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Tigertree
771 N. High St.
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With more people moving downtown, more people spending their nights at Park St. and the continuing success of our convention center as a front runner for midwestern conventions, why does the North Market not stay open later? I could guarantee Niki and I picking up dinner on the way home from work at least a couple of times a week, as I am sure many other downtown residents could, but the other two reasons make it seem even more obvious. Give the thousands of people drinking on Park Street every night an easy option to run over and grab a bite to sober up, and give the convention goers options beyond what is currently offered in the Short North. I don't want that to come off as negative to the current restaurants in our Neighborhood. They are great and I am glad we have them, but a less expensive option would, I am sure, be welcomed to people traveling without the benefit of a corporate card.
Does anyone know if this has been tried in the past?

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Andrew Hall
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Mary can delve into this further and better.
Don't forget that most of the merchants in the NM are solo operators and most are there from <9am - 7 pm. I think a lot of them do not want to do any more hours for what is not a lot of gain.
From the perspective of a consumer, I hope they don't do this. The NM is always in danger of being a fancy food court and having hours to accomodate that would be the step over the edge, I think. We need a viable Market, not a food court and traditionally markets are not dinner spots.
A.

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somertimeoh
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When I came to Columbus to pick out my apartment before I moved here I was so excited that I would be catty-corner from North Market, thinking it would have similar hours to the Whole Foods near my house back home. In the year I lived in Arena Crossing, I only went 3 times because it is so rare that I am home from work in time to run over there during the week. The worst part was that it taunted me from my balcony like some great place I wasn't allowed, awful!!
Yes, I could have gone during the limited hours on the weekends, but the few times I did it was VERY crowded (which is great for biz) and I prefer to take my time and roam around and not feel rushed. Luckily, one of my neighbors knew how much I loved the salsa and would leave a jar by my door when he went, but other than that I really never benefited from it being so close to me.
I don't know about you, but I don't even think supermarket hours are necessary. Maybe 9pm a few days a week?

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Coremodels
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somertimeoh wrote I don't know about you, but I don't even think supermarket hours are necessary. Maybe 9pm a few days a week?
I could see it benefiting everyone to do 9pm one night a week, like maybe a Monday.

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gramarye
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I get the point about the solo operators, but it's also true that the NM is going to lose a lot of business from people whose working hours go later than the market's hours. Considering that the Arena District has become a favorite destination of law, banking, and consulting firms (Jones Day, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn, Accenture, Diamond Hill, etc.), that could mean quite a few lost opportunities just within walking distance.

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Mercurius
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I love North Market!! Stay the same- I would love to see a permanent farmers market in town, but not near NM- keep NM ethnic and up-scale and put a permanent farmers market in an area that needs some lovin' (Maybe the market exchange district.) Bellingham had one that was awesome!!
http://www.bellinghamfarmers.org/home-public.html

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Mercurius
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I would love to see a pedestrian only shopping area in Columbus. I was in multiple cities in Europe that have done this and enjoyed them quite a bit. What do people think of turning lynn and pearl Alley into pedestrian only with a urban market?

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Mercurius
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Mercurius wrote I love North Market!! Stay the same
Wow, I think I just signed North Market's 7th grade yearbook. BFF North Market :lol:

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somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Coremodels wrote
somertimeoh wrote I don't know about you, but I don't even think supermarket hours are necessary. Maybe 9pm a few days a week?
I could see it benefiting everyone to do 9pm one night a week, like maybe a Monday.
Pastaria Monday sounds good to me!!

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luchobucho
Philadelphia, PA
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In response to north market staying open for park street bar go-ers.....i have three words:
DRUNK FRAT BOYS.
I don't think the north market needs that at all.
My experience has found that most public markets close around 5 or 6pm.
I think the Reading Terminal Market in Philly closed at 6pm.

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luchobucho
Philadelphia, PA
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Lexington Market closes at 6pm too. They haven't even gone to optional sunday hours yet.
I agree with above posters, the prepared food is yummy in the market, but I think their purpose is more along the lines of providing food for people who pass through the market to do shopping.
If you want food after 6pm, go to a restaurant.

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Andrew Hall wrote The NM is always in danger of being a fancy food court and having hours to accomodate that would be the step over the edge, I think.
Speaking of food courts in the area...
The Columbus Dispatch wrote Across High Street in the Columbus Convention Center, the food court will stay open at least an hour after the game ends to feed folks, said Bill Michailidis, who owns All-American Hamburgers and Fame's Diner and is leader of the food-court merchants association.
To make sure hockey fans know about the food court, the group will have someone wearing an old-fashioned sandwich board move through the crowd before and after the game, handing out menus from Michailidis' restaurants, as well as Charley's Steakery, Chicken 'N Eggs, JaVa's Cyber Espresso Bar, Krema Nut Co., Mykonos Gyros, Siam Express Restaurant and Subway.
READ MORE
So there's some late night food options... at least during home game evenings.
8)

Posted 4 years ago #
reSourceRyan
The Wedge
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luchobucho wrote
Roast pork sandwich, yum!!! :D

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FADulous
Columbus
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I dunno.... how about we take up the opportunity and rebuild The Central Market, on the site of the Greyhound Bus Station and adjacent to the current hot issue, City Center? Columbus is ready for -two- markets, don't you think?

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luchobucho
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FADulous wrote I dunno.... how about we take up the opportunity and rebuild The Central Market, on the site of the Greyhound Bus Station and adjacent to the current hot issue, City Center? Columbus is ready for -two- markets, don't you think?
Not really.

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Tigertree
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I understand they are all independently owned eateries. I don't really see how that prevents them from staying open late. Most, if not all, of them are manned by employees of the owner who find it profitable to stay open during the given hours, I don't see what is to be lost to stay open later if there are crowds to keep it full. I agree about the frat boy thing I guess. I mean, I am not fond of them either, but if they aren't coming during the day now, I doubt once they are exposed they will start. It will just be that place they go after park st. Or that place they convention goers go when they get let out. And that place Niki and I can finally go more often due to the hours we keep at the store currently.

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luchobucho
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Tigertree wrote I understand they are all independently owned eateries. I don't really see how that prevents them from staying open late. Most, if not all, of them are manned by employees of the owner who find it profitable to stay open during the given hours, I don't see what is to be lost to stay open later if there are crowds to keep it full. I agree about the frat boy thing I guess. I mean, I am not fond of them either, but if they aren't coming during the day now, I doubt once they are exposed they will start. It will just be that place they go after park st. Or that place they convention goers go when they get let out. And that place Niki and I can finally go more often due to the hours we keep at the store currently.
what about the non-eatery places? I think the only reason people seem to be so interested in the north market staying open much later, is from a lack of other eating spots in the area. Its a public market.........frankly they could use fewer eatiers.

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Tigertree
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I suppose they could stay open later if they wanted. It's their choice. Like it or not, more people go there to eat than to buy produce.

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Coremodels
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Tigertree wrote I suppose they could stay open later if they wanted. It's their choice. Like it or not, more people go there to eat than to buy produce.
I'm not totally sure I agree with that.

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Tigertree
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Which part?

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