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 yr. So it stands to motive 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 added lately, so I rounded up 12 of the most effective 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 Area 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 greatest 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 encompasses 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 inns with elevated eating places! Goodale Station sits atop the Cover By Hilton within the Area District, with a small patio, glass partitions, and a curving glass ceiling. Chef Jonathan Olson and his group craft a dynamic food and drink menu that goes above and past what a lodge 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 encompasses a cool mid-century fashionable really feel on the principle flooring, with an open format on the second-story patio. It’s the proper place to sip considered one of their drinks with views of South Excessive Road and the rising district that features Regulation Chicken, Agni, and different hotspots.

Learn extra: Antiques on High

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 car parking zone!” We expect a rooftop bar and restaurant is a a lot 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.

Learn extra: Lincoln Social Rooftop

VASO was the primary of the brand new wave of rooftop lodge eateries. It’s the excessive level (actually) of the brand new Bridge Park improvement in Dublin, sitting 9 tales up on the AC Lodge. The big, curving area 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 recreation is on-point; it’s paired with a menu of internationally impressed tapas.

Learn extra: VASO Rooftop Lounge

Lumin is the subsequent entry within the rooftop lodge restaurant recreation! It’s atop the AC Lodge in downtown Columbus, proper subsequent to the North Market. Their view of the market and downtown can be altering because the Service provider Tower rises over the subsequent 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 likely one of the OG rooftop patios, doing its factor from its area 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 via their huge 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 enlargement behind the constructing. The second flooring encompasses a full bar, a lot of home windows, and views into the manufacturing area. It’s a well-liked area 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 amazing neighborhood hangout with views of the encircling 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 encompasses 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 considered one of 10 chef companions.

Learn extra: Budd Dairy Food Hall

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.

Learn extra: RH Rooftop Restaurant

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