Taxation Department closes long-standing Columbus restaurant’s dining room

The dining room of a popular Columbus eatery has been temporarily closed for dine-in by the the Ohio Department of Taxation.

As of September 10, Milano’s Italian Restaurant has been closed for dine-in patrons. A pink sign from the Ohio Department of Taxation notifies customers that the restaurant’s storefront—which is located at 6916 E. Broad St.— is “prohibited from making retail sales.”

This means that Milano’s dining room is temporarily closed, although the eatery is able to operate on a carryout basis. It’s unclear how long Milano’s will stay closed, but owner Eric Sturman told 614Now he hopes to resolve the situation this week.

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“Due to the closure of our BBQ concept earlier this year, bills got behind. We had since onboarded with a large catering platform and were rapidly digging out of that debt with close to double our sales in catering! We are working to resolve this and intend on being operational again as soon as possible,” he said. “It’s a story about the burden of covering two restaurants with one’s income. But we were actually doing it until the state intervened.”

Milano’s, which was voted the Best Restaurant in Reynoldsburg in the 2025 and 2026 ColumBEST polls, has served Italian favorites to the East Side of Columbus since 2001. It’s located at 6916 E. Broad St. in Reynoldsburg.

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