Inside the North Market
Everyone loves a sneak peek. An insider’s view. A backstage pass. A behind-the-scenes tour.
Now you can have ’em all with Experience the North Market a series of unique classes and events that let you see, touch, taste and tour the North Market like mere mortals cannot. (Okay, a slight exaggeration, but this is something very special.)
Current Tours & Classes
Amazing Tastes of the North Market Tour
Just walking around the North Market is a sensory and gustatory occasion … but we’ll do you one better!
With our Amazing Tastes Tour you will:
- Learn about the history of public markets in Columbus
- Meet some North Market merchants who are the backbone if this establishment
- Taste a few fabulous local foods (wine, too, if you want)
- Get your own mini-North Market shopping spree
Cost: $15 per person for groups up to 20. Minimum group size of 10.
Groups of 21 or larger will be split in half for a 2 hour experience, costing $19 per person.
Includes one-hour tour, tastes and $5 North Market gift certificate
Cookin’ with CaJohn

By your lonesome or as part of team-building event, Cookin’ with CaJohn presentations and classes call for some serious testing, tasting and tantalizing of the tastebuds.
Classes include:
- Soups/stews & salsa/dips cooking class: $15 per person
- Cooking class with three-course lunch: $25 per person
- Cooking class with four-course dinner: $35 per person
- Fiesta (Southwestern) or Fais Do-Do (Cajun) cooking class: $45 per person
Minimum group size of 10. All classes are customizable. Contact us for more information and/or a price quote.