Bars And Restaurants

Cain's Sports Bar agreed with the Columbus City Attorney's Office to close early for four weeks.

Central Ohio restaurants are serving up an ever-expanding array of outdoor dining options. The latest trend: rooftop bars offering sweeping skyline views, ambiance aplenty, and killer cocktails.

The first sober bar in downtown Columbus is set for its grand opening this Saturday. Dry Mill Bar is a concept from two Columbus residents who wanted to start a business that gives the community a place to socialize without the pressures of alcohol.

One bartender tells WVXU when the pandemic started, some of his favorite spots began to look like ghost towns. He and others are worried that could happen again.

The pilot program allows restaurants and bars to use the right-of-way for temporary outdoor on-street dining areas or expand seating into their parking lots

One of Gov. Mike DeWine’s 14 vetoes struck a provision of the state budget that got a lot of early attention – the erasing of COVID-19 violations by bars and the refunding of the fines they paid.

Ohio House Republicans added a provision into Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year state budget that would erase violations of his COVID health orders by bars and taverns, such as selling too many cocktails to go, not enforcing social distancing and masks or allowing drinking past curfew. It would also refund those liquor permit holders what they paid in fines.

Columbus authorities have temporarily shut down the Aftermath nightclub after state agents discovered "flagrant" violations of COVID-19 health…

More than half of the state’s restaurant and bar owners say they’re concerned their businesses will permanently close within the next nine months,…

Ohio restaurants got the green-light to fully reopen May 21, just in time for the start of summer, and many welcomed diners back.But others either never…