Exploring the West Side Market in Cleveland, OH (October 2, 2023)

The West Side Market is one of the most popular local and tourist destinations in Cleveland, OH. I did a tour of the market on October 2, 2023.
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[@kimberlykoopman8004]

Finally went, this weekend! All vendors were open and it was amazing! Brought jerkey home to Oregon. We loved it!! This video gave me the idea to go, so thanks Poko!

[@kimberlykoopman8004]

Oregon, Los Angeles, Dallas/Fort Worth and Alaska were represented in our family group. :)

[@PokoTraveler]

I love it! And I'm glad all the vendors were open 😁

[@kimthompson6029]

Great video! I love the Westside market!

[@robinbuckeye6841]

I took my friend there for his birthday. We went to Steve's Gyros because he had seen a segment on it on Man vs. Food in the past. They gave him a large gyro for the price of a small gyro to celebrate his birthday!! Very nice place!! I've been there several times. Have a great day, Chris!! Thanks for another excellent video!!

[@PokoTraveler]

It's always worth a repeat visit!

[@PRSINPSCA]

Thanks for posting. Glad to see the place in great shape. Wonderful memories going there with family on early Saturday morning. Always made it back home before the Saturday morning cartoons. It was sooo crowded. Us kids had to carry the bags. We always got our beef Frank's fom there. They were so delicious. Every Christmas we would get a Shepards pie. My mother new exactly which vendor to buy from. Unfortunately we never purchased any of those delicious looking baked goods. So glad to see the area surrounding the market looks renovated. Go Cleveland!😂

[@PokoTraveler]

Yes, I'm sure the busy Ohio City area of restaurants has helped keep the West Side Market bustling too!

[@josephkendall9793]

I can imagine this place during the 40s and 50s must have been hopping place. Glad it’s still in use

[@tpajay]

The multiple times we've been there, it's much busier than this. Usually, you're having to watch that you don't bump into each other. Their site says about 1 million visit the market each year.

[@christophercampbell1677]

It's still busy great spot

[@deblawrence8341]

We are going there this morning! This video was very helpful, giving me an idea of the layout of the market. Unlike you, I'm excited about the fruit and vegetable section! 😆😋

[@DaveLowenstein-oh5qg]

Great tour of the West Side Market. I've seen the building in videos driving down the street and wondered what it was like inside. Good info for a former Cleveland Eastsider who left Cleveland in 1956. Thanks!

[@waynekoszenski9913]

great video west side market is always a eye catcher thanks poko traveler

[@bobgardin2347]

The best days are Wed or Fri. Mondays, many vendors are closed. Weekends, especially Saturday, can be too crowded. Closed Tues and Thurs.

[@brianmurphy2695]

No fruit or veggies?!! You don't know what you're missing!

[@PokoTraveler]

Haha, I know 🙈

[@kimberlykoopman8004]

Prices are so high these days. Lemon square 2 for $8? Left wondering what happens to this incredible bounty when it gets to be a few days old, due to the sparse crowd...?

[@PokoTraveler]

I always wonder that when you see certain places stacked with baked goods. Like, surely they aren't going to sell out that entire inventory while it's still fresh? Some places do, like Vincent Van Doughnut from St. Louis; or as one person pointed out, Jack Frost donuts at West Side Market closes early when they are sold out for the day. But I know some bakeries have special causes/places that they donut their leftover merchandise to so that it doesn't go to waste.

[@Mike_Greentea]

The rent is not cheap for the venders so they have to pass that on to the consumer so they make a profit.

[@kimberlykoopman8004]

Watched a video on the market yesterday and they moved the camera so fast and often, whole thing was a blur! Thanks for the nice camera pacing. :)

[@PokoTraveler]

It's the magic of that camera I film with, lol, it does wonders with stabilization! 🤳

[@zythr9999]

😆

[@Mike_Greentea]

$13 for a gyro ? It better be the size of my arm.

[@Bee-b3b]

A coffee bar and wine bar would be great!!

[@khalidradouane7044]

Thank you for this excellent tour

[@philipangus088]

Be careful of the fruit vendors. Demand to fill your own bag with what is on display. I was given a good price on strawberries (about the same as a chain store), so i bought 4 pints. He gave me a bag from behind the counter and when i got home, i had 4 pints of "fuzzy" strawberries. All moldy!!!

[@Davett53]

6/2024......I grew up on Cleveland's East side. I moved away in 1977, to attend The Ohio State University, for graduate school and made Columbus, Ohio my new permanent home. My mother's Father was a delicatessen owner, in the old, Jewish neighborhoods, closer to downtown. He was in business from the 1920s, through the mid 1950s. He moved his deli in the 1930s, to Euclid, Ohio. I was born in 1953, and he was already retired. But his connection with that business meant he knew where to get the best foods, baked goods, meats & vegetables and everything else. I remember going to the Westside Market when I was a young lad, only vaguely. But I recalled all the great smelling foods, and the exciting activity in the market. I was a little boy, so my vantage point was directed toward the food coolers, and counters. Back then, bakeries would often give away pastry treats, to "good boys", and well, all children. I don't know if I was ever making a fuss, but parents knew a free cookie, would distract their young children. It wasn't until I was much older, probably when I was In high school, ( in the early 1970s) that I made a point of going there, at least once a year. We always took the Rapid Transit (trolley), from the Eastside, we lived less than a mile or two, from a station, close to our area which was in University Heights. It may have been called The Shaker Heights Line, I have since forgotten. The trolley traveled on dedicated tracks, going though all the neighborhoods, not on the streets. A lot of years came and went, and the next time I was at the market, was in 2007. I accompanied two of my friends from Columbus, who like myself enjoyed visiting such places. We drove there and took in other iconic Cleveland sights. We drove to The Flats, walked around Public Square, The Coventry heights area and to my old (stomping grounds). University Heights, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights & Beachwood. It was in the summer, and we brought a cooler. We came back to Columbus, with savory deli meats, smoked fish, the best kosher pickles, fresh fruits, Polish pastries & meats, and Middle Eastern pastries. By 2007 the area around the market was now attracting young professionals & college students. There was new housing, trendy shops, coffee houses, and distilleries, and multicultural diners. We had a blast.

[@MarySimon-dt9wy]

Did I miss it? What was the name of the bicycle store on W.44th & Lorain? Love your videos...brings back so many memories.

[@PokoTraveler]

Thanks! And I'm not sure about 44th, but near 38th is Fridrich Bicycle (set to close this year).

[@MarySimon-dt9wy]

Thanks! That's it.

[@johnstanicic6246]

My mother would go every day early in the morning with her squeaky wagon to the market, and she would wake up the whole neighborhood with those squeaky wheels on her wagon, she lived close to St. Malachi Church; a little way down the street. Thank You for that Poko !!!

[@PokoTraveler]

Squeaky wagon, haha, I wonder if a little WD-40 would have quieted those wheels. I've hauled a wagon present day to some places; no squeak, but you definitely hear the rattling coming, just like when you roll your grabage cans down the driveway.

[@tpajay]

Jack Frost Donuts is open the same hours as the market, but close early if they sell out of the donuts they make each morning.

[@johnschwalenberg278]

Been there many times great place , Columbus has the East side market another great place .

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

Honestly, are we still saying "jy-ros"? Ye-ro. Ye-ro!

[@sadielampduo3762]

Real informative vid Poco . I didn't know we could sit in the balcony and eat . We're coming back to experience the calzone in the balcony lunch . You didn't show "Johnny Dog" , another inexpensive and made to order stand by a real nice Romaineon lady.

[@PokoTraveler]

The balcony is a fun area for views & relaxing for a bite!

[@lisanidog8178]

I went there once years ago. It was quite interesting.

[@robinbuckeye6841]

Chris, it's pronounced Steve's "Ur roes", not "guy roes." just so you know. 😁😁