Restaurants & Food

Columbus has a food scene shaped as much by neighborhood loyalty as by cuisine type. The gap between a counter-service City Barbeque in the suburbs and a sit-down Texas-style plate at Smoked on High in German Village is a good example of how differently the same category can play out depending on where you are in the city.

If you know what you're after, the subcategories here make it easy to find it. Pizza points you toward Donatos and the independents built around it; Indian covers the Cleveland Avenue corridor and the northern suburbs where the concentration is highest; Cafes breaks down the Short North and Clintonville scenes; and Burgers and Chicken Wings sort out the options tied to Columbus's deeply embedded sports bar culture.