(behind the present Dillard's department store), establishing regular market days on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. In 1839 the city's first municipal market house was built on Michigan St. A second food market had been established near the Canal Basin at the foot of Superior St., and 2 wood markets were operating, one on Public Square near Ontario and another at Superior and Water (W.

By 1836 there were 4 open-air markets in a village of 3,080 inhabitants. When the first ordinance regulating markets was passed the following year, fresh meats could be sold every day except Sunday, while vegetables and 'other articles' could be offered only on Wednesday and Saturday. south of PUBLIC SQUARE, with stalls offered at auction to the highest bidder. The first public market in Cleveland was established in 1829 on Ontario St. If the commission merchant-the middleman-long ago took the farmer's place, prices were still lower than those of retail supermarkets, while quality was higher. It was conceived as a place where farmer and consumer could meet for the sale and purchase of farm products without the intervention of middlemen. The public market is an institution in Cleveland, as it is in almost every large city in Europe and many in the U.S.

Meat market days