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October 16, 2018 11:55 am
Lauren Sega 
The Jury Room name is back from the dead. After being laid to rest in 2014, it was replaced by 1831 Tavern/Balls Bar, then Blind Lady Tavern, which shuttered earlier this year. Now, Megan Dempsey, co-owner of Dempsey’s Food & Spirits, has taken over and will reopen the 187-year-old space to host small and mid-sized […]
Downtown’s Blind Lady Tavern Closing Soon
July 30, 2018 12:52 pm Lauren Sega 
It’s been a weekend of disappointing announcements, the second of which was Blind Lady Tavern’s upcoming closure. The bar and restaurant was about to conclude their third year of business, opening up at 22 E. Mound St. Downtown in October of 2015 and serving for the last time on Saturday, August 11. “It was a […]
Restaurant Review: Blind Lady Tavern
November 25, 2016 10:30 am
Miriam Bowers Abbott 
Blind Lady Tavern opened on Mound Street in a spot that has seen lots of action in the last five years. It had a stint in the Liz Lessner empire as The Jury Room. After the Jury Room closed, a meatball spot called “Balls” was going to move in, but when public reception of the […]
Blind Lady Tavern Named Best Burgers in Columbus at Best Bites
October 18, 2016 6:00 am
Leanne Moore 
We hope everyone had a fantastic night at Best Bites: Burgers at the Grand Event Center last Thursday. We are still dreaming about all those delicious burgers! A huge thank you to all the restaurants who came out and served their best. It was a tight race. And thank you to all our guests who came […]
Blind Lady Tavern Replaces 1831 Tavern in Former Jury Room Space
October 1, 2015 8:00 am
Rebecca Wagner 
The historic Jury Room tavern space has finally found a successor. Blind Lady Tavern, a pre-prohibition-style bar, has moved in to 22 E. Mound Street. The 184-year old Jury Room first opened in 1831, and was the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Columbus. The space was sold last fall, and operated briefly as 1831 Tavern […]
