INAUGURAL NORTH MARKET COFFEE ROAST ON MARCH 31

Columbus, Ohio- We’ve brewed up a brand new fete to add to our roster of food events at the North Market. We started with A Touch of Earth, the North Market merchant that’s been selling coffee to market-goers for 22 years, threw in a dozen local specialty coffee roasters, added two local dairies and voila! We bring you the North Market Coffee Roast on Saturday, March 31from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The North Market in conjunction with A Touch of Earth and our local coffee roasters will host a celebration of all things related to those wondrous caffeinated beans. No coffee house is complete without live music so we’ll have some of our favorite local musicians and singer-songwriters on hand for ambience. And the fine folks from A Touch of Earth have coordinated a schedule of demonstrations in the Dispatch Kitchen to elevate your coffee acumen.

Participating local roasters include: Backroom Coffee Roasters (Upper Arlington), Bexley Coffee Shop (Bexley), Café Brioso (Downtown), Caffé Apropos (Harrison West), Crimson Cup Coffee (Clintonville), Impero Coffee (Short North), Luck Bros’ Coffee House (Grandview), One Line Coffee (Granville), Silver Bridge Coffee Company (Gallipolis), Stauf’s Coffee Roasters (Grandview), Thunderkiss Coffee (Columbus) and Upper Cup Coffee (Olde Town East). Representatives from each roaster will be present to answer questions about their coffees and techniques. What goes better with coffee than milk? Hartzler Family Dairy and Snowville Creamery will also be on hand to offer a splash of dairy in your cup of joe if that’s how you take yours.

“Great flavor and high quality are dominating today’s food trends. Our first-ever Coffee Roast will give North Market visitors the opportunity to try some of the best coffee in Columbus,” said David Wible, Executive Director of the North Market. “The roasters and baristas participating in the event raise the level of coffee roasting, tasting and drinking to an art form.”

Think your home-roasted beans can compete with the pros? Sign up for our Home Roasters Competition. You bring a pound of your custom-roasted coffee beans to the North Market for evaluation by our expert panel of judges. The winner will receive $50 in North Market gift certificates, a WhirleyPop stovetop roaster courtesy of Pam’s Market Popcorn and green beans for home-roasting!

Admission to North Market and the demonstrations is free. Coffee tasting admission is $5 at the door (no presale of tickets) and includes a souvenir coffee mug (while supplies last) and a passport to sample coffee with each of our participating roasters. Partners of the North Market Coffee Roast include Columbus Crave Magazine (media sponsor), Full Circle Soil Cooperative (in-kind sponsor) and The Graham School.

North Market Coffee Roast
Schedule of Activities:
• 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Coffee Roast tasting activity and demonstrations in the Dispatch Kitchen

• 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., “Open Bar”, practice with a professional Barista on our espresso machine in the Dispatch Kitchen

• 9-11 a.m., live music by the Shaw Brothers

• 9-9:45 a.m., demonstration: “Espresso Drinks 101” in the Dispatch Kitchen with John Justice of Café Brioso and Dave Forman of One Line Coffee

• 10-10:45 a.m., demonstration: “Seed-to-cup” in the Dispatch Kitchen with Jeff Davis of Café Brioso and Mark Swanson of Stauf’s Coffee Roasters

•10:45-11 a.m., demonstration, “Fair Trade” by Lorraine Walker of Silver Bridge Coffee Company

• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., live music by Ira Chaiffetz (banjo)

• 11-11:40 a.m., demonstration: “Comparative Tasting: Profiling and Regional Differences” in the Dispatch Kitchen with Dave Eldridge and Brandon Bir of Crimson Cup Coffee.

• 12-1 p.m., Home Roasters Competition, judged by Backroom Coffee Roasters, Café Brioso, Crimson Cup Coffee, Impero Coffee Stauf’s Coffee Roasters and Thunderkiss Coffee. Email info@northmarket.com to register

• 1-3 p.m., live music by Miss Molly

• 1:30-2 p.m., demonstration: “Home Brewing” in the Dispatch Kitchen with Andy Luck of Luck Bros’ Coffee House

• 3-5 p.m., live music by Elijah Aaron

Event hours are 9AM-2PM. Market hours are 8AM-5PM. For more information or to sign-up for the home roasters contest, please email info@northmarket.com or visit www.northmarket.com.

Dear North Market Shopper,

Gather up a small group of friends. Let them know that every Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., they should assemble for an hour or so at the Market.

It’s fun and great to do for the following reasons:

We all need some motivation to get-up and get going on Saturday morning.

Reconnecting with friends on a regular basis is good for the soul.

The Market is calm and quiet early Saturday morning.

Our merchants are geared-up with the best of the best for Saturday shoppers.

The atmosphere is pleasant with the wafting aromas of fresh coffee and baked goods.

It’s just plain fun.
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Fiery Foods Weekend

Melt away the mid-winter monotony at the Fiery Foods Weekend on February 18th and 19th. From special vendors to fiery foods cooking and eating contests plus kids activities and live music there’s mild to wild fun to be had at the North Market THIS WEEKEND!

Fiery Foods Festival
Schedule of Activities:

Saturday, February 18
• 9-11 a.m., music by Ira Chaiffetz (banjo)
• 10 a.m., Guacamole contest in Dispatch Kitchen
• 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., face painting
• 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Mark Wood Cowboy Fun Show
• 11 a.m., Chef Chili Challenge in northwest corner of mezzanine (CONTEST FULL, $5 sample fee for chef chili sampling at 11:45)
• 11 a.m., kids give-aways including cowboy hats, bandanas and sheriff badges and chile-pepper shaped cookies from Mozart’s Bakery
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., music by Gipson & Fitz Trio
• 12:30 p.m., Hot Sauce Contest in the Dispatch Kitchen (CONTEST FULL)
• 1-3 p.m., music by Island Breeze
• 2 p.m., Fiery Cornbread eating contest in Dispatch Kitchen
• 3-5 p.m., music by The Piano Pedaler
• 3:30 p.m., Jalapeno eating contest in Dispatch Kitchen

Sunday, February 19
• 12-2 p.m., music by Canned Goods
• 12 – 5 p.m., face painting
• 12:30 p.m., Amateur Chili Cook-off Contest in northwest corner of mezzanine (CONTEST FULL, $5 sample fee for amateur chili sampling at 1:15)
• 2 p.m., Amateur Salsa Contest in Dispatch Kitchen (CONTEST FULL)
• 2:45 p.m., Hot Ice Cream Sundae eating Contest in Dispatch Kitchen
• 2-5 p.m., music by Willie Phoenix
• 3:30 p.m., Hot Wing eating contest in Dispatch Kitchen

The North Market Fiery Foods Festival will take place on Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19 and is a free event. A tasting fee of $5 on Saturday enables onlookers to sample the chilis of the professional chefs once judging is completed (30-45 minutes). A separate $5 tasting fee on Sunday applies to the chili by the amateur contestants once judging is completed (30-45 minutes). Registration for all fiery foods eating contests will take place on the day of those events.

Our Fiery Foods vendors who will be set up Saturday and Sunday include:

A Bit of A Bite Salsa: salsas, mild, medium and HOT made in Ohio

Aimee’s Blue Ribbon Spices: dips, mixes, spreads and seasonings made in Ohio

Bigfat’s Hot Sauce: hot sauces

Black Swamp Gourmet: BBQ sauces, meat rubs and hot cracker spice mix made in Ohio

Blaze Gourmet: hot sauces, salsas and spices made in Ohio

CaJohns Flavor & Fire: Columbus’ own fiery foods emperor

Chuck Evans’ Montezuma Brand: locally made salsas, hot sauces, marinades and dry rubs

Columbus Brewing Company: jalapeno pale ale

Dragonfire Foods: hot sauces and salsas

El Gringo Loco: salsa, BBQ sauce, Buffalo wing sauce and tortilla chips

Elevator Brewing Company: ghost scorpion lager and chipotle nut brown ale

Heartbreaking Dawns: artisan hot sauces, preserves, rubs and baking mixes

Mild to Wild Herb and Pepper Co.: hot sauces and BBQ sauces

Mudflats Chef Inspired Sauces: 6 varieties of sauces and seasonings made in Ohio

Patter Fam Sauces: gourmet cooking sauces made in Ohio

Race City Sauce Works: hot sauces, mustards, spicy sweets and dressings

Red Lion Spicy Foods Company: salsa, hot sauce, relish, pickles, garlic and jams

Surface of the Sun: locally made hot sauce

Sweet Thing Gourmet: locally made artisanal jams

Uncle Jester’s Fine Foods: sauces, salsas, condiments, dressings, jellies and candies made in Ohio

Urban Chefs: locally made BBQ sauces, hot sauces and canned vegetables 

Volcanic Peppers: hot chile powders, BBQ sauce and fresh peppers

Dear North Market Shopper,

It’s never too late to start a new tradition (and a fun one, at that).

Gather up a small group of friends. Let them know that every Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., they should meet you for an hour or so at the Market.

It’s fun and great to do for the following reasons:

We all need some motivation to get-up and get going on Saturday morning.

Reconnecting with friends on a regular basis is good for the soul.

The Market is calm and quiet early Saturday morning.

Our merchants are geared-up with the best of the best for Saturday shoppers.

The atmosphere is pleasant with the wafting aromas of fresh coffee and baked goods.

It’s just plain fun.

Every Saturday morning there are small groups of friends that congregate. They catch-up, they debate, they socialize, they snack on great food, they take advantage of one of the great benefits our public markets provide. Because, we’re more than a place to procure local, artisan, fresh and high-quality food, we’re a social gathering place.
We elevate shopping to an “experience.”

So, call a couple old friends. Set a standing meeting time every Saturday at the Market.
We guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

See you at the Market.

Dave Wible, Executive Director