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MCM is Moving Around the Corner!

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Mission Community Market in Blog, Mercado Plaza, Press | Leave a comment

This Thursday November 21st, join us for another fun-filled market with great music and great food – in our new location!

Our farms and packaged vendors will be located on 22nd Street between Mission and Bartlett, and the hot food vendors will remain on the south end of Bartlett, wrapping around the corner. This move will be temporary, but we still expect it to last a little over a year (for the duration of the construction projects on the block).

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Mission Local covered this move in a recent story, and everyone is excited to see how this move affects the businesses on 22nd Street with increased foot traffic! Our MCM vendors are excited to get more visibility from Mission and Valencia Streets to bring in new customers and introduce them to all the great local food and community-based programming we have to offer.

Residents of Casa de la Raza and those using the monthly lot on 22nd will still have access to their garages. We’ve hired additional traffic control staff to help things move smoothly during the market. Have a comment, question or concern about the move? Email us or come chat us up at the market!

Bold Italic: “MCM is Back”

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Mission Community Market in 4505 Meats, Blog, Dandelion Chocolates, Little City Gardens, Press, Smokin Pottery | Leave a comment

Hello friends,

Marion Anthonisen from Bold Italic came to our Opening Day this past week. Check out what she had to say. See you this Thursday!

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Recognize this stretch of Bartlett? It’s between 21st and 22nd, right by the old Giant Value. Maybe you’ve seen the awesome mural featuring two enormous, majestic seals. The rest of the block’s a little run-down, but lately it’s been perking up, thanks to the Mission Community Market, which just kicked off a new season yesterday.

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Executive Director Jeremy Shaw, the city planning department, the Neighborhood Parks Council, businesses like La Cocina, 18 Reasons, and oodles of other collaborators have big plans for this space, and from the looks of the market’s opening day, they’re right on track.

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It’s currently the only market where you’ll be able to buy goods from Little City Gardens, a one-acre farm in SF (yep, a whole acre of farmland within the city limits!). These awesome ladies are making waves in the world of urban food production, they created the city’s very first CSA program, and they’ve got an impressive 25-part salad mix for you to try.

Edible flowers! Note the salad mix testimonials under the basket. One of my favorites: “Like a little garden in your bowl.”

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Hey, more delicious food from an awesome local producer. I was into the pomelos.

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4505 chicharrones blowin’ in the wind. We missed the worst of last night’s storm, but the vendor tents still got some pretty healthy gusts of air. Jeremy reminded me this won’t be a concern when the stalls are made permanent (told you they had big plans for this market).

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Sampled some nutty, delicious cocoa nibs straight from the bean, courtesy of Dandelion Chocolate, who will be opening a storefront on Valencia in a few months.

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Jewelry and a really cute baby from Sebastopol.

Ceramics

Handmade ceramics from Smokin’ Pottery.

Bubbles

And bubbles! Toys and games (don’t miss the stack of hula hoops back there) were courtesy of Urban Sprouts, who’ll be doing healthy cooking demos at future markets. Bilingual nutrition education and healthy food incentives play a big part in the grand MCM plan. And there’s live music, too.

This market is gonna blow up. Check it out this season on Thursdays from 4-8 p.m.

All photos by Marion Anthonisen