The 12 Finest Rooftop Patios in Columbus

As Midwesterners, we love a very good patio, and can collect on them virtually any time of the 12 months. So it stands to cause that rooftop patios could be common for hanging out, assembly up for drinks, and savoring a very good meal in Columbus. We’ve seen increasingly more added in recent times, so I rounded up 12 of the perfect rooftop patios in Columbus!

The brand new Hilton Tower not solely modified the Columbus skyline, it gave us our tallest restaurant. Sitting on the twenty eighth flooring is Tales on Excessive, a cocktail bar and tapas-focused eatery led by chef Sebastian la Rocca (who additionally runs the kitchen at Fyr on the principle flooring). A pair of outside patios look north and west, whereas the indoor eating rooms function floor-to-ceiling home windows that allow you to look out over downtown Columbus, the Enviornment District, and the Brief North.

Learn extra: Cocktails, Sushi, and Small Plates at Columbus’ Highest Rooftop Bar

Brass Eye is the eighth flooring eatery of The Junto Lodge on the Scioto Peninsula. It options an indoor bar and eating room, with patios that wrap across the northern and western parts. It gives a few of the finest views of downtown Columbus, COSI, and the riverfront. The patio wraps round to the again with a firepit, backyard lights, and views into Franklinton. Brass Eye includes a small menu of appetizers and small plates, plus a listing of libations named after completely different phrases for drunkenness. Don’t miss out on their Sunday brunch as effectively!

Learn extra: Brunch on the Brass Eye at The Junto Lodge and The 6 Issues To Do on the New Junto Lodge

I’m sensing a theme of recent accommodations with elevated eating places! Goodale Station sits atop the Cover By Hilton within the Enviornment District, with a small patio, glass partitions, and a curving glass ceiling. Chef Jonathan Olson and his staff craft a dynamic food and drinks menu that goes above and past what a resort restaurant must be. Discover them for joyful hour, dinner, and weekend brunch.

Learn extra: Drinks and Dinner on the twelfth Ground at Goodale Station

Antiques on Excessive is a sister brewery to Seventh Son. The sour-focused brewery and cocktail bar includes a cool mid-century trendy really feel on the principle flooring, with an open structure on the second-story patio. It’s the proper place to sip one in all their drinks with views of South Excessive Road and the rising district that features Legislation Chook, Agni, and different hotspots.

Learn extra: Antiques on Excessive

We’ve lived in Columbus lengthy sufficient that we wander Brief North and level out what used to occupy numerous spots. So the primary time we stepped foot in Lincoln Social Rooftop, we exclaimed, “This was a parking zone!” We predict a rooftop bar and restaurant is a significantly better choice. Lincoln Social is a Cameron Mitchell joint, providing a menu of small plates, shareables, and a full bar with cool views of Brief North and downtown. Get a photograph in entrance of the made-for-Instagram greenery wall or lounge by the firepits within the open air.

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VASO was the primary of the brand new wave of rooftop resort eateries. It’s the excessive level (actually) of the brand new Bridge Park growth in Dublin, sitting 9 tales up on the AC Lodge. The big, curving house options massive home windows and a west-facing patio. They function rentable heated igloos within the winter and cabanas in the summertime. VASO’s inventive cocktail sport is on-point; it’s paired with a menu of internationally impressed tapas.

Learn extra: VASO Rooftop Lounge

Lumin is the following entry within the rooftop resort restaurant sport! It’s atop the AC Lodge in downtown Columbus, proper subsequent to the North Market. Their view of the market and downtown will likely be altering because the Service provider Tower rises over the following couple years. Along with a full bar program with signature cocktails, beer, wine, and spirits, Lumin gives a dinner menu of tapas, mains like burgers and paella, and desserts – plus weekend brunch!

Learn extra: Lumin Sky Bar & Kitchen

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Novak’s is without doubt one of the OG rooftop patios, doing its factor from its house within the Brief North subsequent to Barley’s and the North Market. It’s a favourite gathering spot for cheap drinks and for catching up on the most recent video games by means of their large banks of TVs. They don’t have their very own kitchen, however you’ll be able to order meals from Barley’s subsequent door and have it introduced up.

Learn extra: Novak’s Tavern & Patio

Seventh Son Brewing was one of many first within the new wave of microbreweries within the early 2010s, and so they graduated from their beloved entrance patio to an enclosed rooftop patio once they added an enormous growth behind the constructing. The second flooring includes a full bar, plenty of home windows, and views into the manufacturing house. It’s a well-liked house for occasions as effectively.

Learn extra: Seventh Son Brewing

When BrewDog expanded into Columbus correct with its first bars, it properly constructed out a big rooftop patio at its Franklinton location. It’s an ideal neighborhood hangout with views of the encompassing space and downtown, the place you’ll be able to sip a Punk IPA or Elvis Juice grapefruit IPA and luxuriate in their well-executed pub menu.

Learn extra: BrewDog Franklinton

Budd Dairy Meals Corridor in Italian Village includes a good, massive rooftop patio – dubbed the Rooftop @ Budd – with a mixture of seating and its personal separate bar. It expands on the already size-able meals corridor, and gives an al fresco spot for a drink (I’m a fan of the spiked lemon shake-ups) and to get pleasure from fare from one in all 10 chef companions.

Learn extra: Budd Dairy Meals Corridor

Picture courtesy RH Rooftop Restaurant

The RH Rooftop is a swanky third flooring lounge and restaurant on the Restoration {Hardware} at Easton. It’s designed to supply a high-end lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.

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