A Final Toast to Local Cantina Clintonville: Closing at End of 2025
Dear Clintonville,
After over a decade of serving this amazing community, Local Cantina Clintonville will be closing as of January 1st, 2026, with our last day of service on December 31st, 2025. It’s never easy to say goodbye, especially to a neighborhood that’s felt like home since day one. We opened our doors in November 2014, not knowing just how much this corner of Clintonville would come to mean to us. Since then, we’ve shared countless tacos, margaritas, and memories.
We can’t thank you enough for the love you’ve shown us. We’ve watched your little ones grow up on queso. You brought your friends, pups, trivia teams, wild stories, and quiet moments, letting us be part of your celebrations, first dates (and even a few last ones), family dinners, and just-because margarita nights. We’re beyond grateful for every laugh, cheers, and moment that you chose to spend with us. You stood by us rain or shine, every day of the week, and even a global pandemic. Your support, stories, familiar faces: they’ve become part of who we are. There’s still time to swing by and visit your favorite crew, so come raise a glass and help us celebrate such a special place.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly: our lease is coming to an end, and with it, the opportunity to thoughtfully close this chapter. While we’re saying goodbye to this particular space, we still believe in Clintonville and may find a new home here again in the future. We’ll deeply miss this space, but are excited to share that it will soon be home to COVE Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital. It warms our hearts to know this building will continue to support the community in a new and meaningful way. This isn’t goodbye forever, you can still get your taco fix at any of our other Columbus locations, including just around the corner in Upper Arlington, Grandview, Dublin, Hilliard and our upcoming location in Pickerington.
Thank you, Clintonville. With every taco run, first date, “just one more marg,” and “meet you at Local Cantina”, you’ve filled our space with life, love, laughter, and the kind of community that can’t be faked. We’re not just your neighborhood taco joint: you've made us a part of your family.
With love and endless gratitude,
Local Cantina Clintonville 🧡🌮
For media or press inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at Contact@LocalCantina.com.
We’ve shared a lot of good times together in Clintonville, from low-key brunches to big celebrations, late-night laughs, and everything in between. As we get ready to close this chapter, we want to hear from you.
Got a photo, a favorite memory, or a message for the crew? Send it our way through the form below. We may highlight some of your stories online or in-store as we honor these final weeks in the place we’ve all come to love.