Market
Tour
L
ONG BEFORE CAFETERIA-STYLE FOOD MARKETS BECAME A HOT
CULINARY TREND NATIONWIDE, BALTIMORE’S HISTORIC PUBLIC MARKETS
WERE SERVING UP SEAFOOD, SANDWICHES AND SWEETS TO LOCALS
ON THE REGULAR. As new hot spots like R. House and Mount Vernon Marketplace are
popping up around the city, some of Baltimore’s oldest markets and former factories are
getting transformative facelifts to update them for the modern consumer. Read on to learn
about the history of some of Baltimore’s most famous markets—and a brand new one, too.
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