POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — A tavern known as an upscale sports bar has opened inside the former home of a pizzeria in central Ohio.
1801 Tavern is now welcoming guests at 9721 Sawmill Road after opening earlier this month, and the restaurant has been sharing on social media. The bar will take over the space that Shorty's Pizza and Growl operated until late last year, closing in favor of the pizzeria's other eateries in Delaware, Lewis Center and Columbus.
Our “go-to” sports bar, 1801 Tavern, features over 25 TVs with everything from MLS and Premier League Soccer to March Madness and the NFL. The tavern also offers traditional bar fare, including shareable menus, sandwiches, sliders, salads, pizza, chicken wings, and more made by Mangiamo's Handmade Street Food.
The restaurant's cocktail menu features several classic cocktails like the Martini and Manhattan, as well as seasonally changing offerings like the classic Honey Hibiscus, perfect for spring. A large selection of draft beers, bottled beers, and a wine list complement the menu.
1801 Tavern opens in Powell as several other businesses and developments spring up in the area, including a breakfast and brunch spot featured on the Food Network with Biscuits and Gravy. The chain, named Maple Street Biscuit Co., opened his third location in central Ohio at 9711 Sawmill Parkway in February.
The tavern is also not far from the only target of a flurry of retail stores opening nearby, as developers move closer to building a new 43,000-square-foot shopping center next to the department store. The complex, dubbed “The Shops at Wedgwood,” will be built on 6.1 acres of vacant land to the left of the Target store at 10560 Sawmill Parkway.
COhatch, a Columbus-based coworking business, is demolishing an office building in Powell as the first step in a major project to redesign the city's downtown. This company was hired as one of the lead developers tasked with transforming parts of North Liberty Street and East Olentangy Street in Powell's downtown area.
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center plans to break ground on a $183 million outpatient campus in Powell this spring, a multi-year effort once considered the “largest economic development project” in the city's history. be. The new outpatient facility will be built on approximately 30 acres at the northeast corner of Home Road and Sawmill Parkway, across from Olentangy Liberty High School.
1801 Tavern is open from noon to midnight Sunday through Tuesday, closed on Wednesdays, noon to 2 a.m. on Thursdays, and noon to 2:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
