Best bartenders & vibes in Columbus IN!!! If you're looking for a good time this is the place!read more

Five stars on the dive bar scale. My dad used to come here 40 years ago and I bet the carpet was…read morehere then. Love this place. $1 beers and the best smash burgers in town. Pool tables, touch tunes, and indoor corn hole boards. Seriously though, our food was awesome. Hand breaded fried pickles! Friendly servers and a home town feel.

Food (tenderloin) and service were great! Would recommend…read morethe tenderloin. Typical pub environment.

Great place on. Columbus In for typical pub food. Seven dollars for 3 great Tacos on Tuesdays…read more Nachos are always good. Ham and cheese with fries is one of my favorites. Good food, good service, friendly atmosphere. Give them a try!!

The food is named after what might be an auto Garage. It's a burger place, lots of fried food, too…read more Strangely, fried avocado slices. If you're a vegetarian or pescetarian, your selections are limited. There are catfish things and a focaccia with veggie things on it. The onion rings are good, at about $1 per ring. The dessert was good, a blueberry-lemon cake with whipping cream. The service is really really good. They sell a lot of liquor here; we don't drink when we're driving, and we didn't sample it. Many won't be disappointed here. It's not really adventurous. The layout can handle a crowd. Prices are OK. There is music now and then. We saw good live music here, with no cover charge-- a plus. Save the music, we're not compelled to return. Others will like it a lot. It's on the ground floor of a municipal parking garage, so easy parking.

We visited the Garage for a pre-Valentines date. We started with the Gasket Rings. No pic because…read morethey were gone before we realized, thy were very good!! I got the Fastback with fries and an extra side of cottage cheese. Ll delicious. My girlfriend got the Firecracker Rig. Our server offered them as Tacos or a Wrap. She chose a wrap and was not disappointed. Only critique was she thought they could've used more sauce, but were still tasty. Overall the atmosphere was great, but if you get easily over-stimulated it may not be the place for you. Will most likely return and try more items!

Power House Brewing Company's Columbus bar reminds me of the old neighborhood bars that my…read moregrandparents and later my Mom and Dad would frequent in Milwaukee. So when Gayle, Shauna, and I were looking for a place for Lunch (after listening to darling granddaughter play cello in her school's orchestra at the local high school), I immediately gravitated to the front door. The others were not so sure, but I managed to talk then into it. The interior is a bit dark (as expected) and relatively small, with tables on both side of the center bar. There's a couple TVs and at the time I enjoyed watching Iowa (Go Hawkeyes!) play in the NCAA Women's tournament. Service was friendly, albeit a little slow at times, but we had time and I enjoyed hanging out. And unlike Grandpa Rowan back then, no one was calling the bar asking my whereabouts. Unlike the Milwaukee of old, they weren't serving yellow beer, but rather really good craft brew. 2 of us went for Jack the Bum, while the other chose Diesel Oil Stout. I went full Midwest and ordered a Pork Tenderloin sandwich, which was huge and delicious. Gayle and Shauna enjoyed their beer and salads (BBQ Chicken and Salmon), starting out with Kraut Balls for the table. I'm not sure when I'll be back in Columbus Indiana, but Powerhouse is on my list.

Powerhouse Brewing is a place I had never heard of until their First Friday show. It's a building…read moreset back from the road behind a construction business, but don't be put off by the location. They had a couple beers on tap - the Love Nugget and the Pink Houses were the ones I tried. Love Nugget is a nice hoppy pale ale, and Pink Houses is a hibiscus wheat. The hibiscus flavor isn't too sweet or overwhelming, which I like. Combining the two makes a very tasty summer beverage. The guys that work at the brewery are friendly and will takl to you about the brewing process and the hops they have growing outside. Pints are $5, and they had a flatbread pizza truck out for the First Friday show. There's a small indoor tap room and a patio with limited seating, so bring a chair or something if you're going for music.

Delicious food with creative weekly specials. Ice cold draft, Beer. Knowledgeable and professional…read morewhite staff nice patio area for outdoor dining great place to meet friends and family.

Would I recommend coming here for food? No. Would I recommend coming here for cheap drinks? Yes…read more My husband and I went here last night for dinner after going down to Columbus to watch our niece play her volleyball tournament. They were packed and had trivia going on, but they still had plenty of places to sit inside and on the small patio. We had wanted to sit outside since the weather was nice, so we grabbed a table in the corner on the patio (it is a seat yourself establishment). After a while, a server came over to get our drink orders and we each ordered a water. I asked for a Bud Light on draft, which was listed on their menu, but he told me they only have it bottles and just had Michelob Ultra on draft that was similar. No problem, we each ordered one of those. Some time passed and I saw our server come out onto the patio, look at us, and promptly spin around to go back inside. A couple minutes later he returned with our waters and an apology about the beers taking a long time because "the bartender was too busy talking." I got more of the impression that he forgot to put in our order at all, hence the quick turnaround to get waters when he realized he never came back to our table. We put in our food orders in the meantime- I ordered the Reuben sandwich with sweet potato fries and my husband ordered the roast beef sandwich with sweet potato fries. Drinks came out eventually and were huge/ice cold, which was nice. The food also came out within 10 minutes, which we had initially been happy about because we were so hungry and we still had an hour drive back to Indy. However, my Reuben sandwich had huge, thick chunks of meat vs thinly sliced beef and it was extremely hard to take bites of and took a long time to chew. I had to keep using my hands to rip pieces off the sandwich. There was also hardly any sauerkraut on it. My husband's roast beef sandwich had very little roast beef and absolutely no flavor, but was supposed to have a kick from the horseradish sauce. The sweet potato fries were good though, they just had a little too much salt on them. Overall, we had mixed reviews with our visit. Our beers were only $5.50 each, so that was a crazy good price. Not sure if it's just for trivia night or always like that. Several times throughout our visit we kept getting hit with the smell of cigarette smoke because the patio is off the main sidewalk and no one monitors that people are actually far enough away from the building. Super unpleasant. This is definitely a fun place to meet friends for drinks, but I'd pass on the sandwiches and see if other menu options are better.

I second the first review. I just wanted passable meals. Blown away. Had grilled cheese (also w/o…read morethe peppers) last night. Tonight bacon cheeseburger and french onion soup. Across the board excellent. The beautiful and talented wife concurs.

This is a hotel bar restaurant so there were zero expectations, just hopes that there was something…read moreokay. It started out awkward because the menu still said "spring" at the last of the dog days of July and several beverages on the menu were "we're out". Then the "Elderberry Fizz" drink had not one fizzy bubble! We asked and they said that despite the name, the drink is flat. Huh? The Taxman beer was nice and the carbonation was just right. On to the food ... happy to find that the grilled cheese which is on local sourdough bread and stuffed with a nice amount of spinach could be ordered without bell peppers. It came with choice of side and she chose "Indiana mustard potato salad". Since she is from Indiana thought it funny that which part was "Indiana". I ordered the fish tacos small plate. The chef came out in person to make sure that fresh ahi grade tuna was ok (!) because so many people assume that tacos would have fried fish. He also guaranteed that not a bell pepper would be in site. We were sitting outside on their extensive patio and the beautiful food came out. We could not believe our luck. The $10 tacos were gorgeous and delicious, a bit spicy. The grilled cheese was more than the ordinary. The potato salad was quite good and a little sweet. If we lived in Columbus we would want to know about this great deal - a nice different meal for a Friday night or something.

Loved the selection of beers that they had! The beer tender allowed me to try a few (I'm super…read moreindecisive) and honestly there wasn't one beer that I tried that I wouldn't order. I did half a glass of the 2-a-days lemon IPA (this beer is sooo refreshing & perfect for the summer) and I had the rest of the glass of the Mangonero IPA which has just a tiny kick of spice that adds a nice flavor without overdoing it. The Morning Workout Coffee Stout was also sooo good!! They have a nice little courtyard if you want to hang outside, games, and a small kitchen (we didn't get food as the kitchen was closed). Overall, I would recommend & wish I was closer because the beer was

We had lots of fun here with friends watching the a game, and listening to the band…read more Beer is great, we really like the fruit flavored and pumpkin beers. The fruited flavors are blond beers, and not those nasty tart beers. Our food selection of pretzels bits and crab Rangoon were delicious too. Get an order of their ranch sauce, it's good on anything. Food was ready in less than ten minutes after ordering, staff is nice. They have daily/weekly events.

We tried out this restaurant that is 1/4 mile from, after more than two plus years of choosing not…read moreto go. The food had really fallen off the edge. I wont go in to how bad things had gotten. We noticed more cars in the lot than usual. So we decided to try again. I decided on the triple dipper for an entry it was a good choice. Hubby did quesadillas filling didn't come to the edge so a lot of tortilla was left behind. The bartender was great, friendly and on it. We may try again.

Great comfort food and tasty! I like the renovations they did to bring up the modernity of American…read moredining. I recommend the Ancho Salmon with a cocktail of your choosing. They have good mixes. Overall we had a great experience and staff were very kind, they checked on us often! I think of it as a slightly more upscale Applebees or Amazing Joe's.

Upland Brewing Company is a great stop right off the highway! We sat at the bar and the service was…read moregreat. Sally asked us if we'd ever been there and we had not. She took the time to let us know about the history, the quality of the local-sourced food, her personal recommendations for beer and food. She was exactly what we love about trying a new brewery and sitting at the bar. She let us try a few samples and we found some pretty good brews. These are lighter than our personal preference in craft brews, but they were delicious. The food was amazing. My husband had the burger and I had the Caesar salad. Very good!!!! The overall vibe of the brewery combines elements of history with the pride of keeping things fresh and modern. It's a really nice balance. The brewery is situated right on the river and once the boardwalk and construction is done, it's going to be beautiful!!!! It's still beautiful and the construction didn't affect us at all, but it's an exciting project that Sally told us about. Highly recommend stopping here for some food and drinks. We loved it and heard the brunch is the best around.

Upland Columbus is filled with upscale historical character, offers great craft beer, tasty food…read moreand superb service. The building sits on the banks of Driftwood River (now called East Fork White River) and offers spectacular views of the famous Robert N. Stewart Bridge in Columbus, Indiana. Upland Brewing Company is a local brewery that started in Bloomington, Indiana in 1998. Now, they have a number of popular restaurants/pubs across Indiana. The building, built in 1871, served as the Pump House supplying water to the city of Columbus, Indiana. The Pump House faced financial, water and quality challenges over the years, but was instrumental in industrial growth of the city. The Pump House operated until 1950, when the city moved to well water. The Pump House served a number of businesses and organizations since 1950. Upland opened the pub in 2016. We were greeted and promptly seated in the bar when we entered. Our server/bartender, Jess, was attentive and friendly. Several other servers also engaged with us, as well. One brought me a fascinating pamphlet describing the history of the building because I was curious. We arrived in time to sample their 3:00 - 5:00 pm Happy Hour. (I love a good Happy Hour.) We ordered Dragonfly IPAs, which went down smooth on a hot summer day. We also enjoyed a couple of sliders from the Happy Hour menu. The Bad Elmer's Fav burger was good with lots of bacon but my favorite was the Hoosier Tenderloin. I should note that much of the food is locally sourced. The building has a large dining room, bar, private dining, private event room, and a fabulous patio with river views. The landscaping is gorgeous. Their signature beers are available for purchase to go along with the logo shirt and a few other logo items. I highly recommend a visit. The food and beer are first class. The setting is lovely and service is attentive.

The food was really good with plenty of options. It was very busy when we showed up but the servers…read morehandled everything easily. People were in and out but I felt no pressure to hurry. I got sashimi and a sushi roll. Definitely wish I had got a bowl as well. The options they had for the bowl were full of quality options. Things like scallops, steak and shrimp. I'd definitely eat here again if I'm ever around.

Such a unique experience! 6 of us were seated when we…read morewalked in at 6:30 pm on a Friday night. Drink orders taken and delivered promptly. You are fill out a card with your table #, name, preference of rice, and are given a bowl. You then go to a buffet style counter and fill your bowl with your choice of vegetables, noodles, meat, and seafood. Pick out your sauces and give them your bowl. The food is expertly prepared on a giant hot skillet and then delivered to your table, piping hot. The vegetables and meat are perfectly cooked and the meal was delicious. It would be fun to experiment with the sauces. Sushi also available. That small bowl you created turns into a huge portion of deliciousness!