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The restaurant that was Engine House No. 5 is one of the ‘Ghosts of Columbus Past‘ that has been brought up a few times when some reminisce. The restaurant closed in 1993 when its owner Chuck Muer was lost at sea with his wife Betty. It sat for a few years as the building owner waited for a new restaurant to come along. In 2004, the team at Big Red Rooster found the space and thought it would be perfect for their creative brand experience firm. They completed renovations to bring the historical charm back to the space. I recently took a tour of their office space.
Below are a few photos that show off the space.
Engine House No. 5 facing Thurman Avenue.
Looking into the basement. The space used to be a bar for the restaurant.
An old door where hay used to be loaded into the fire house to store the horses.
Fire house relics. An emergency call box and the hooks in the belfry used to hang fire hoses to dry.
Servers used to go down the fire pole with birthday cakes.
The main studio space with original lighting fixtures.
Looking down from the second level onto the reception area.
Click here to read the full article and view more photos of the space on The Metropreneur.
Thanks for this update Anne. Great photos. Richard Stopper was the GM of engine house at one time.
We used to eat here all the time when it was Engine House. Many a birthday dinner…they’d come down the pole with a cake with sparklers. :-)
I wish it was still the restaurant! It was a Columbus landmark!