How do you get into The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy?
We have not confirmed it. The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy is in the directory because it calls itself a speakeasy, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy
How the venue describes itself: “Experience stone-fired perfection in the heart of Columbus, Ohio’s Short North. Serving brunch, lunch, dinner and happy hour. Make a reservation today!” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy sits
The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy is in Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County, in the Midwest of the United States.
Our directory currently lists ten speakeasies and hidden bars in Columbus. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Columbus.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy are Sotto Terra at The Sanctuary, about 650 m away, Ethel’s Speakeasy, about 1.1 km away, and Speakeasy Ramen Express, about 2.1 km away.
Ohio holds 54 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our Ohio speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in Ohio
Ohio came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in Ohio.
What the newspapers recorded in Ohio
Searching the Library of Congress run of Ohio newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from Ohio:
- The toiler, February 13, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The American issue, June 17, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The American issue, December 31, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- The American issue, November 4, 1921 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
Hours published by the venue:
- Friday 11am-3pm
- Monday – Friday 4pm – 6pm
- Saturday 3pm-1am
- Sunday 10am-3pm
- Sunday-Thursday 3pm-11pm
Hours as published on the venue’s own site, retrieved 9 October 2026.
You can reach The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy by phone on (614) 469-0053, through its own website, and on Facebook and Instagram.
The address is 721 N High St, Columbus, OH 43215. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For The Marmont at Forno Speakeasy we hold street address, telephone number, official website, social accounts, opening hours, and an online booking link. We do not yet hold a published drinks list or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it a speakeasy and the description in the source data describes it as a speakeasy.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.