COLUMBUS, Ohio - Platform Beer Co. is on a roll: The brewery has three locations in Cleveland, recently announced it is opening in Cincinnati, and its Columbus taproom just marked a year in business.

Its Columbus facility is pretty sizable at 12,000 square feet. The taproom is located in an old meat-supply warehouse built in the early 1950s. It's a keg's throw off the beaten path and not far at all from the popular Short North district.

It uses a pop-up kitchen approach with three to four places - mostly food trucks - rotating in each week. They take over the kitchen for a day, prepare meals, clean up and leave. It's a get-up-and-order place without waitresses serving tables.

On a recent rainy Saturday, it drew an eclectic clientele, with young couples sipping pints poured from two dozen taps, friends playing games at communal tables, and the occasional toddler running between bar stools.

"The clientele is all over the place," said tasting-room manager Kelly Murray.

This summer, Platform's 2,500-square foot Cincinnati taproom is scheduled to open.

If you go: Platform Beer Co. is at 408 N. 6th St., Columbus. Hours: 3 p.m.-12:15 a.m. Monday-Thursday; 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday. It is 140 miles from downtown Cleveland. Take I-71 to the Spring Street exit, head west. Go right on Mt Vernon Avenue around Columbus State Community College and right on N. 6th. Platform is on the right with metered parking. Call 614-826-2285.