Columbus Restaurants and Breweries Honor Ohio State Football Legends with Special Menu Items

Columbus Restaurants and Breweries Honor Ohio State Football Legends With Themed Menu Items

Central Ohio dining rooms and taprooms are naming signature cuts, craft beers, and sushi rolls after the university’s most recognizable figures, dispatch.com reported. Diners across Columbus can order custom steaks, red ales, and amber lagers dedicated to past coaches and players who shaped the football program’s history.

Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse Features Roster of Championship Coaches and Players

Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse locations across central Ohio feature a dinner menu dedicated to four national-championship-winning coaches alongside a two-time Heisman Trophy winner. The Downtown, Upper Arlington, and Dublin restaurants offer a 26-ounce bone-in ribeye named for Ryan Day, priced at $95. The menu also includes Urban Meyer’s 14-ounce New York Strip, Jim Tressel’s strip steak topped with roasted garlic and mushrooms for $71, and Woody Hayes’s 7-ounce bacon-wrapped tenderloin served with melted blue cheese and Bordelaise sauce. Archie Griffin, a Columbus native voted by dispatch.com readers in 2025 as the greatest Buckeye football player of all time, anchors another option: an 8-ounce Steak Griffin priced at $62 or a 10-ounce cut for $77, prepared with an herb, garlic, and black pepper crust over a roasted shallot and Cabernet sauce.

Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse Serves Herbstreit Roll Amid Steak Preferences

Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse in Downtown Columbus serves a $23 sushi roll named after former quarterback and ESPN Kirk Herbstreit. The dish features a crunchy roll with shrimp tempura, king crab salad, cucumber, avocado, lemon and garlic aioli, and tempura bits. The restaurant bypasses naming a prime steak after the analyst following a Sept. 26 College GameDay broadcast where Herbstreit revealed a preference for well-done steaks served with A.1. sauce, drawing widespread public condemnation.

Thunderwing Brewing and Nostalgia Brewing Co. Pour Scarlet-Themed Beers

Thunderwing Brewing and Nostalgia Brewing Co. brew localized beverages celebrating legendary figures. Thunderwing’s Woody red ale, poured at its Hilltop taproom and The Wag bar near Grandview Heights, sells for $8 and is designed for game days in honor of Woody Hayes. In Gahanna, Nostalgia Brewing Co. pours its Eddie! Eddie! amber lager for $7, featuring caramel and honey notes to celebrate 1995 Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George.

Barleys Brewing Co. Crafts Bourbon Meyer Buckeye Stout Downtown

Barley’s Brewing Co. in Downtown Columbus serves a bourbon-barrel-aged stout priced at $8.50 named after former coach Urban Meyer. The brew incorporates organic cocoa nibs and peanut butter to mirror classic buckeye flavors, paying tribute to Meyer’s 83-9 record and national championship tenure from 2012 to 2018.

Frequently Asked Questions About Ohio State Themed Menu Items

Where can diners order the Ryan Day steak in Columbus?

The 36-day dry-aged 26-ounce bone-in ribeye is available at all three central Ohio Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse locations, situated Downtown on North High Street, in Upper Arlington on Old Henderson Road, and in Dublin on Frantz Road.

What ingredients make up the Eddie! Eddie! amber lager?

Nostalgia Brewing Co. crafts the amber lager in Gahanna as a rich brew with hints of caramel and honey.

How much does the Steak Griffin cost at Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse?

An 8-ounce cut of the filet mignon costs $62, while a 10-ounce portion is priced at $77.

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