Known as North Carolina’s original flea market, this venue was
started back in 1971 by the Stewart Family with just six tables. Now it is
a major shopping venue for Raleigh and the surrounding area.
Shopping aside, if you are a people watcher--that is you are
awestruck by the different, strange, and exotic--this is a great place to be on
the weekends. As a bonus, there are more dogs than a Westminster show.
Horace,
who was playing his Bach Strat trumpet for tips, is one of the few bucksters
I have
seen at the flea market. I discovered
he must pay the same rate as any other vendor there so that would explain the
scarcity.
With
the smell of fresh hot popcorn slapping you in the face, you move from the
outside vendors to the main two buildings. On a day like today, you will also
feel your skin draw up as you go from NC heat and humidity to a beach cottage
68°.
There
is also the obvious camaraderie between vendors that keeps the atmosphere
light and friendly. I think I’ll go again next weekend.
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