Join us for our Merry Market Tours at Findlay Market this holiday season! Experience the festive spirit as we guide you through our bustling holiday markets, showcasing the best local flavors. Each tour will feature tastings from a curated selection of vendors, offering seasonal treats and a unique handmade good to take home.

Participating Merchants

• Bouchard’s Pasta - Papperdelle Bolognese

• Gibbs Cheese - Holiday Fudge

• Harmony Plant Fare - French Onion Soup Grilled Cheese (Vegan)

• Mama Made It  - Caramel Kettle Corn

• Ruby’s Chocolates - Holiday Truffle Cake

Tickets for this tour are currently sold out.

Refund Policy

Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.

Join us for our Merry Market Tours at Findlay Market this holiday season! Experience the festive spirit as we guide you through our bustling holiday markets, showcasing the best local flavors. Each tour will feature tastings from a curated selection of vendors, offering seasonal treats and a unique handmade good to take home.

Participating Merchants

• Earthganics - Willow Bark Salve to Take Home

• Eli’s BBQ - Pork Belly

• The Empanada's Box - Buenos Aires Empanada

• Maker Bakers Co. - Gingerbread

• Melanin Flame Candle Co. - Candle to Take Home

Tickets for this tour are currently sold out.

Refund Policy

Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.

Battle it out among over a dozen fellow amateur chefs at Findlay Market’s annual Chili Cook Off! Bring your best chili and a panel of judges will decide who will walk away as a champion from this year’s event. All are welcome to sample each contestant’s chili and vote for their favorite recipe to crown the “Fan Favorite” in addition to the top three prizes! This event is free to attend, and $10 to enter your chili into the competition. 

Prizes: 

• 1st Place: $100 Findlay Market Gift Certificate 

• 2nd Place: $50 Findlay Market Gift Certificate

• 3rd Place: $25 Findlay Market Gift Certificate

Register today!

Refund Policy

Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.

Come one, come all to Findlay Market’s hottest tasting event of the year!

Chili Fest is our annual tasting event centered around all things spicy. Participating businesses whip up their best chili, cornbread, and other spicy dishes so you can sample them one by one. 

Tasting event tickets are sold in bundles. One ticket = one sample. Tickets are 8 for $20 or 18 for $40. Purchase yours today!

Participating Businesses:

• Always Canning - Ghost Pepper Jam Chili 

• The Arepa Place - Colombian Vegetarian Chili with a Toast Arepa

• Artichoke - White Turkey Chili

• Babushka Pierogi - Cincinnati Lenti Chili Pierogi

• Barlion’s Seafood & Poultry - Smoked Turkey Chili

• Bouchard’s Pasta - Old Fashioned Chili with Cornbread

• Fine Teas - Some Like It Hot Black Tea

• Dat’s Ole School Cookin’ - Chili Mac

• Dean’s Mediterranean Imports - Chickpea Chili 

• Eli’s BBQ - Brisket Chili w/ Colonel De’s Spices

• The Empanada’s Box - Cincinnati Chili Empanada

• Gramma Debbies Kitchen - Chili (Beef, Chicken, or Vegan)

• The Food Life - Bolognese with Garlic Focaccia

• Fizzy Flamingo - “Chili” Inspired Dirty Soda

• Harmony Plant Fare - Cincinnati Style Grilled Cheese or The Best Damn Bean Chili

• Joyously Sweet - Mini Cornbread Cupcake topped with Cheddar Garlic Mashed Potato “Buttercream”, Popcorn Chicken and Hot Honey from Chamaele LLC!!

• Makers Bakers Co. - Cheddar Jalapeno BLT and/or Loaded Chili

• Maverick Chocolate - Fahrenheit 513 Hot Chocolate

• Neil Luken Meats - Damn Good Chili

• Pet Wants - Beef Stew for Dogs

• The Rhined - Rhined Chili Mac

• Rose Che - Vegetarian Chili Beans and/or New Orleans Seafood Gumbo with White Rice

• Ruby’s Chocolate - Dark Chocolate Chili Bark

• Sabor Alaniz - Charro Beans

• Spanky’s Sauces - Sample size spices and/or 2oz Hot Sauce Bottle 

• Tablespoon Cooking Co. - Sweet Heat Cookies and Hold Gold Snack Mix 

• Taste of Belgium - Belgian Chili

• Wendigo Tea - Cincinnati Chili Spiced Chai 

Programming: 

• Hot Pepper Hideout Scavenger Hunt: 10 AM - 4 PM

• Find one of the hidden hot peppers for a chance to win an extra sample ticket!

• Red Hot Rumble: 1 PM

  • Our Red Hot Rumble Hot Sauce Competition is back at Jane's! It’s a battle between Merchants, and the best hot sauce chef wins a homemade trophy and bragging rights until 2027. The sauces will be judged by a mix of Findlay Market Merchants and Local Heroes on the following three categories – taste, heat level, and uniqueness.

Refund Policy

Please note that payments are non-refundable and will be gratefully accepted as a donation to the Corporation for Findlay Market, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution directly supports vital food access and food entrepreneurship initiatives in our community.