Country music and BBQ: Check out the Short North’s newest addition


Brian Swanson looks at Nashville’s honky-tonk nightlife and wonders: Why not here?

The veteran Columbus bar and restaurant owner is taking his crack at it with this week's opening of Bristol Republic at 1124 N. High St. in the Short North.

“People want to hear country music. Country concerts in Columbus always sell out,” he said. “I just don’t see anything like this here.”

Here, meaning the Short North, where the dining is ever more polished and nightlife is plentiful, though possibly…

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