Heart of Northside

Look at all these smiling faces!

This summer, the Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Cincinnati collaborated with the Turner Farm on the Food as Medicine series, and Dr. Rothenberg was invited to discuss the evidence-based recommendations for eating for heart health as well as her vision for the Heart of Northside!

Blake Larson, Turner Farm's Executive Chef, helped everyone create a delicious, heart-healthy meal with farm-fresh ingredients: cannellini bean salad with pan seared salmon, followed by her corn ice cream!

Thank you to everyone who was involved in this series, and a special thanks to Chef Blake for the delicious food we all enjoyed!

Did you know? The Heart of Northside can host your next event!

Our facility has several rentable spaces. The sanctuary can comfortably fit approximately 200 seated guests. It is a glorious space with original curved pews, historic stained glass windows and our beloved organ. In the late afternoon, sunlight streams through the stained glass, creating a rainbow of color in this space!

Your reception can take place right in our gymatorium, with easy access to a commercial kitchen. There is also a VIP suite available for getting ready or as a chill zone.

If you’re looking for a venue for your upcoming nuptials, party, family reunion, what have you, please get in touch. We’re happy to work with you on an arrangement that fits your needs.

Booking fees help to offset the costs of maintaining and building, and help support our mission of a heart-healthy Northside.

Thanks to Eleven:11 photography for this beautiful photo of Liz and Josh!

We’re currently booking community and private events for late 2026 and beyond. Please head to www.heartofnorthside.org/virtual-tour for a virtual tour and availability, and get in touch with any questions.

Today (Wednesday) noon-1pm is the Freestore Foodbank Healthy Harvest Mobile Market! The trailer will be located in our parking lot behind 4222 Hamilton Ave. (enter via Hobart). This market is open to all!

The HHMM is small but mighty, packed to the brim with affordable fruits and veggies, eggs, bread, oils, spices and more.

Payments accepted: Cash, Credit/Debit, SNAP/EBT (Food Stamps), Produce Perks, Apple Pay, PRX.

Produce Perks provides a $1 for $1 match for all SNAP purchases, up to $25 in FREE produce. Bring your own bag for 10% off your total!

Please head to www.healthyharvestmobilemarket.com for more information and the current inventory list.

To receive market reminders, please text HHMM to 8337090969.

Neighbors, is the Northside Farmers’ Market part of your weekly routine?

The Northside Farmers Market takes place 4-7pm on Wednesdays in Hoffner Park, featuring vendors who sell veggies, fruit, eggs, baked goods, spices, canned products, and much more, plus typically a kid-friendly activity, demonstration, live music, or other special event. Best of all, everything for sale at the market is grown or produced within 70 miles of Northside!

In a neighborhood that has experienced tremendous change, this weekly ritual has been going strong for almost 25 years now!

Whether you’ve never checked out the market, or maybe it’s just been a while, I challenge you to stop by tomorrow to try something new, meet some farmers, food producers and artisans, and rub elbows with your neighbors!

Great news, neighbors! If you’ve been curious about the Freestore Foodbank Healthy Harvest Mobile Market but the weekday appearances don’t work with your schedule, plan to stop by tomorrow (Sat 12 Sep) 11am-1pm as this mobile grocery store makes a special weekend appearance!

The HHMM is small but mighty, packed to the brim with affordable fruits and veggies, eggs, bread, oils, spices and more. The trailer will be located in our parking lot behind 4222 Hamilton Ave. (enter via Hobart). This market is open to all!

Payments accepted: Cash, Credit/Debit, SNAP/EBT (Food Stamps), Produce Perks, Apple Pay, PRX.

Produce Perks provides a $1 for $1 match for all SNAP purchases, up to $25 in FREE produce. Bring your own bag for 10% off your total!

Please head to www.healthyharvestmobilemarket.com for more information and the current inventory list.

To receive market reminders, please text HHMM to 8337090969.

Special thanks to Bold Journey Magazine for catching up with Dr. Rothenberg on what's been going on at the Heart of Northside since the magazine last interview 2 years ago!

Here's a brief excerpt: "I think the three things that have contributed most to my accomplishing the goals I work for include focus, belief in myself, and desperately needing the world to be a better place. My actions have to be evidence-based in that I look to see if a particular approach has been successful in the past, and if the answer is yes, that is what I attempt first."

Read the interview here: boldjourney.com/meet-florence-rothenberg-2/

This beautiful photograph was taken by Alison Ford Photography.

Special thanks to Northside NOW for showcasing our cookbook for sale at Morsel & Nosh! Your purchase from the store helps to support two community-minded enterprises! If you're not local to Cincinnati, you can order your copy online: www.heartofnorthside.org/cookbook

The Heart of Northside cookbook is now available at Morsel & Nosh at 4183 Hamilton Ave.!

Almost a year in the making, this cookbook is a true labor of love that comes straight from the community, providing a variety of simple, heart-healthy recipes made with wholesome ingredients that come from grocery stores located right in Northside, including Morsel & Nosh!

Occupational Therapy students at Xavier University researched local businesses and ingredients, and developed the initial recipes, chef Aden from Have a Hankering tested and refined them, and friends and family performed the taste tests.

Maya Drozdz from Your Friends & Neighbors photographed everything and designed the cookbook, with supplemental photos by Josh from Haven Photo Cincy.

In 2021, after 166 years, North Presbyterian Church was dissolved as a congregation and turned its historic building over to cardiologist Dr. Florence Rothenberg, who shares the church’s longstanding commitment to community collaboration.

Now named the Heart of Northside, the longterm goal of this facility is to prevent heart disease in Cincinnati by supporting the foundations of good health–fresh food and exercise–by creating a community garden, teaching kitchen and health center. Please follow the Heart of Northside to learn more and find ways to get involved!

The easiest way to support the Heart of Northside right now is by purchasing your own copy of this cookbook. You’ll receive a hyperlocal keepsake AND a tool to improve your own heart health!

We're excited to announce that the Heart of Northside cookbook is now available at Morsel & Nosh at 4183 Hamilton Ave.!

Almost a year in the making, this cookbook is a true labor of love that comes straight from the community, providing a variety of simple, heart-healthy recipes made with wholesome ingredients that come from grocery stores located right in Northside, including Morsel & Nosh!

The recipes are inspired by the Mediterranean diet, which is the only diet out there with clinical trials to back up its claims! This is a diet (really, a comprehensive set of principles) that, as a cardiologist, I’ve recommended to my patients.

How perfect to share a shelf with the one and only Nutrigirl and her whimsical notecards!

Please purchase your copy and let us know what you think of the recipes. And make sure you pick up some tastiness at Morsel & Nosh, which is a great store for culinary ingredients AND soups and sandwiches!

Enjoy your long weekend, neighbors!

We're honored to host the 17th Annual Trans & Ally Symposium this weekend, organized by TransOhio! Please head to transohio.org/annual-symposium for tickets and full details.