North Market announces Littleton's Market as newest vendor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The North Market announced Tuesday its newest vendor will be a local grocery store's bakery expansion.

Upper Arlington's Littleton's Market first opened in 2023, and now it's broadening its bakery operations with a shop in the Downtown incubator. Dubbed Littleton's Market Bakery, it will include a cutting-edge baking production facility, retail bakery, and café.

"The addition of Littleton’s Market Bakery to North Market Downtown is one of the most exciting and important in our history," said Rick Harrison Wolfe, North Market executive director and CEO. "Like all North Market merchants, Littleton’s is a family-owned, operated, community/local-minded market."

The bakery will serve a wide variety of baked goods. House-made breads, including baguettes, focaccia, artisan hearth breads, sourdoughs, pastries, and more will be featured on the menu.

“The new location presents an exciting canvas for us to showcase our passion for artisanal baking and creative flavors," said Aaron Clouse, Littleton's Market executive pastry chef. "The bustling energy of the North Market, with diverse vendors and passionate foodies, ignites our passion for crafting exceptional desserts."

Clouse, who has appeared on the Food Network, and Desi Vasquez, who was most recently executive head baker of an artisan bakery in Houston, will lead the operation, which in addition to serving as a retail bakery and café will be a production facility for the main grocery store in Upper Arlington.

Littleton's Market Bakery will set up shop in the southwest corner inside North Market Downtown, taking the place of a former bakery. Construction has already started on the new space, which is expected to be completed this summer.

North Market's parking lot closed in 2023 to make room for the construction of a 32-story tower and an expansion of the incubator. The construction project is set to be completed in the summer of 2026.