whatever food truck is parked that night.
Land-Grant Brewing in Columbus's Franklinton runs the 12,000 sqft renovated factory taproom on West Town Street, with the largest beer garden.
Order A scoop of the black raspberry chocolate chip; it is the Graeter's signature for a reason.
Graeter's at Easton Town Center is the Columbus-edge French-pot ice cream counter, churned in two-gallon copper kettles in Cincinnati since 1870.
Order The signature pepperoni in the original square thin crust.
Donatos Pizza, the Columbus thin-crust square pie founded by Jim Grote on Thurman Avenue in 1963, defines the city pizza with pepperoni to the edge.
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