It’s the nature of the restaurant business, but many great breakfast dives, brunch hotspots, and coffee shops have come and gone. Here are my old posts on Columbus breakfasts that have:
- sadly closed up shop
- been upgraded to better things
- or discontinued breakfast/brunch
Acre (Clintonville)
Actual Roastery (Columbus)
AJ’s Cafe (Columbus)
The Angry Baker (Olde Towne East)
Baba’s (2016 post) (University District)
Banana Bean Cafe (Greenlawn) (Columbus)
Banana Bean Cafe (German Village) – replaced by Skillet
Bareburger (Clintonville)
The Barnstormer (Columbus) – became Barnstormers Grill
Barnstormers Grill (Columbus) – replaced by Jack & Benny’s Barnstormer Diner
The Bean (Columbus)
The Best Breakfast and Sandwiches (Westerville) – now Delaney’s Diner
Big Room Bar (Brewery District) – STILL OPEN, no longer doing brunch
Blind Lady Tavern (Downtown)
Blunch (Clintonville)
The Bottle Shop (Victorian Village) – STILL OPEN, but food truck is no longer doing brunch!
Breakfast Barn (Columbus)
Buckeye Donuts Food Truck (Columbus)
Cafe Corner (Columbus) – now updated and better known as Katalina’s!
Capitol Cafe by Milo’s (Downtown)
Challah Food Truck at Seventh Son (Italian Village) – truck is now Preston’s
The Chintz Room (Columbus)
The Clarmont (Columbus)
Clever Crow Pizza (Columbus)
Columbus Brewing Company Restaurant (Brewery District)
Cosecha Cocina (Italian Village)
Cotter’s Restaurant (Columbus)
Cray Eatery & Drinkery (Columbus)
Das Kaffeehaus von Frau Burkhardt (Grandview) – Lithopolis store still open
Daybreak Diner (Linden) (revisit)
de-NOVO bistro & bar (Downtown)
The Diner (Powell)
Dinin’ Hall (Columbus)
Dirty Frank’s Hot Dog Palace (Downtown) – STILL OPEN, no longer serving brunch
Don Bosco Cafe (Columbus)
Double Comfort Restaurant (Columbus) – still selling host sauces and spices
Early Bird Food Truck (University District)
Eleni Christina Bakery (Columbus)
Explorers Club (Columbus) – brick-and-mortar closed, truck still open
Foodie Cart (Columbus)
Geordie’s Restaurant (Merion Village)
Hemisphere Coffee Roasters (Columbus) – cart is closed; shop still open in Mechanicsburg
The Hungry Soul Cafe (Columbus)
Izzy & Mo’s Luncheonette (Columbus)
Jack & Benny’s Downtown Diner (Downtown)
Jack’s Sandwich Shop (old post) (Downtown)
Jerry’s Galaxy Cafe (Hilliard)
Johnny Coffee (mobile cart)
Jury Room (Columbus)
Katalina Cafe Corner (Columbus) – updated and better known as Katalina’s!
Kitchen Little (Columbus)
L’Appat Patisserie & Cafe (Columbus)
Laughlin’s Bakery (Short North/Italian Village)
Linden Cafe (Columbus)
Little Eater (Clintonville)
Market 65 (Downtown) – STILL OPEN, only occasionally serving breakfast
Milo’s Deli & Cafe (Columbus)
North Market Poultry & Game (Columbus)
Philco Bar + Diner (Short North)
Pirate Coffee (Columbus)
One Line Coffee (Huntington Center) (Downtown)
Red Velvet Cafe (Columbus) – find their Filipino brunch at Bonifacio
RT’s Grill (Columbus)
Rise & Dine (Grandview) – Rise & Dine became Sunny Street Cafe; this location is now Grand Day Cafe
Salt & Pine (Columbus)
Scrambler Marie’s (Cleveland Ave) – other locations still open
Short & Stout Kitchen (German Village)
Smothered Gravy (Columbus)
SuperChef’s Breakfast & More (Downtown) – Gahanna location still open
Surly Girl Saloon (Columbus)
Sweet Clove Sunshine Cafe (Dublin)
The Table (Short North)
Taste of Belgium (old post) (North Market)
Taste of Belgium (Wexner Center) (Columbus) – find their North Market location
The Torpedo Room (Campus) – STILL OPEN, no longer serving brunch
Tree Spirit Coffee (Columbus)
Village Crepe (Pickerington)
Whole World Restaurant (Columbus)
Worthington Inn (Worthington)
SEE ALSO
Columbus Breakfast Guide | Breakfast Beyond Columbus | Beyond Breakfast | Beer | Mrs. Breakfast With Nick | Travel