Public Markets in Baltimore
One of the best things to do in when traveling is to check out the local farmers markets. Not only will you find local produce, delicious and abundant, you will also get a better grasp on the people of the city, the merchants, the street performers and the artists. I booked a room at one of the recommended luxury hotels of Baltimore with my friend. We freshened up and headed out. There are six public markets in the city of Baltimore. There are florists and butchers with stalls just next to vendors of some of the best food from around the world.
We started at the Lexington Market, the most well known and the oldest of the markets. Here live music happens every day, at all hours, and there were just about one hundred and fifty different stalls where you could find everything from candy, to fresh crabs, to scarves and jewelry. We then headed to the Cross Street Market. This was a much smaller market but the vibe was one that was influenced by the people of the neighborhood. This is a traditional meeting spot for those in the area and we had a great meal of fresh seafood at Nick’s Inner Harbor Seafood restaurant.
We decided to fore go the Broadway market, as we had heard that it was mostly food vendors and dessert makers, and being that we had just eaten, we would have to save that market for another day. However we found that our trips on full bellies to the Northeast Market and to Hollins Market were tortuous, as many of the stalls located in both are geared towards food, very great look food, but again, at this point we were looking for more art, more cool purses and scarves.
We found what we wanted at the Avenue Market. There were many food vendors, but here you could also find everything from a high tech cell phone to the old testament. And we found our art, on tee-shirts, on hats and even on some canvas. The tour we took that day of the markets of Baltimore was a whirlwind of sight-seeing, very good food, and a very nice hat to top it all off.
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