Our popular annual celebration, “A Taste of Columbus” returns on Thursday, October 22, 2026 from 6-9pm and you’re invited!

Hosted by the Columbus Young Professionals (CYP) Club, this citywide culinary celebration will take place at the beautiful Robert C. Walter Student Commons at St. Charles Preparatory School, located between downtown Columbus and Bexley, across from Franklin Park Conservatory. The spacious indoor venue features an elegant atrium-style setting and free parking for attendees.

Welcoming hundreds of happy and hungry guests, the event will feature dozens of local tasting partners offering complimentary sample bites and sips from restaurants, catering companies, bakeries, dessert shops, coffee and tea businesses, breweries, beverage companies, and specialty food businesses. The evening will also include live entertainment, interactive activities, networking, and our annual A Toast to Wonderful Workplaces for Young Professionals awards program.

Our confirmed tasting partners (as of October 15) include:

1. Better Beverage

2. Brekkie Shack

3. Chalupa Bowl

4. Chocolate Cafe

5. Dave & Buster’s

6. Elysium Tennis

7. Fruits & Roots Coffee Roasters

8. High Bank Distillery Co.

9. Hofbrauhaus Columbus

10. J’s Junkfood

11. Just Baklava

12. Kronchy Coffee & Dessert Bar

13. LA Catering

14. Ma Bui’s Bahamian Delight

15. Mr. Pickles Dillicious Lemonade

16. Noble Cut Distillery

17. Red Bao Kitchen

18. SAUCE BOSS GANG

19. Simply Plated Catering

20. Taylor Made Sweets

21. Ted’s Montana Grill

22. Thai Street Food By Nan

23. The Berwick

24. The Boathouse

25. The Lazy Lemon

26. The Original Goodie Shop

27. The Scratch House

28. The Stack Social

29. The Suite Treat

30. The Taste You Can See

31. Tropical Smoothie Cafe

32. Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar

Tickets: Early-bird tickets are $35 per person through October 18. On October 19, tickets increase to $50 per person. Your ticket includes complimentary samples from all participating tasting partners, an event tasting passport, access to networking with hundreds of attendees, interactive activities, live entertainment, door prizes, and plenty of fun.

Please note: This event is 21+ only.

Special ticket offers: Tickets are FREE for CYP Club premium members and Friends of the Club.

If your restaurant, coffee shop, cafe, bakery, or catering company would like to participate, please fill out this form. If you have any questions about this event, please contact us.

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