Columbus fried-chicken restaurant The Crispy Coop will close its Northwest Boulevard location at March’s end
A neighborhood staple prepares to shut its doors
The Crispy Coop, a locally known fried-chicken restaurant in the Northwest Boulevard corridor, is set to close its Grandview-area location at the end of March. The restaurant operates at 1717 Northwest Blvd. in Columbus and has built its menu around fried chicken offered in multiple heat levels alongside sides such as greens and macaroni and cheese.
The end-of-month closure date places the final day of service at the close of March, concluding a run that began after the business rebranded and moved into its Northwest Boulevard space in 2020. The restaurant’s history in the area predates that move; it emerged from an earlier chicken concept that operated nearby before reopening under the current name.
What is known about the business footprint
The Crispy Coop has operated more than one Central Ohio location at different points, including an expansion to the east side of the metro area. A Pickerington location that opened in 2021 later closed, and the company subsequently opened a Reynoldsburg restaurant in 2024 at 6330 Tussing Road, a site marketed with drive-thru hours and online ordering.
Grandview-area location: 1717 Northwest Blvd., Columbus (announced to close at the end of March).
Reynoldsburg location: 6330 Tussing Road, Reynoldsburg (operating hours and contact information continue to be posted publicly by the business).
Context: a competitive chicken market and shifting restaurant operations
The closure comes amid a crowded and fast-changing fried-chicken segment in Columbus, where locally owned operators and national chains compete in both the hot-chicken and traditional fried-chicken categories. Over the last several years, the market has seen frequent openings, relocations and closures across the category, reflecting broader pressures that affect independent restaurants—staffing, lease costs, and demand fluctuations among them—though no single factor has been verified as the cause in this case.
What customers should expect
With service expected to end at the close of March, the immediate impact is the loss of a prepared-food option along Northwest Boulevard near the Chambers Road area. The business has also maintained catering availability and online ordering for its operations, though customers should anticipate that those services will no longer be available from the Northwest Boulevard kitchen after the closure date.
For patrons, the most practical implication is geographic: the nearest Crispy Coop-branded option would be the Reynoldsburg storefront after the Northwest Boulevard location closes.
No additional verified details have been released publicly about the reason for the closure, potential replacement tenant plans for the site, or whether any aspects of the Grandview-area menu or staff operations will transition elsewhere.