Cleveland
No wonder so many locals hang out at Noble Beast: it feels like home. Plants dangle from the ceiling. A skylight lets the sun shine in. The garage doors…
Must-see nightlife in Ohio
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Cleveland
An all-ages, cool-cat crowd gathers around the silvery tanks in Platform's tasting room for $5 to $6 pints of innovative saisons, pale ales and more…
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Ohio
Wooly Pig lies well off the beaten path in farmland central. The brewery itself is part of a 90-acre farm where you’ll see the namesake porkers snuffling…
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Cincinnati
Longfellow looks like a cafe you’d find in Amsterdam, all cozy and candlelit in a vintage building with creaking hardwood floors and exposed brick walls…
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Cincinnati
Beer buffs pile in to Rhinegeist's hoppy clubhouse to knock back Truth IPA and around 20 other brews on tap. Swig at picnic tables while watching bottles…
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Millard Fillmore Presidential Library
Cleveland
Mention to pals that you're going to the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library, and you can tell they're impressed by your intellectual curiosity. Then…
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Ohio
Beer gurus gather around Land-Grant’s communal picnic tables to discuss the finer points of hazy brut IPAs versus Baltic porters and Mexican lagers. They…
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Ohio
The brewery takes its name from the Wright brothers’ concept of wing-warping, which was their breakthrough idea that enabled flight. The taproom’s…
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Ohio
Little Fish specializes in saisons and barrel-aged sour beers, though pale ales, porters and smoked lagers mix in among the taps. The brewers source the…
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Cleveland
Great Lakes – the biggest craft beer maker in the state – wins numerous prizes for its brewed-on-the-premises suds. Added historical bonus: Eliot Ness got…
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Cincinnati
Head down the passageway to enter this atmospheric old speakeasy in Mt Adams. It has an outdoor courtyard in summer, with a fire pit added in winter, and…
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Cleveland
The Owl hides in a Tremont residential complex. Push open the iron gate and walk down the alleyway that leads to the dark, moody room. It feels like a…
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Cincinnati
Art and beer mix at 3 Points, a sleek industrial space with black-and-white stools and high-top tables. The brewers commission local artists to design…
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Cincinnati
Sit at the bar at Arnold’s and you might rub elbows with a city council member or local newscaster or Reds baseball player. The downtown staple has been…
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Ohio
The Scottish brewer with a punk rock spirit has a couple of bars around town. This one in the Short North – a rollicking industrial room with exposed…
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Ohio
This brewpub sits on Millersburg’s main street surrounded by antique shops. It’s definitely the local clubhouse for beer drinkers – mostly because bars…
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Ohio
Johnnie’s wins the prize for best dive bar in Columbus. Tucked in a house smack in the middle of a residential block, it has all the hallmarks of…
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Ohio
Locals occupy the bar stools at Tony’s, though university students infiltrate after 9pm. It’s the kind of place where patrons order bourbon on the rocks…
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Ohio
Service Bar is inside Middle West Spirits distillery, so when you order a cocktail like the vanilla-tinged Rhinestone Cowboy, it’s made with bourbon fresh…
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Cleveland
Jerman's is Cleveland's second-oldest bar. Slovenian immigrant John Jerman opened it in 1908, and his family still runs it. It's a terrific, old-school…
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Ohio
Two Dollar has a lot going on. In addition to pouring craft beer, wine, cocktails and coffee drinks, it’s a cafe serving vegan food, an indie publisher…
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Ohio
The squat brick building used to be a gas station, but now it has morphed into a nifty little neighborhood bar and music venue. Thirty beers flow from the…
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Ohio
Walk in, and the coffee aroma makes your head spin. The city’s first micro-roaster knows its beans and how to transform them into a great cup of joe,…
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Cincinnati
This bar in the 1920s-era Netherland Plaza Hotel (now owned by Hilton) is an art deco monument. Sip a martini while ogling the fan-shaped couches, gilded…
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Ohio
When you’re thirsty after a day of hiking or paddling, Brewery 33 has the cure, be it a mango sour ale, hazy wheat beer, double IPA or one of the other 15…
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Cincinnati
The city sparkles out in front of you at this unassuming boozer in Mt Adams. Grab a seat on the deck, with a burger and cold brew in hand, and gape away…
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Cleveland
This unvarnished pub can satisfy most needs. A cup of house-roasted coffee and egg-and-cheese breakfast sandwich? Here. Pints of Guinness and craft beer?…
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Ohio
The beer may not win any major awards, but it's good enough, and when you add in the leafy patio by the lake, the umbrella-shaded tables and dog-friendly…
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Cincinnati
Copper kettles cook up the house beers, while the patio unfurls awesome views of the riverfront and Roebling bridge. It's a busy spot pre- or post-Reds…
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Ohio
The Beer Barrel Saloon has plenty of space for imbibing – its bar is 406ft long, supposedly a world record. Live bands and Jello shots are also part of…
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Cleveland
It's a lovely spot to sip on the riverfront patio with views of the skyline, bridges and boats gliding by; located on the Flats' West Bank.
