Buckeye Donuts
Coffee/Tea/Juice
Greek
Late-Night Study Spot
Buckeye Donuts is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. While Buckeye Donuts was once a smoke-filled establishment, new Columbus anti-smoking laws mean that there are often more employees and customers standing outside Buckeye Donuts than sitting inside. If you frequent Buckeye Donuts between Midnight and 6 AM, you will often find a mixture of intellectual debate, chess tournaments and people singing along to classic rock on the radio. Unfortunately, the donuts are far from vegan. The good news is that there is a vegetarian gyro, a hummus sandwich and a falafel sandwich on the menu (all of which can be made vegan). The other good news is that the employees are pretty sensitive to vegan concerns and are happy to tell you which ingredients aren't vegan.
Added by Lola on Aug 21 05 (updated Aug 21 05)
Buckeye Donuts is a 24-hour donut shop and popular study location for OSU students. The menu isn't terribly vegan-friendly, but the owner and employees are very receptive to special requests from vegan customers. They even tried to make me a batch of vegan donuts once, but subsequently realized that the donut batter contained some ingredients that were hard to substitute.
There are two sandwiches at Buckeye Donuts that can be easily veganized: the veggie gyro (just ask for tahini instead of yogurt sauce and hold the feta) and the falafel sandwich. Both are very good (probably the best vegan food you'll find in Columbus at 4 AM).