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  • The West Side Market remains one of the few city markets faithful to its mission. It is where one can purchase the ingredients for daily meals and for special occasions. I have been to the Farmers Market in LA, Reading Market in Philly, North Market in Columbus, and Lexington Market in Baltimore. They have given up stall space to become food courts and higher priced stands. They attract chain frequenting tourists, suburbanites feeling self-righteous for venturing into the city, and recent graduates raised on McDonald's on their lunch hours. Years ago Mayor White attempted to make the West Side Market a tourist attraction by suggesting more national chains such as Starbucks. Thankfully there was such an uproar he gave up. I read many reviews that are highly critical of the produce which is surprising. The word Farmers is not in the name so to expect local farm grown produce is unreasonable. In Cleveland we have long months where nothing grows thus every market must sell fruit and vegetables from other climates. If they did not we could only eat pickled, frozen or canned products for most of the year. Stalls do carry Ohio grown produce in season. Admittedly I have found berries that molded in a few days or wilted greens at the bottom of the bag. BUT I have many times had to throw out fruit I bought at Heinens, Giant Eagle or Zagara because it was hard and tasteless. Whether it be a pineapple or cherries or cut fruit the grocery stores charge far more. I have no guilt that I do not only try to buy local. If I did I would have a boring diet as coffee, spices, many fruits, etc. do not grow in Ohio. I can send a few bucks to agencies who claim they feed children living in Central America or I can buy avocados, bananas and pineapples providing an income to their parents. The stalls inside the market offer some of the foods that identify our city. They cannot be found anywhere else. In other cities home made sausages, meat with no additives, arrays of pickles appear in gourmet stores at inflated prices. Try pricing a loaf of bread at the Ferry Plaza Market in San Francisco or fresh pasta at Eataly in New York City. Don't even try saying you can get better at Giant Eagle.
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