Old Town Marketplace puts focus on community
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October 11, 2024
Kari Bishop, a barista at West 5th Kitchen, a new cafe in Uptown Marysville,makes a pumpkin latte for a customer Friday during the business’ soft opening. The new cafe is one of two eateries inside the Old Town Marketplace on West Fifth Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Old Town Marketplace puts focus on community

By Mike Williamson

A new business is opening in Marysville from the team that brought the Coffee Hall and Creamery to the Uptown.

The Old Town Marketplace. which three businesses, now occupies the building at 113 West Fifth Street and while the layout might be more familiar to diners in Columbus, its priorities are fir...

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