du b l i n d i s h es by Cameron Carr Photos courtesy of North Market Bridge Park
Celebrate Good Food Celebrating a year of Dublin’s public market
In just a year, North Market Bridge Park has become a staple of its burgeoning Dublin neighborhood. North Market, which has been in operation since 1876, expanded from its downtown location with the addition of this second location built intentionally for its merchants. The Bridge Park location features more than 20,000 square feet of market space, with about 10,000 additional square feet for back-of-house usage. Despite pandemic-induced challenges the restaurant industry faced over the last year, North Market Bridge Park has thrived. After opening with an initial class of four merchants, the market rapidly expanded. Currently planned tenants will soon fill the entire 18-vendor capacity, including a long-term pop-up space dubbed marketSHARE. “I am extremely impressed with what North Market Bridge Park and our merchants have accomplished in one short, very difficult year,” says North Market Executive Director Rick Harrison Wolfe. “It has all been way beyond my
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expectations on every level. I’m so grateful to the community that has supported us and Crawford Hoying who had the vision to include us in their landmark development.” The Bridge Park market will host Taste of the Market Gala on Friday, Nov. 5 as part of its anniversary celebrations. A Sea of Opportunity For the merchants, the success of North Market Bridge Park has been a boon. “Every time a new merchant opens it’s good for all of us,” says Danny Godfrey, chef for Coast-to-Local Market. “That’s brought a lot more life into the market.” Coast-to-Local Market was one of the original four merchants at North Market Bridge Park alongside Dos Hermanos, Market Bar and Reuse Revolution.
The atmosphere of the public market is much different than Godfrey’s previous work in the back of kitchens. At North Market Bridge Park, Godfrey says he and other workers have the opportunity to interact with their customers more than in conventional restaurant settings. “One of the nice things about being in the market is seeing who becomes a regular,” he says. “You almost develop a friendship with them.” Part of Godfrey’s goal at Coast-to-Local Market is to give customers confidence to prepare and eat fish in more ways. His recipe for halibut with a gin and juice sauce offers a simple to make dish with a complex and rewarding taste. Cameron Carr is associate editor. Feedback welcome at ccarr@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.dublinlifemagazine.com
