Name: Taste of Downtown
Start: 2025-09-20T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 55 E State St

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 20th 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:

- TBD

- Refreshments

- Wine Samples

* - 1 meatball and a garlic knot in a cup

- Viewing of live dance classes and rehearsals plus a sweet treat

- food sample

* - S'more old fashioned samples

- open house experiences of the Ohio and Southern Theatres

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Cappuccino cravings travel:

A Sharp Coach

* - TBD

- Samples of homemade hummus and freshly made tortilla chips with a Persian twist

- Samples of quesadilla nacho bites, home made flan and tres leches

- Walk through of space, discounted memberships, snacks and beverages

- Coupons and food sample from food partner. *While supplies last!

- Telling haunted stories at Elevator Brewing

- Samples of subs and wine

- TBD

* - Food sample

- The gallery artist—Karen Snouffer— will be there with an interactive installation for the visitors

* - Free Ottawata 5 oz pours and cornhole

- Performance art and give-aways

- mini-screwdriver sets and a food sample

- Wine and 20% off Kuma Vida items (excluding sale items)

- COTA ambassadors will be on-site at the Check-in spot to answer questions about COTA

- Cornhole

- small snack and a 5 minute experience

- Live music/Dj and craft beer samples from Brewdog

- Studio tour and complimentary self-serve Professional Headshot photo booth.

- mini game with prizes

- Samples of coffee, chai and refreshers

- Free health consultation & discounted membership

-Sample of the(VIBE Class) Kettlebell Hip-Hop Fitness

- Bite Box, friendly atmosphere and LGBTQ safe space

- Choice of a sample of mac and cheese, chili sauce or coney sauce

/Mindful Works Wellness - The Calm Down Pop Up, sample nervous system reset sessions utilizing therapeutic sound vibration and stroboscopic light technologies

- Live DJ, 1/2 price wine and snacks

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

- Sample of Tea/Juice Blendz

- 2oz bag of roasted and salted peanuts in the shell

- Tortilla street tacos (traditional tacos)

- Appetizers

*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.