Top Ohio Food Startups (30)
Operator of Mexican restaurants and cantinas, running multiple casual dining and sports grill locations serving customers in the Dayton and Miami Valley region of Ohio.
Lago Flats LLC is a hospitality company operating upscale Italian restaurants and providing catering and event services in Cleveland, Ohio.
Freestore Foodbank is an emergency food and services provider serving children and families across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana. It distributes millions of meals annually through hundreds of community partners, including pantries, shelters, kitchens, and social-service centers. Beyond food, it offers clothing, housing services, SNAP assistance, Medicaid outreach, and pathways intended to help people move from crisis toward...
Thrive Companies is a large-scale, multi-faceted mixed-use real estate developer specializing in acquiring and revitalizing underutilized or abandoned brownfield sites to transform them into modern urban resorts and vibrant communities. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including development planning, construction, brokerage, realty, hospitality, and property management.
The Driftwood Restaurant Group is Ohio's premier restaurant and catering company, primarily operating in Greater Cleveland. They manage several award-winning restaurants, including Bin 216, Cibreo Italian Kitchen, and Republic Food + Drink, while also offering high-end catering services for corporate and private events, specializing in fresh, locally sourced, and seasonal foods delivered with a high level of detail.
Since 1934, Roland Foods has inspired people around the world to explore their culinary passions with our portfolio of premium global ingredients. Our dedicated team continues to cultivate multigenerational vendor relationships, allowing us to source and distribute high quality products at scale. At Roland Foods, we strive to cultivate culinary curiosity and experimentation through our wide range of global products....
Premier ProduceOne is a privately held distribution company and restaurant wholesaler that connects local farms to local chefs using state-of-the-art facilities. They provide fresh produce, domestic and imported specialty and gourmet foods, and other fine products—including exclusive cheeses and oils—to the state of Ohio and surrounding areas, priding themselves on delivering the flavor of highest quality local and specialty goods.
Great Lakes Brewing Company (GLBC), founded in 1988 in Clevelands Ohio City, is an independent, award-winning craft brewery and brewpub. Employee-owned since 2018, GLBC brews and distributes a portfolio of year-round, seasonal, and limited-release beers across multiple states and D.C., operates an on-site brewpub and gift shop, and participates in local food sourcing and community-focused events.
Blentech is a bay area based food technology company focused on developing equipment, systems and software for the safe, nutritious and consistent preparation of foods. Creatively blending the latest digital and physical technologies, our products deliver function, durability, sanitary design, safety and performance. Our experience in process engineering, automation, manufacturing and service, paired with proprietary manufacturing techniques, delivers superior processing...
C.Krueger's is a cookie and sweets shop dedicated in the creation of world's finest cookies and gifts.
Over the past decade, we have transformed into a focused leader in Food Service Design, Build, and Equipment & Smallwares Supply. We’ve held tight to our roots and family values while expanding our operations to support some of the most-recognized national chains, large institutions and thousands of other food service facilities across the United States. At Burkett, our purpose is...
BeeHex is changing the way food is made by re-thinking food preparation and dispensing with its patent-pending 3D food printing and robotics systems. We value innovation, creative planning, and execution at all levels of our business.
OnTrak Software is a technology company that develops software solutions for the beverage distribution industry.
Meritech designs and manufactures automated hygiene equipment (CleanTech automated handwashing stations and boot scrubbers) that remove pathogens and standardize hand and footwear hygiene in seconds. Their systems target food processing, healthcare, hospitality and education customers to improve compliance, reduce cross‑contamination and strengthen operational and brand safety.
Your Community Market is part of a small group of family owned grocery stores including Community Markets, Great Scot Community Markets, Fulmer Community Markets and Sack 'N Save Supermarkets, located in Ohio and eastern Indiana, that may vary in location and size, but they all have one thing in common; our emphasis on service and the local community set our...
Lopaus Point offers gluten-free waffles that use whole, organic fruit to lightly sweeten its batters.
When a veterinarian and a software engineer couldn't find the perfect food for their own dogs, they decided to make it. Dr. Tory Waxman, Michael Waxman, Mabel and Sky started Sundays from their garage, launched in 2020, and now feed a growing community of thousands of dogs. Our human-grade, air-dried food is healthier than kibble, but easier than home-cooked or...
The Corporation for Findlay Market (CFFM) is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 2000. Its mission is to ensure that Findlay Market remains a primary source of fresh food in the urban core and an enduring public asset for generations to come, connecting farmers, producers, sellers, and customers in a dynamic, diverse public marketplace.
