The 12 Finest Rooftop Patios in Columbus

As Midwesterners, we love patio, and can collect on them nearly any time of the yr. So it stands to cause that rooftop patios could be in style for hanging out, assembly up for drinks, and savoring meal in Columbus. We’ve seen increasingly more added in recent times, so I rounded up 12 of the very best 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 ground 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 primary ground). A pair of out of doors patios look north and west, whereas the indoor eating rooms characteristic 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 ground eatery of The Junto Resort on the Scioto Peninsula. It options an indoor bar and eating room, with patios that wrap across the northern and western parts. It affords 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 an inventory of libations named after totally different phrases for drunkenness. Don’t miss out on their Sunday brunch as effectively!

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

I’m sensing a theme of latest inns 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 lodge restaurant must be. Discover them for completely satisfied hour, dinner, and weekend brunch.

Learn extra: Drinks and Dinner on the twelfth Flooring 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 primary ground, 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 Regulation Chicken, 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 varied spots. So the primary time we stepped foot in Lincoln Social Rooftop, we exclaimed, “This was once a parking zone!” We predict 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.

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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 growth in Dublin, sitting 9 tales up on the AC Resort. The massive, curving area options huge home windows and a west-facing patio. They characteristic rentable heated igloos within the winter and cabanas in the summertime. VASO’s artistic cocktail sport 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 sport! It’s atop the AC Resort in downtown Columbus, proper subsequent to the North Market. Their view of the market and downtown will probably 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 affords 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 among 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 by means of 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, they usually graduated from their beloved entrance patio to an enclosed rooftop patio after they added an enormous growth behind the constructing. The second ground encompasses a full bar, a number 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 incredible 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 revel in their well-executed pub menu.

Learn extra: BrewDog Franklinton

Budd Dairy Meals Corridor in Italian Village encompasses a good, huge 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 affords an al fresco spot for a drink (I’m a fan of the spiked lemon shake-ups) and to take pleasure in 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 ground 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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