What did you like and want to see repeated going forward? What do you think could’ve been done better?
I found it interesting that most of the beer is from Cincinnati, but most of the food is from Columbus
It is odd right? I guess Lubecker, Mecks, Hofbrau, etc. don’t find it profitable to have a booth.
Pros
- More shade was nice
- Next to govt square for easy bus rides or streetcar to the site
- Plenty of great local beer choices plus plenty of Sam Adams booths
Cons
- Still feels way more cramped on 5th
- Lines were very long and ran into each other on 5th and thus you couldn’t even get through- so you could go on the sidewalk but then couldn’t see what the booths were anyhow
- More disruption to traffic compared to 2nd/3rd
Overall I thought it was fine. I wasn’t as opposed to the new location as I thought I might be. I still prefer 2nd/3rd overall even with the sun just because there is a lot more space and the booths seem way more manageable. I do think this location could work better though if they just used the side streets more. They mainly seemed for portapotties but you could really expand better out I feel like.
It just feels like a festival that has grown to take in more than half a million people could use some more space than we give it.