Spoonful Records, Columbus OH

Organized store with heavy selection of vinyl throughout the store. CD section at reasonable prices. I was fortunate to pick up some wanted items at this store within my budget. Keep up the good work.

Amy is very helpful and knowledgeable. Spoonful has a great selection and wide variety. Their pricing structure was also quite good.

This has literally become my absolute FAVORITE record store! So I spent over a year looking for a specific Quiet Riot record and had no luck until I went to Spoonful. This is the only record store out of the several that I’ve called and visited that helped me find what I was looking for. They took my name and number and followed up with me in about two days and actually found the what I was looking for. They seem to really care about the love and passion their customers have for music. They were nice and beyond helpful. Absolutely love this place!

The staff were very friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. Lots of great records, as well-it was hard to make a choice. They even found us a little box to take our records on the flight home, and gave my daughter a sticker that she'll cherish forever as a reminder of our trip to Columbus.

Every five star review you read about Spoonful is spot on and you will love your experience there. Brett and Amy are the best, and anyone else that they have helping them will love to help you. These are great people and we have been lucky to have them in Columbus for a long, long time. The store layout is always comprehensive AND cohesive, and there is definitely something used or new for all tastes. I hope that you have stopped reading and just gone to shop by now!

Came up from Cincinnati today. Awesome shop! Personable employees, great inventory and reasonable prices. Brett and Amy were nothing but welcoming and I’ll start sending everyone their way! ️️- JN

This was our first visit to Spoonful.in search of a turntable for my teenage son, his first. Brett, the gentleman who helped us, was very friendly and knowledgeable without giving off the stereotypical "snobby record store worker" vibe (see: High Fidelity). Spoonful has a great selection of records both new and old covering all genres! Specifically, I really liked that they have two "Local" sections. Ohio & Columbus. Their Hip-Hop selection is the best that I've experienced so far. I haven't been to every record store yet in Columbus though.

Yesterday [10-12-2022], I briefly visited Spoonful Records at 144 E. State St.in downtown Columbus.

That morning, I had attended a 10: 00 a.m. Press conference at the Ohio Statehouse and then had eaten lunch. After lunch, I had been walking towards the COTA stop that is within view of the YWCA [at 65 S. Fourth St. ] with plans to wait for 25 minutes or so for my COTA bus home.

While passing 144 E. State St, I noticed an "easel sign" on the sidewalk with the message "Record Store Open" so I decided to stop in for a brief visit.

I actually no longer use "records" [or "LP records"] [or "vinyl"] myself because I first switched [25 or so years ago] to exclusively using CDs; I later completely stopped listening to recorded music.

But I still enjoy visiting "record stores" [or whatever they are called these days] because of a shared culture with which I enjoy connecting at times.

It turns out that I had already known one of the co-owners of Spoonful Records from when he had been a student at Columbus College of Art and Design while I had been working for the former Long's Commercial Art Supply in the basement of the former Long's Book Store at 1836 N. High St.

His face had been familiar to me so I had initially guessed that perhaps he had managed an OSU-campus-area record store while I had worked at Long's but it turns out that actually he had bought art supplies from me in the basement of Long's during the middle 1990s.

He invited me to "go behind the counter" for a moment so that I would be able to photograph a section of the store that is uniquely visible from behind that counter. That photograph is the only photograph that I had taken yesterday that includes a turntable at the bottom of the image.

I particularly enjoyed their "saxophone" lamp that is near their north wall that appears in three of the photographs of Spoonful Records that I have posted to maps and is featured in two of those photographs.

If you are in downtown Columbus and are looking for some high-quality "vinyl" [previously known as "records" or "LP records"] I recommend Spoonful Records.

Beautiful space, fair pricing, and absolutely amazing staff (big shout-out to Amy.you're the best). If you've got a question about anything, they're highly knowledgeable of their inventory and can help you find what you're looking for or, sometimes, an amazing alternative. I always look forward to another visit.

I called Spoonful Records the other day for a question about my record player and Xenia was just SUPER kind and helpful. I didn’t realize it was about an hour away from me but because of how great she was and was able to give me a price right off the back for the repair I described I decided to make the drive. When I arrived the owner even helped with carrying my player into the store from the car. He started the repairs and was intentional about making sure my transportation back home would be safe and was great about informing me about fix. They have a very organized store and large selection of records with parts in stock. The owner was so humble and Im so happy with how today went. Thank you all so much!

I travel for a living and spend eight months out of the year on the road. When I have a stop in any city I find the nearest Used Vinyl store to go have a browse. Today I stumbled onto Spoonful Records. Absolutely one of the finest record stores I have ever walked into. Superb selection of every genre, and a fantastic metal selection.

The owners were truly wonderful people, and I could have easily spent the whole day there chatting and browsing. I am so much looking forward to coming back here very soon.

Thankyou very much for a wonderful day.

Spoonful Records is one of my favorite places to go (just in general) and definitely my favorite record store. The selection is varied. I always find something (and often more than I am looking for). Everyone is friendly there, and I love stopping in to chat while I shop.

I’ve followed these folks all over downtown. They have a great staff nice selection and always a nice store. I just can’t say enough good stuff about these people!

I drove through Columbus a couple of weeks ago on my way back home from a long road trip out east. I only had time to visit one record store there (it was late afternoon on a Sunday), so I chose Spoonful Records based on their reviews on here. I have to say that the reviews were spot-on, as it is a nice record store with an excellent selection of both used and new vinyl. Everything is well-organized, which makes flipping easy and fun, and the owners are friendly and knowledgeable. Both made an effort to greet me and talk about my selections a little, even though they were busy. I always appreciate that, as the main appeal of a record store other than the music is the interaction one has with owners and/or staff. I could tell by their conversations with others in the store, that they know their regular customers well and appreciate them (and in return are appreciated by them) I don't come through Columbus often, but from now on when I do, I will stop in Spoonful. I highly recommend this awesome record store!

This record store is great. As a new collector I really appreciate how approachable the staff is and how easy it is to navigate the store. The owners and staff are very nice. I recommend this store to anyone looking for a home record store.

Great, varied selection that isn’t aggressively overwhelming to navigate (well-organized) and extremely helpful staff that are willing to connect with patrons. They also are involved with livening up the Columbus music scene and have live music events periodically. Environment is picturesque and clean.