EASTERN MARKET - DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Detroit has little of the quaint, the bizarre, the picturesque. A few places and events might qualify, such as the Gypsy restaurants in Delray to the south, the Eastern Market (one of the few places in the city where horses are seen after daybreak), and the carnival on Paradise Valley's Hastings Street after a Joe Louis victory.
—Michigan, A Guide To the Wolverine State (WPA, 1941)
While there are no longer be post-dawn horses roaming the streets of Detroit's Eastern Market, it's still a major hub of wholesale and retail food commerce. In the midst of the Eastern Market district is the market itself—six blocks of produce, meat and condiment sales that have been around since 1891.
Guide note: The Detroit Eastern Market is open every Saturday from 6am to 4pm and on Tuesdays (July-October) from 9am to 3pm. In 2013, they will be hosting a special Thanksgiving Market on Tuesday, November 26.
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