Participating Farms

Anderson Orchard This week I shall be bringing asparagus, hostas, ferns, lily of the valley plants, peonies and preying mantis egg cases.

Bridgman Farm It’s planting time and we’ll have lots of lettuce, tomato, broccoli, cabbage, squash, melon, eggplant, cucumber, pea and herb plants for sale. Our heirloom tomato varieties come in all colors and wonderful flavors. They include Brandywine, Amish paste, Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Great White, Green Zebra, Kellogg’s Breakfast, Lemon Boy, Mortgage Lifter, Mr. Stripey, Pruden’s Purple and Valencia. Among our hybrid tomato plants, we’ll have Beef Master, Better Boy, Big Beef, Burpee’s Supersteak, Celebrity, Early Girl and Roma. For cherry tomatoes, we’ll be selling Sun Gold, Sweet Million, Super Sweet 100s and Black Cherry.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse It’s Spring! And the frost date has passed  so stock up on your annuals, perennials and hanging baskets!

Folck Family Farm  Family raised pork sausage, bacon, liver, heart, jams made by Cindy in our farm kitchen: red raspberry,black raspberry, blackberry and mixed berry. Plus, tomato plants started back in January: heirlooms very limited.

Honeyrun Farm Potted Herbs, (Buy 3, Get 1 Free), Summer and Fall Honey, Beeswax Candles, Handcrafted Soap, and Honeysticks!

Ohio Farm Direct Whole milk cheeses including cheddar, mozzarella, baby swiss, pepper jack, garlic and herb, tomato basil pinenut and lemon zest. The beef is always trail bologna, summer sausage, and beef sticks. What makes them stand out is the wonderful nutrition and taste that comes from the 100 percent grassfed cows.

Oink Moo Cluck Farms We will be bringing our beef, pork and chicken.

Rock Dove Farm We’ll be bringing Spring radishes, scallions, baby lettuce, and parsley.

Rhoads Farm Market  We will have first of the season
strawberries, red romaine lettuce and pulling onions. All you need is
your favorite balsamic vinegar for a fresh salad!

Somerset Greenhouse Annuals, perennials, tomato plants and herb plants.

Summer Thyme Farm Herbs, tomato plants and perennials.

Apron Gala on Saturday!

Break out your favorite apron or get to crafting one for the 15th annual North Market Apron Gala as prizes shall be awarded for the best aprons.  This Saturday from 7-10PM we will hold our  fabulous fundraiser to support your favorite public market. There will be amazing food, a splendid silent auction, live music by Island Breeze and Grace Adele and more!

Tickets are $75 and will be available at the door and online here⇒

As our major fund raising event of the year, we want to thank our corporate sponsors who help ensure that the event is a smashing success and the Market is the best it can be.. Here’s a list of our corporate partners  with a big THANKS!

Big Cheese Sponsor:

Dispatch Companies: Columbus Crave & WBNS 10TV

Cream of the Crop Sponsors:

Huntington, Limited Brands, Live Technologies, MasterClean

Icing on the Cake Sponsors:

Bob Evans, Coca-Cola, Columbus Window Cleaning, W.J. Deutsch & Sons Ltd., Nationwide

Raising Dough for the Market Sponsors:

CD101 at 102.5,Ologie, Republic Waste Services, Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, Vorys Sater, Seymor and Pease, The Wasserstrom Company 

Grillmasters Festival over Memorial Day Weekend

 

North Market will celebrate its sixth Grillmasters Festival over Memorial Day Weekend. The Saturday and Sunday event will emphasize grilling, techniques and sauces as well as putting a little bite into your recipes with spices and hot sauces. North Market Grillmasters Festival will take place May 28 and 29 and feature special barbeque and fiery foods vendors, cooking demonstrations, culinary contests, live music and entertainment for the kiddies.

On Saturday, customers are invited to demonstrate their BBQ prowess in an Amateur Barbeque Sauce Contest that will be judged by local BBQ sauce makers. First prize is $50 in North Market gift certificates. Returning in the “professional” category is the popular, “Thrilla at the Grilla.” Four chefs are given their own hibachis and charcoal then use their imagination as far as what they whip up on the grill. This year’s contestants include Josh Cook of Barrio Tapas, Andy Fields of Due Amici, John McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns and David MacLennan of Latitude 41. Our discerning judges will choose a champion and the public can taste their creations. The winner will take home the title “Baron of Barbeque” and $200 in North Market gift certificates. On Sunday the activities of the day will commence with an amateur Salsa Fresca Contest with another winner taking home $50 in North Market gift certificates.

For a complete list of Grillmasters Festival activities click here⇒

Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, May 28

It’s great to give blood and when you give at the North Market we try to give back to you!  Our next blood drive will be held on Saturday, May 28 in the Dispatch Kitchen. Appointments are available every 15 minutes from 9AM-3PM (with a break for lunch from 12-1PM). To register, please email mmartineau@northmarket.com with your name, preferred appoinment time, cell phone number, date of birth and your blood type (if you know it). In recognition of your donation you will receive free parking in the North Market lot (it’s the Grillmasters Festival so feel free to stick around) and a special reward.

It’s time to summon up your creative side and assemble, abscond with or otherwise acquire an apron for the gastronomically legendary North Market Apron Gala. We’re not apron authorities, but through the years we’ve witnessed waist-tied attire that runs the gamut from naughty to nice, vintage to topical, unbiased to political and even some that resembled colorful creatures (the late, great Fred Holdridge and his flamingo, for instance). One of the nicer things about wearing an apron to the affair (aside from the prizes to be won) is that it nicely camouflages any inflated midsections that may arise from the fabulous feasting to be done. So get ready to tie one on at the 15th annual fundraiser for the North Market Development Authority. The Apron Gala will take place at the North Market on Saturday, May 21 from 7 – 10 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person.

Graze on delightful and delectable appetizers, main tastes and desserts, artfully prepared by our merchants. Enjoy assorted wines, Columbus Brewing Company micro-brews, soft drinks, coffee and tea, plus live music, a silent auction and other entertaining surprises. Prizes will be awarded for the night’s best aprons and special culinary awards to merchants for their gastronomic entries. As an added special treat, Tricia Wheeler, Chef and Editor of Edible Columbus will be creating canapés in the Dispatch Kitchen throughout the evening and giving away copies of her new local-foods-centric publication.

An extraordinary silent auction continues to be one of the most popular features of the evening. Up for bid are various themed packages highlighting market merchants, neighborhoods (like Downtown, the Short North, Grandview and German Village), sporting events (Blue Jackets, Columbus Crew, golf), and getaways. Each bundle will contain a host of amenities from theatre tickets and restaurant gift certificates to spa services, gourmet products and hotel stays. Attendees are encouraged to bring their checkbooks or credit cards to take advantage of the unique deals!

As the title of the event implies, all in attendance are encouraged to wear their favorite apron or create one in honor of the gala! Best male and female aprons will be selected and all guests wearing an apron will be entered into a drawing for a special prize. In case you lack the time and energy to create or buy your own apron, we’ll make it easy on you: commemorative aprons will be available on sale for $15 at the event.

Tickets are available online at www.NorthMarket.com or in person during Market hours in our 2nd floor business office. Heck, you can even call us at (614) 463-9664 and we’ll mail ’em to you.

Dear North Market Shopper, 

As I move about the community many individuals I encounter are not familiar with and, in fact, surprised to learn about the structure of North Market.

Not many people know that the North Market is operated by a not-for-profit organization, the North Market Development Authority (NMDA).  Our staff of four full-timers and three part-timers report to a 19-member board of directors who oversee the operation of the Market.

While the City of Columbus owns the building, it is the NMDA which attends to the oversight of the Market in our community.  

Unlike typical commercial real estate management ventures or shopping center operations, the Market is operated to create low cost economic opportunities for small family-run businesses and farms.  It is also operated to maintain an old-world style of business that is instrumental in creating the atmosphere that is so unique to our Market.

The NMDA receives its operating dollars from three sources: merchant rent, parking revenue and fundraising.  As a not-for-profit organization, we look to fundraising to help us maintain our position of pride in the community. 

On the evening of Saturday, May 22^nd, North Market will play host to our biggest fundraising event of the year, the Apron Gala.  The Apron Gala is a casual and fun evening of great food, drink and entertainment.  Each year our merchants go all-out to serve up the very best they can offer.  It’s a true gastronomic evening.  

Your $75 ticket is good for a full evening of appetizers, main courses, desserts and drinks personally served by our community of merchants.  Your ticket contribution also goes a long way in helping provide us with the funds so necessary to keep our Market great. 

So, if you’re looking for something fun, delicious and rewarding to do on May 22^nd you should pick up a ticket for the 14^th Annual North Market Apron Gala.  You’ll be doing something great for the Market and something even better for your appetite. 

Hope to see you at the Market and the Apron Gala.

Dave Wible

Executive Director

What type of Apron Gala attendee are you? Have you been plotting since the end of the competition last year what your apron will look like this year?  Or perhaps you will buy yours from one of our talented local artisans? Will you make your own? Go with your old standby as it’s something of a tradition? Or will you forego an apron altogether? Whatever your preference is we’re looking forward to seeing you at

the Apron Gala on Saturday, May 22. The 14th annual fundraiser for the North Market Development Authority will take place from 7 – 10 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person.

Graze on delightful and delectable appetizers, main tastes and desserts, artfully prepared by our merchants. Enjoy W.J. Deutsch and Sons wines, Columbus Brewing Company micro-brews, soft drinks, coffee and tea, plus live music, a silent auction and other entertaining surprises. Prizes will be awarded for the night’s best aprons and special culinary awards to merchants for their gastronomic entries. As an added special treat, Tricia Wheeler, Chef and Editor of Edible Columbus will be creating canapés in the Dispatch Kitchen throughout the evening and giving away copies of her new local-foods-centric publication.

An extraordinary silent auction continues to be one of the most popular features of the evening. Up for bid are various themed packages highlighting market merchants, neighborhoods (like Downtown, the Short North, Grandview and German Village), sporting events (Blue Jackets, Columbus Crew, golf), and getaways.  Each bundle will contain a host of amenities from theatre tickets and restaurant gift certificates to spa services, gourmet products and hotel stays.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their checkbooks or credit cards to take advantage of the unique deals!

As the title of the event implies, all in attendance are encouraged to wear their favorite apron or create one in honor of the gala!  Best male and female aprons will be selected and all guests wearing an apron will be entered into a drawing for a special prize.  Commemorative aprons will be available on sale for $15 at the event.

Tickets are available online here> or in person during Market hours in our 2nd floor business office. Heck, you can even call us at (614) 463-9664 and we’ll mail ’em to you!

One of the most-sought-after prizes at our annual Apron Gala silent auction is the “Market Table Dinner.” It’s an intimate, after-hours, behind-the-scenes dinner for you and nine of your favorite people.

The affair is held in the Dispatch Kitchen, prepared by one of Columbus’ favorite chefs and served by the Market staff. This year’s Market Table maestro was board member and chef extraordinaire, John Dornback of Basi Italia.

Recent Board President emeritus Michelle Chippas and husband Glen Pritchard entertained four other couples at the Market Table this past Saturday night. Chef Dornback cooked up an exemplary five-course meal for those in attendance. Upon arrival the guests were greeted with glasses of Dibon sparkling wine and Scottish Salmon Tartare in Endive Boats:

Once the party had settled in the first course was served, a lovely seared scallop with roasted beet tapenade and mustard green pesto. At this time your intrepid blogger must have been too busy serving as she neglected to take a photo, but having tasted some of the “extras” I assure you it was a splendid start! I’ll make up for it with two photos of the second course. Chef Dornback scored and seared little disks of foie gras:

And served them on a bed of sauteed butter beans with sweet peppers and sherry wine. This course was accompanied by a Joel Gott Chardonnay.

Course number three was Lobster Risotto with fresh lemon, chives and marscapone. It was served with a Riesling who’s vintage I neglected to note (sorry).

The main course was a hearty Filet of Rib Eye served with parsnip potatoes and garnished with a wile mushroom and port wine sauce. Served with Pets Petit Sirah.

The evening was capped off with bowls of roasted berries lightly drizzled with balsamic vinegar:

And topped off with fresh whipped cream:

Many thanks to Michelle Chippas and Glen Pritchard for their support of the North Market through the Market Table purchase. And cheers to Chef John Dornback for creating an exceptional meal!

If this all sounds too good to be true, you too can bid on the Market Table Dinner and other fabulous silent auction items at the North Market Apron Gala. Save the date for this year’s bash: Saturday, May 16 from 7 - 10 p.m.