USA, OH: North High Brewing to officially launch its Westerville location on September 22

North High Brewing celebrates the grand opening of its largest location yet today, Friday, September 22.

The brewery has once again partnered with coworking space COhatch to open the location at 240 S. State St. in Westerville, replicating a model they first debuted in Dublin. (North High took over the former home of Brazenhead, while COhatch built a new location behind…one that will be expanding.)

“That one really set the tone for what our expansion plans would be – suburban, high-traffic areas with patios,” North High Owner Gavin Meyers says.

He calls the new Westerville spot the dream location. There’s a large parking lot and lots of street parking. It’s in a dense residential area with Otterbein University nearby and Uptown Westerville a half a mile up State Street.

It also has a massive patio, something Meyers found was lacking at their original Short North location in a pandemic/post-pandemic world. Front patio seating faces State Street, while the back patio abuts to Westerville South High School. The back patio has a full bar, along with a playground-like atmosphere fit for all ages. The Westerville Bikeway also runs behind the property and North High is prepared with parking for about 30 bikes.

The bar boasts 14 taps, with a few reserved for cocktails and the rest mostly pouring North High brews. Westerville will have a couple of nitro exclusives to start, including its Coffee Cover Crop and Oktoberfest. They’ll also be doing some barrel-aging on-site.

The menu will be similar to Dublin, with a few upscale touches. There are ideal-to-pair-with-beer appetizers like wings, fried pickle chips and Bavarian pretzels, and app newcomers like whipped goat cheese and a bruschetta board. There are a handful of salads, sandwiches including a variety of burgers along with a buffalo chicken and salmon BLT. Flatbreads and mains round things out. In the mains department, there are steaks, including a ribeye and filet, plus salmon and pork chops.

Westerville brings North High back up to two locations in Central Ohio, after their original Short North bar closed in December. The brewery also has spots in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis.

North High Brewing in Westerville will be open daily for lunch and dinner. Hours are 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 11 a.m. – midnight Friday and Saturday.

22 September, 2023