Ownership has shifted over the years, Leno selling his portion of the partnership in 1979 and Wedo ultimately passing away in 2017 at the age of 93 after doing the same. Today, a triumvirate of Chris Huda, Lindie Schweitzer and husband Scott Schweitzer run Ledo’s Tavern as part of a stable of Columbus bars that includes Park Street Tavern, City Tavern and Flatiron Tavern. Pizza has long been a part of the Ledo’s Tavern experience, at one time flipping to operation by Columbus mainstay Mikey’s Late Night Slice before transitioning to what is now Ledo’s Pizza Co.
With the sale of Ledo’s Tavern in 2011 to its current owners, a set of renovations followed that focused on revamped surfaces throughout, taking what was then weathered wooden panels throughout and replacing them with updated models. The result is a bit more polished of a dive bar experience than the previous Ledo’s Tavern incarnation, but the funky floor plan remains intact, pool room in back, centralized bar and long secondary space that runs the full length of the building’s north wall.
And that secondary space houses what is probably the Ledo’s Tavern signature feature, a row of dart boards that serves as the bar’s center of gravity most nights. Steel-tip boards line nearly the full length of the long room, ample drinking ledges and low tables provided to support the beers of those playing. Because of the multiple available boards, serious players with their own darts are sometimes attracted to Ledo’s Tavern, but for us normal folks, loaner darts are available at the bar.