Ohio's second public market has fed Columbus since 1876, and roughly 35 vendors now fill the hall you're entering. The downtown market was established in 1876 as the second of four markets founded in Columbus, and today it is managed by the non‑profit North Market Development Authority, which also manages North Market Bridge Park in Dublin. Inside the downtown building you’ll find about 35 vendors: roughly one third offer ready‑to‑eat foods, another third sell specialty goods, and the rest sell produce, flowers, meat and fish, cookware, and gifts.
Outside, the NDMA hosts a weekly farmer’s market from June to October. Your feet are on ground that tells a longer story: from 1813 to 1873 this location was the North Graveyard, and grave removal and relocation began in 1872 before a market house and other small businesses and restaurants were built on the land in 1876. Across the region the NDMA completed a more modern market in Dublin in 2020 — a 30,000 square foot building with two‑thirds of that space for the public, 15 vendors and capacity for 19.
Notice the vendors selling ready-to-eat food, specialty goods, and produce, and picture the farmer's market gathering here from June to October.