Pearl Market collaborates with great partners like Columbus Dispatch, Puffin Foundation West and local businesses. While there is always great produce, food and merchandise in the Market, we also love the fact that the Market brings people out of their offices on Tuesdays and Fridays to enjoy the brick and mortar businesses that support Pearl Market. This week Pearl Market will offer a discount for lunchtime diners who nosh at one of our neighboring restaurants. So, you can walk and shop, and then sit and dine.

With the mild temperatures this summer, it's hard to believe that we will be sneaking into fall soon; but we have plenty of great things in Pearl Market right now.

Thanks to Puffin Foundation West, EBT Dollars are matched dollar-for-dollar, which doubles the spending power of those in need. All of our shoppers can stop and talk to our farmers, who will fill your shopping bag with tomatoes, cukes, zucchini, melons, apples and tons of other farm-fresh goodies. From there, shoppers hit bakers, jewelers, soap-makers and so much more. All that shopping will bring on a fierce appetite, so we want you to stop by the Pearl Market tent to receive a discount coupon to one of our neighboring restaurants. It's just our way to thank you and to thank our neighboring restaurants for being such great supporters of the Market. Hurry though; the offer will only be good this Tuesday and Friday (August 26 and 29).

All that shopping and eating has got to make you happy, so don't forget to snap a few photos and enter the Dispatch Happy Contest. Two random winners are chosen each week to win 50 bucks worth of Pearl Market dollars. Cool beans... This means you can repeat your shopping day one someone else's dime.