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Fresh market resumes Saturday
By SHARON L. BOND
Published September 28, 2005
ST. PETERSBURG - The Saturday Morning Market reopens this weekend, offering an extra hour for shoppers who go for fresh vegetables, just-baked breads and other foods, jewelry, art, music and visiting.
The market and about 75 vendors will be open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. during this season, one hour later than the past three years. The market continues through next spring but closes then because of the summer heat.
The heat hasn't exactly disappeared.
"It has been very hot," said David Cellon, operations manager for the market, which is on Central Avenue between First and Second streets. "It will be a challenge this Saturday. Everybody is so excited to be back."
The 70 to 75 vendors come out of a pool of 160. Cellon said the market switches vendors in and out to try to maintain a good balance.
The Saturday Morning Market wants to expand, but initial plans to move past Second Street did not work out, Cellon said.
"We're still looking for a way. It will happen. It's just a matter of how soon it will happen," he said. "We are continuing with plans to expand this season."
Among the new vendors this year are ones offering homemade granola, homemade bloody Mary mix, cacti and succulents, a glass artist who does jewelry and sculpture, and a chocolate fountain, Cellon said.
[Last modified September 28, 2005, 04:43:17]
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