South High St, Brewery District

I visited the Ohio state university a little bit ago and this was the street where the night life is happening! S. High Street runs north and south and has all kinds of bars and restaurants on it. A great place to part on weekends. Just be careful because some parts along the way can be bad areas of town. Don't feel like you can drive up and down on it without still be alert.

South High Street is also known as Route 23. Route 23 runs straight south to Portsmouth and across the bridge to South Shore, Kentucky, where it becomes "the Country Music Highway." Appalachians who came to Columbus in order to get jobs often said they were taught in their schools, "readin', writin', and Route 23." It's also the inspiration for a fiddle tune called "Road to Columbus" (played by Kenny Baker, the great fiddler in Bill Monroe's bluegrass band).

There are many nice things to say about South High St. At the very south end is a great shopping center with a Lowes, a good thrift store, a Walmart, an Aldis and many other places to shop and eat.

At 1374 South High Street there is the Bluegrass Shop, a place that sells bluegrass recordings, instruments, and other equipment. There's a jam there all day on Saturdays.

My church is at 1621 South High St. It is full of friendly people, mostly expatriate Kentuckians and West Virginians.