A Day Trip to the Newly Restored Newark Arcade in Licking County

Plus, we explore a hidden-gem Cambodian market on Harrisburg Pike.

After a lengthy restoration, the Newark Arcade reopened in February 2025 (Credit: Erin Edwards)

If you’ve ever been to Cleveland’s iconic Arcade or been (dragged against your Buckeye will) to Ann Arbor’s historic Nickels Arcade, you’ve may have felt a twinge of jealousy that Columbus doesn’t have one.

But there is one in Newark, Ohio, just 45 minutes away.