Taste of Downtown Columbus 2026

Join DRAC and our mission to ensure a vibrant downtown by connecting our members to the community. Downtown is everyone's neighborhood!
About this Event

presents Taste of Downtown. Join us on Saturday, September 12th for an ultimate crawl around Downtown Columbus featuring 30+ local businesses. Participating businesses will offer a mix of experiences to ticket-holders including food samples, local musicians, space tours, drinks and more!

Check-in is in the breezeway by the Ohio Theatre at 55 E. State St. This is where ticket holders will pick up their all access lanyard and badge to begin the crawl. The table to check-in will be located close to State St next to the Ohio Theatre.

Participating Businesses include:

- mocktails & fortunes

- Food Samples, music, discount for diners

- 2oz sample of Zanzibar Espresso Martini or Nitro Cold Brew

- Summer drink tastings and cocktail tastings

- Surprise pop-up experience

* - S'more old fashioned samples

- Samples of coffee, chocolate, salsa and maybe more!

- Samples of pastor and birria Tacos

- Open house and include food trucks, bar, building tours, DJs, & Playing OSU game

- Telling haunted stories at Elevator Brewing

- We would offer a 30-minute tour of our Meditation Hall including a short meditation teaching.

- A $10 cafe lunch special

- Sample sized coffee and cocktails

- Baby Guinness shot

* - Food sample

- Small gift bag with purchase

- Attendees will have the opportunity to contribute to a collaborative affirmation mural, as well as write positive and encouraging notes for the girls and women we serve.

- Live artist activity

- Quick bite food, music, building & apartment tours

- Mini-screwdrivers

- Roxiva Light Therapy & Vibroacoustic sound bed

- Signature cocktail samples

- Leather dog tags (at booth near welcome table)

- Live music and vendor market from 11am - 2pm

- A free pierogi

- Summer refreshing mocktail and light bite. Relaxing rooftop relaxation station

- Food samples

- Digital photobooth/ balloons

- (1) Full Sized Buckeye

- Food, beverages, live entertainment

- Bottoms Up Coffee Shop will be provide samples of pastries/snacks/coffee and promotional items

- Grilling meat and desert samples at Continental Tower

- Floss, Probiotic samples, & refreshments /special promotion for taste of Columbus participants .

- Food samples

*Participating DORA Business. Find out more about DORA here.

All the revenue from this event goes toward Downtown Residents Association (DRAC)and their mission to ensure a vibrant downtown by connecting their members to the local community.