The Horseshoe Bar embodies a rustic theme with reside music and line dancing

Giddyup, Columbus, and seize your cowboy boots for a brand new campus bar, The Horseshoe Nation Bar & Extra.

The Horseshoe, positioned at 2159 N. Excessive St., opened its doorways in early September and is like no different on Excessive Road. John Massimiani, an proprietor of The Horseshoe, mentioned he determined to open a new-style bar with a rustic theme after the restaurant he beforehand owned, The Chop Store, struggled to make a revenue after the pandemic.

“Should you go in there, it’s actually life like. There’s quite a lot of barn wooden. There’s outdated tin, there’s hardwood flooring, , for all of the dancing,” Massimiani mentioned. “We’re simply within the course of, we’re nonetheless , principally adorning nonetheless. There’s all new TVs in there.”

Massimiani mentioned Jeff James, a line dance teacher, coordinates the bar’s dancing and can present classes on Wednesday nights for many who are a minimum of 18 years outdated and lack expertise.

“So, if you happen to wanna are available in there and learn to line dance, you are available in at 8 p.m.,” Massimiani mentioned. “From eight to 9, he does classes, after which the remainder of the night time they line dance. So, it’s open to everyone.”

Wednesday nights are the one night time when folks beneath 21 are allowed within the bar, Massimiani mentioned.

Massimiani plans to convey native and nationwide nation music acts to The Horseshoe to broaden the bar’s viewers past Ohio State college students. This may occasionally assist out surrounding bars, like The Little Bar, which Massimiani additionally owns.

“We’re attempting to convey folks to that space, not simply on recreation days,” Massimiani mentioned. “So, we’re attempting to do native bands which have a following, after which as soon as a month, we wanna attempt to convey a much bigger act to convey some folks in from not simply on campus.”

Zack Jarvis, basic supervisor of The Horseshoe, mentioned though the bar is nation themed, it has one thing to supply for everybody.

“A singular side of The Horseshoe is that I feel everybody can discover what they’re searching for in a bar there,” Jarvis mentioned. “There are cubicles and tables if you wish to sit down and have a dialog with buddies, a dance flooring to bounce and hearken to reside nation music and a number of huge TVs throughout the bar for everybody’s sports activities and rodeo leisure.”

Jarvis mentioned The Horseshoe has three bars within the area that every one serve liquor, beer and drinks. The Horseshoe at the moment serves appetizers and should accomplice with meals vehicles for particular occasions, Massimiani mentioned.

“Pretzel bites, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno peppers, sizzling canines, sizzling canines with chili, , something like that,” Massimiani mentioned. “And likewise if we’ve got any kind of social gathering, we are able to additionally use meals vehicles.”

Massimiani mentioned buyer appreciation is one thing that he plans to hold over from The Little Bar.

“I imply, we actually deal with our prospects. You already know, like at The Little Bar we’ve been there 16 years,” Massimiana mentioned. “If [I] ever put on a shirt that claims Little Bar, and I’m in Florida, or I’m wherever within the nation, any individual runs into me that claims, ‘I’ve been there on recreation day.’ So, it’s a giant attraction, however we additionally deal with our prospects.”

Jarvis mentioned The Horseshoe opens Wednesday by Saturday at 6 p.m. and final name is at 2 a.m., however hours fluctuate for recreation days.

“On recreation days, we’re often open fairly early. So, if it’s a midday recreation, , we’re open 10, 11, possibly earlier, however for essentially the most half we’re open at about midday on Saturdays. On non-game days, most likely about 3:30 p.m.,” Jarvis mentioned.

Jarvis mentioned The Horseshoe has a Fb, Twitter and Instagram the place folks can sustain with each day specials, completely satisfied hour occasions, theme nights and reside music acts.