The Places · United States
Columbus
Made By profiles 3 places in Columbus, spanning american, classic french fine dining, modern indian fusion tasting menu — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Classic French Fine Dining
The Refectory
Columbus, United States
A Columbus institution with over four decades of classical French cooking, The Refectory operates in a converted 19th-century church on Bethel Road. Chef Richard Blondin leads the kitchen through a seasonal menu with French technique at its core, supported by a 2,800-bottle wine inventory that earned Star Wine List recognition in 2022. Opinionated About Dining ranked it among North America's top restaurants in both 2023 and 2025.
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02.Modern Indian Fusion Tasting Menu
Agni
Columbus, United States
Agni on South High Street earned a White Star from Star Wine List in March 2025, placing it among a small group of Columbus restaurants where the wine program is taken as seriously as the kitchen. The address puts it in the German Village corridor, where the city's most considered dining tends to cluster. It is a room worth planning around.
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03.american
Service Bar at Middle West Spirits Distillery
Columbus, United States
The bar program at Middle West Spirits connects directly to the distillery operating beneath the same roof on Courtland Avenue, making sourced spirits the structural logic of every cocktail on the menu. In a Columbus bar scene that has grown considerably more sophisticated over the past decade, Service Bar occupies a distinctive position: production-led, grain-forward, and grounded in the Midwest's agricultural identity.
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