A Note From Dave

Dear North Market Shopper,

In this day and age we’re all trying to do a better job of understanding our food. Where does it come from? How was it produced? Is it safe? And sustainable?

When you shop at North Market, you get the opportunity to understand your food and it comes free of charge. We call it expertise.

It comes in the form of Bluescreek Farm Meats where David and Cheryl Smith  not only butcher their meat, they raise it as well on their farm in Marysville.

Doug, Angelo and Shawn at The Fish Guys know about almost every fish they sell. Where it’s from, how it’s caught, how it’s best prepared. There’s a reason they have the best fresh seafood business in town.

Mike Kast at Curds and Whey is known as, “Cheese Mike” for one reason and one reason, only. He’s our city’s foremost expert on cheese and his selection is hard to beat.

Gary Robinette had a national reputation for his pizza BEFORE he even opened his Clever Crow stand at the North Market. It’s remarkable.

Columbus Monthly calls Jeni Britton-Bauer, Amy Lozier, Hubert Wilamoski, Jerry Bullock and Annemarie Wong (and Mike Kast!) “world class.”

Michael Jones isn’t just running a produce stand, he’s leading a local revolution promoting healthy food access and local economies.

In just a few weeks our great community of growers begins another season with us. More than 30 farmers bringing you fruits and vegetables, that they grew on their farm. Nothing is more local and nothing tastes better or is more nutritious.

Our expertise runs deep because at North Market your relationship with your food goes deeper than most traditional grocery stores. A trip to the Market earns you the opportunity to meet those individuals whose passion for food makes this one of our country’s finest public markets.

Know your food, know your merchant, know your Market.

Thanks for your continued patronage.

Dave Wible
Executive Director
 

Artisan Sundays Application Deadline March 25

Artisan Sundays will resume on the first and third Sundays from May through October beginning Sunday, May 1. The deadline to apply for Artisan Sundays is Friday, March 25. To receive an application please email mmartineau@northmarket.com.

Jeni’s Ice Creams featured on Time.com

Writer Josh Ozersky visited Columbus last weekend for the Central Ohio Home and Garden Show where he presented “Secrets for cooking up the best burgers” to promote his new book, The Hamburger: A History. He also dropped by local favorite, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams prompting an article for Time.com titled “Can the Best Ice Cream in America be the Biggest?” (The photo at right accompanied the article. Copyright George Lange Photography).

Amy Lozier hand crafts a dozen types of European style bread plus flaky croissants, sweet and savory scones and delectable desserts all from scratch at Omega Artisan Baking. It’s all made by hand and fresh from the oven daily.

When one is at the North Market daily (like me) occasionally it takes a little break to see things with fresh eyes. I was fortunate enough to have a some time off after Christmas and when I returned I was delighted to see that a handful of our merchants had made a few of those subtle changes that keep the Market fresh and exciting.

A new layout at Market Blooms as always emphasizes their signature hand-tied bouquets

A superior selection of cards from sentimental to laugh-out-loud hilarious.

New counters and great graphics liven up the Pastaria in 2009!