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Quote: I believe this market is only open on Sundays. Bring cash with you becuase no credit cards are accepted. But beware, a few of the locals told me that it's a magnet for pick-pocketers. We were there on Easter Sunday so there weren't as many people there. We had so much fun here in just a few short hours: there's jewelery and clothes that I wanted to buy from every booth. Purses, shoes, you name it. There was also a wide variety of food sold there, from coffee to bread to fruit. I purchased some olives and feta cheese from a Mediterranean stand that was SOOO good. I will be craving it until I return. We also bought some baked goods and sat down at one of the coffee shops along the outer edges to enjoy. It's a must see, and it's open... Read More
From journal London for a Week
Quote: Old Spitalfields is AMAZING. Skip Portabello -- it's too crowded and overpriced. I spent at least two Sundays and one Thursday a month at Spitalfields. For those who don't like the outdoor market experience, this place is definitely for you! Located near the East End's Brick Lane, Spitalfields is filled with the young designers, artists, and cooks of London. It truly is a mecca of creativity. On a given Sunday, you can buy anything from organically grown dried fruit to a very unique and highly coveted shirt designed by an up-and-coming Coco Chanel or Tom Ford. Upon entering the market, you might smell something quite putrid, that means you entered where the food stalls are located. You can get foreign and quite rare cheeses, dips, and... Read More
From journal The Real London - The East End
Quote: Monday-Friday 11am-3:30pm, Sunday 10am-3pm Liverpool Street Station Located in a Victorian building with a glass roof on Commercial Street, the lightfilled Spitafields market was once a produce market. Now it offers an extensive mix of arts and crafts, second-hand books, jewlery and retro clothes alongside flower, organic fruit and vegetable, and baked goods stalls. On Fridays and Sundays additional stalls offer organic food. Definitely a more unique and trendier market than its neighboring Petticoat Lane or Brick Lane -- I was amazed at the number of quality handmade goods offered. Among the items we encountered -- fun lampshades and housewares, funky picture frames, gourmet chocolates, boutique hats and purses, baby hats and... Read More
From journal Shopping the Markets of London
Quote: A nice market, best on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. They have a small food court. Lots of novelty items, like the head massager. Lots and lots of produce and some exotic produce. The trading units within the Market Hall have all the modern facilities that today’s trade requires which include cold storage rooms, ripening rooms and racking for palletised produce. New Spitalfields Market has the highest number of wholesale traders of any horticultural market in the United Kingdom and the continual specialisation by wholesalers in exotic fruit and vegetables provides the greatest choice of these products of any market in Europe.
From journal Street Markets and Pubs of London