Newark, Ohio, is located about an hour's drive east of the capitol Columbus. There are quite a few things to do in downtown Newark, Ohio. I've covered some of it before on this blog, but I have not included a post about everything to do in Newark. That's what the aim of this post is. Newark, Ohio has an attractive courthouse square with a range of small businesses and a farmer's market. Continue reading to see why you should visit Newark, Ohio in the future.
A visit to the courthouse from the end of November and throughout December is a treat because it is illuminated with colourful lights. For more photographs, see my post: Newark, Ohio's 2013 Christmas Lights
I've previously covered Buckeye Winery, which is located in a little shop on the square. It sells local wine and gifts, and visitors can order wine slushes (iced wines) and snack on cheese, meat and crackers or order food in. I've previously covered the winery here: A visit to Buckeye Winery and A visit to Buckeye Winery and watching 'Rogue One'. One of the restaurants you can order food from to bring into the winery is Christy's Pizza. The pizzaria is located a short walk away (about a block), and you can order take-out or eat in. The pizza is really good.
One of the other restaurants near here is called "1922 on the Square", and it seems to be an up-market restaurant offering traditional food. I visited with friends to dine in, and it was okay. There's quite a lot of other restaurants and breweries in this little area of Newark, and you can find something for everyone.
As part of the re-generation of the area, murals were painted on some of the empty walls to mimic traditional historical shop scenes.
One of the other shops located on the square is "Damn Good Popcorn", which specialises on popcorn, sweets/candy, and other items. You can literally get any flavour of popcorn here.
Market Street Soda Works is another shop, and it is a soda bar. It sells all sorts of different flavours of soda. You can take them away or have them at the bar.
Located near the soda shop is a sandwich shop and also an expansive bookstore. The bookstore is a little treasure of books and gifts.
Visitors on certain days of the week and at certain times of the year will also be lucky to visit the Farmer's Market, which takes place on Market and Canal Streets in a covered market area. Visitors can buy a little bit of everything here from baked goods to alcohol to sauces to gifts and to fruits and vegetables.
In addition to the market, the historical county jail is a historical building here that can be toured at different times of the year. There's also a few historical places to visit here, and I have not visited many of them. If you have visited any of the places I have mentioned or not mentioned in this post, let me know in the comments.
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