North Union Farmers Market Coming to Downtown’s Mall B

In a bid to bring more grocery options downtown, the city will play host to the North Union Farmers Market throughout the rest of the summer.

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From September 1 to October 6, the popular market will set up shop on Mall B, every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the city said in a press release.

Earlier this summer, Downtown Cleveland, Inc., began hosting its own Public Square Farmers Market every Thursday at 5 p.m.

North Union’s arrival comes just as Heinen’s closed its doors at East 9th and Euclid, leaving downtown without a full-service grocery store for the first time in more than a decade.

“This market is about bringing fresh food directly into the heart of the city,” Harriette Watford Lowenthal, Board President of the NUFM, wrote in a statement, “and creating another convenient way for Cleveland residents, downtown employees, and visitors to connect with local farmers and food producers.”

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Local farmers, food producers and small businesses will make up the vendor base, though Lowenthal didn’t specify how many. Bands and chefs will be hanging out, as well.

Matt Cole, Cleveland’s HR director, said the intention is to test how North Union works in the downtown atmosphere. If it goes well, the city could expand it, he said, “into a longer-running market in 2027.”

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