Beerhead Bar & Eatery’s Hamilton Quarter outpost near New Albany quietly poured its last pint on Tuesday, leaving a high-profile storefront suddenly dark in the busy shopping center. Known for its sprawling tap list and deep bottled-beer lineup, the spot had become an easy go-to for after-work crowds from nearby offices and the medical campus. Regulars who swung by earlier in the week instead found a locked door, a dark dining room and no staff in sight, as Hamilton Quarter keeps filling in around the Ohio State Wexner outpatient campus.
As reported by Columbus Business First, the Beerhead at Hamilton Quarter is no longer operating. That coverage identifies the bar as part of the Hamilton Quarter retail cluster and notes the closure was observed this week.
Beerhead’s corporate site still lists a New Albany location and continues to tout dozens of taps and hundreds of bottled beers, pitching the concept as a family-friendly hangout with seasonal drafts and rotating selections. As of publication, that company listing had not been updated to reflect the reported shutdown.
Where It Sat in the Strip
Hamilton Quarter is a roughly 40-acre mixed-use development that has pulled in national retailers and restaurants since opening and sits next to the New Albany business park and an OSU outpatient campus. The center’s tenant pages show Beerhead among the early restaurant entrants during the development’s lease-up phase, which now leaves one of the larger restaurant shells sitting empty at the plaza.
Chain Context
This is not the first time Beerhead has trimmed its footprint in Ohio. Local coverage documented the chain’s Flats East Bank location in Cleveland closing after its operator chose not to renew the lease in 2025. That earlier exit, which left a high-visibility waterfront space vacant, suggested the brand has been reconsidering certain market placements…