westside market - cleveland, ohio
Posted on August 2nd, 2008 in ohio
i know i have been missing in action for like, three weeks now, but here i am! the other day (aka saturday july 19th which was approximately 14 days ago…which is not really considered “the other day” anymore at this point) on the way to the national hamburger festival (you heard me right!! i will tell you more about it later), i stopped at the historic westside market in cleveland. i had never seen anything like it. there was an open air area called “the fruit and vegetable arcade”, and yes, it was fun and exciting like an arcade except with more apples and bananas and less pinball and DDR. there was SO much produce. i have never been in the same room as that much produce in my entire life. i don’t think i have ever even been surrounded by that much produce at one time in a 10 mile radius in all directions! EVER.
a man contemplating some fruit
there was an indoor building also with aisles full of different vendors selling spices, sauces, fresh pork, beef, poultry, beans, chocolates, popcorn, crepes, coffee, tea, baked goods, ravioli, pizza bagels, sandwiches, 100 flavors of pierogi (!?!?!) and more! someone was also selling lamb hearts which is, well… kinda creepy.
i ate the first pasty of my life!! i bought it from some pasty lady. it was a vegan vegetable pasty. it was good, but missing something. like cheese. i think pasties (really) need some. i am not sure if other pasties come with cheese by default, but i think the reason mine had none is because it was a vegan pasty and, well, vegans don’t eat cheese.
i also got the most delicious sweet potato pie i’ve ever eaten. it was all wrapped up in saran wrap and i made the mistake of putting it in my purse. it turned into sweet potato mush, but i ate it anyways because it was too good not to.
my oh my, delicious sweet potato pieeeeeee
and last but not least…
if you ever go to cleveland i recommend going to the westside market, even if just for this wonderful (creepy) photo opportunity. not every day do you get to take a picture of a giant bin full of lamb hearts.
Stumble it!
August 2nd, 2008 2:48 pm
I love markets! Unfortunately here in Columbus we only have one small one that people think is the greatest thing on earth. Ha! Great blog
August 2nd, 2008 3:27 pm
the only market we have here is the eastern market in detroit. i have never been to it though, because traveling to detroit is kind of scary :(((i don’t think it can compare to westside market though, because westside market was SO COOL. but at least you can go to yours. haha.
thanks!
August 6th, 2008 5:35 pm
Markets are the bomb! And you’re really funny! Found you via Finest Foodies Friday and enjoying your blog….
August 6th, 2008 6:22 pm
thank you :-D!!
August 11th, 2008 1:54 am
I miss the Westside Market sooooooo much. I don’t have anything like it around since I moved from Cleveland to New Jersey 2 years ago. The pictures made me teary eyed and homesick. Thanks for a great post on my favorite market!