When Bernie's closed in 2015, it marked the closing a chapter of in Columbus music. The last bar that catered to original music and helped foster the indie/underground music scene directly across from campus closed, and NBC4 covered it. Here's the a bit, and clicking this link takes you to video.
Bars come and go all the time, but this one is different.
It is a definitive local bar in the basement of a building on North High Street--it was this block's local bar, and had been for years.
Bernies started as a bagel shop and deli and transformed into a night spot gradually over the last four decades.
It is one of the last of the non-corporate pubs on campus.
"We've been here 21 years. Bernies has been here 40 total," said Roma Painter, owner of Bernies. "And it's going to be changing completely not just here but on campus in general."
Bernie's is closing on this New Year's Eve.
It is making room for more upscale development on High Street.
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