Behind the Scenes at the West Side Market

Cleveland’s West Side Market is a matchless culinary and cultural resource, a nationally significant architectural treasure, and part of the city’s distinctive urban landscape. In continuous use since it opened in 1912, the market is among the oldest municipally owned and operated retail food arcades and one of only a handful of such treasures left in the country. Going to the market is a tradition that has spanned generations.

Marilou Suszko, co-author of Cleveland’s West Side Market: 100 Years and Still Cooking, will give us a tour and history of the market and all that it offers to consumers and culinary aficionados. Discover foods and traditions, hear what it’s like work at the market and gain insight into the market’s future.