A Day In Columbus Ohio
My husband and I took a day trip to downtown Columbus Ohio to check out the North Market. Living in a small town, we don’t have anything like this and we thought it was food that you bought then took home to prepare.
Boy were we wrong! It is almost entirely made up of food that is already prepared and you purchase what you want for lunch or dinner, almost like a bunch of fast food restaurants in one building.
We were able to purchase a few items but no where near the two coolers we took in hopes of filling. I wanted to buy food for the freezer from vendors selling food that was Vietnamese, Polish, Indian, Italian etc., but the food was already hot and ready to eat.
It all worked out because it was nice to visit such a different market than we have ever seen. Below are some pictures I took of the inside vendors.
I may or may not have taken home one of these!
These were not cooked! We grabbed some Gnocchi, Ravioli and Truffle & Cheese Sachetti! I am going to make a dish with the gnocchi from one of my followers. I have never had truffles or sachetti and since my husband doesn’t like mushrooms, this is for me! He bought some ravioli as I’m not crazy about them.
Now for the BEST part of our day! Meet my handsome cousin Eric and his beautiful wife Michelle, two of the nicest people you will ever meet.
They treated us to lunch at this Irish Pub and was it was delicious! We ate outside and got caught up on life then we went to see their amazing new house, what a great day!
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My favorite is the picture with the lavender cupcake and blueberry bourbon lemon and the picture with the cheesecakes – 😋😋
They all looked so good didn’t they? I’m glad we weren’t hungry or we may have gained 10 pounds! Guess whose recipe I’m making with the gnocchi? I can’t wait to try it.
Glad you had a good time though. Every time I go to food courts or see restaurant menus it gives me ideas and inspiration what yo cook next. Enjoy the gnocchi dinner 😋👍🏼🍻🍻
We will, thank you!
These types of markets seem like a very popular concept. We usually visit such a market, called Root 44, near Cape Town (and their food looks just as good as the ones in your photos). I have a hard time walking past a cheese stall. What a lovely day to spend with family 🌸. I look forward to your recipe with the gnocchi!
Thank you Corna, I need to get some ingredients and I hope to be making it soon.
I love Columbus!
We have a lot of family in that area Cate. Me, it is too crazy with people and traffic! Lol
Haha I know what you mean! 🤣
How overwhelmingly enticing
It sure was Derrick, thank you!
This market reminds me of Eataly in NYC. A fabulous place to visit.
We took a bus trip to NYC a while back. I would have loved to stop at some of the food places on our own but time alone was so limited. I will never forget all the fresh flowers on the sidewalks and Italian Restaurant we ate at by ourself in NYC. Thank you Bernadette!
If you get back you would love a visit at Eataly and also the Union Square farmer’s market.
Amazing market
Yes it sure was Sheree, thank you!
Looked like a wonderful day trip to Columbus, Diane. I love that you make time to explore food and cuisine on your trips and a market is a perfect place for that. Glad you were able to find some things to bring home and you’ll have to share your gnocchi dish with us when you’ve made it!
Thank you Ab and I will definitely post te gnocchi dish!
Yes its just like over here.Cooked food to eat on spot. We have a 69 fountain water garden that changes colour and dances about four different ways .From the Asian or Japanese food stall eating rooms you can see it all from large windows . I cook Indian and Italian and Greek often at home Our friends are from Vietnam and working here of over land railway. Han and Aluna teach Viet cooking and taught me two good additions to my range . Rice noodles, fried chicken, peppers and sweet and sour sauce with cashew nuts with use of fish sauce in making it .Loved it as soon as tasted . Easy quick and worthy . Make own sweet and Sour is the secret
You are making me drool Kevin! Sweet and sour sauce is my favorite!
Looks like some delectable products!
If only I could have tried them all, such a fun time. Thank you Nancy!
I know what you mean! 😋
Looks like a fun day! And so much good food!
It was nice to get away for a day and seeing all the different types of food, not to mention family. Thank you Betty. 🥰
In all, this market looks like the one on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, near where I grew up. You can easily spen the day there and not see the same thing twice. Lot and lots of good food. Ejoy the ravioli!
I’ve never been to the Bronx, I live a sheltered life. Thank you JC 🥰
Looks like a fun time. What did you buy? I love chicken Shwarma (?) I’ve made it but would love to try the real thing. Doesn’t Columbus have a costco or a similar big box store to use to fill your freezer? Glad you found something to buy there.
We just bought fresh pasta and a pretzel. Everything was hot and ready to eat, not appropriate for the hours we needed to drive home. It was still fun seeing what the cooked food looked like. Costco isn’t the same as buying hot and homemade by each of the ethnic food groups.
I understand but I understood your post to say you had planned to stock up on food you could put in your cooler and freeze. So you were looking for ethic ready made meals frozen or fresh but cold so you could heat them at home and freeze them?
Yes! I guess I thought they would have ingredients I could buy that I can’t get here. But I also would have loved to purchase meals in containers that were made up and cold. There is a place in Cleveland Ohio called the West Side Market. It sells all different kinds of meat like chicken, beef etc and you buy from each vendor. I guess I thought it would be more like that. I’m not disappointed other than I wanted to try something different but we were too full. It was still fun.
I understand. San Diego has a great market in an old Navy compound turned into an artistic center. They have fresh foods, ready made, meats, cheeses, various cultures represented etc.
Oh that sounds wonderful!
What a fun day this must have been. A foodie in food heaven!
It was fun Dorothy, but I wish I would have been hungry so I could have tasted some of the cooked food. I made do with the pasta and pretzel. Lol
Hmm, maybe it was good that you weren’t hungry!
Wow, Diane, what a shop!
I am not crazy about big cities or the traffic Mitzy but this was a fun stop to make. There were so many different types of food, I wish they would have had freezer meals, I could have tasted everything!
It looked fun, Diane! I love visiting big cities, for the day that it! 😂
I think foodie adventures are so fun!
They sure are Mary and this place blew me away. We live in such a small town that we never see anything like this. Maybe it’s a good thing or we may eat there frequently. Lol
This looks wonderful, all of it!
Thank you, it was a good place to go if you’re hungry!!! I would have loved to taste so many food items.
It may not have been what you expected, but what an adventure! Everything was colorful and exciting. My main problem would have been choosing out of so many delicious dishes. So wonderful to meet up with your relatives; that was the icing on the cake!
Luckily we had lunch before we went to they market! If I hadn’t been full, I may have taste tested everything. 🤣
Sounds like a fun place to visit Diane – well, that bread in the first picture, the bagels and the pizza (I must satisfy my pizza craving soon) all appealed to me bigtime … no pretzels to salivate over, but I’ll bet they are good. Do you sense a carb/dough craving here? I’d have a difficult time picking what treats to eat too. The Irish pub sounds nice. Thanks for introducing us to Eric and Michelle.
Thank you Linda! I think it’s time for you to order pizza. 🤣
I think you are right Diane! After a news story about how a guy was eating at a local Olive Garden and eating his minestrone soup and something scratched his mouth – he discovered a furry rat foot and claw in the soup. He pointed it out to the server who thought it was funny and said “we never serve meat in our minestrone soup.” Unbelievable – the guy had to have shots and has since had a stroke. I have to get my second hepatitis shot in November (it’s a two-part series) and I told myself I’m going to treat myself to a pizza … now maybe not. My mom and I went to the Olive Garden for lunch all the time.
That’s horrible, that poor guy!
I know – there was a photo of it on CBS news from the lawsuit that has been filed. It was not just a foot/claw, but a whole leg!
That’s disgusting!
Agreed – I was sorry I saw the photo!
Oh, my gosh! I could spend an entire day grazing through North Market. What a unique place, and everything your photos showed looked mouthwatering. Can’t wait to see what you do with your purchases!
My husband already ate his ravioli. He just put spaghetti sauce on them. I can’t wait to make the gnocchi recipe and I will be sure to post it! I have no idea what I will do with my pasta yet.
Food, food, food! I think this is so cool to have this place around! I am 100% sure that everything there I sooo delicious, because everything looks awesome! Your pics made me wanna try lots of items! Definitely would love to visit this market. So good that you went there! But I also thought that a market is a place where you can buy unprepared food, but not slices of pizza and other already cooked good looking and delicious things hahahah. But it is a great way to experience different flavors and cuisines without having to go to multiple locations.
Yes!!!!! That is what a market is to me too! Had we known this market was different we would have went there hungry. Lol
Glad you had fun! I like your idea better, bring home the food and freeze it and cook it at your leisure. Except for the desserts, haha.
It was fun getting out of town for a day. We don’t do that enough! Thank you Karla!
Wow! I am now very hungry (and I am eating breakfast right now!)
I drooled when I saw the Pretzel place, I love a good Bavarian Pretzel (with some nice mustard and perhaps beer cheese, yum!) Looks like a wonderful day of tasties and getting to connect with family. 🙂
Thank you Tierney, it definitely was and a nice day out of town with my hubby. 😀
What a great place and wonderful you could have a visit with your cousins. We were in Columbus on our trip we are on now but didn’t get to this market.
Thank you Susan. The visit was nice but I’m a country girl and there are way too many people and cars there! Lol