Winans’ history traces all the way back to bakery confections in the late 1800’s. The two third generation bakers, brothers Max and Dick Winans, added hand-dipped chocolates, brittles, and copper kettle caramels to their bakery line and opened Winans Carriage House Candies in Piqua, Ohio in 1961. Since then the business had been handed down from one generation to the next and now it’s ready to head east and share its history (and deliciousness) with Columbus, OH.
Winans Columbus is continuing a delicious, five generations old, German family, tradition. Winans is set to open its first Columbus store in early July at 897 S. 3rd Street in historic German Village. Copper kettles, wooden paddles and a German candy maker perpetuate the history of fresh, natural chocolates and candies. Green coffee beans, imported world wide, are craft roasted daily in the Piqua, Ohio roastery.

Featuring a full espresso bar, Winans will offer a single- origin, pour-over (drip) bar, and specially roasted traditional and flavored brewed coffees. A substantial selection of whole bean coffees will also be available, perfect for home brewing. Recently Winans owner Joe Reiser has begun the process of planting their first coffee farm in the mountains of central Honduras. This will allow Winans to have full access and experiment with different varietals of organic, fair trade, rain forest alliance coffees from Central America.

Winans Columbus will also have an abundance of its hand made, German recipe based, chocolates available for gift giving or your own enjoyment. The Wurtle, a best seller, is the classic combination of roasted almonds, cashews, or pecans combined with creamy caramel then coated in premium chocolate. The Chocolate Barks are delicious, creamy slabs of milk or dark chocolate loaded with your choice of nut and brittles also come in four nut choices. Other favorites include: chocolate covered Oreos, pretzels, coffee beans, raisins, and malted milk balls! The list goes on and on. You will also find selections of single origin chocolates, organic chocolates, sugar free chocolates and high cocoa content chocolates.