Many residents of NE, especially Brookland, Ivy City, Michigan Park, NOMA and surrounding areas, are familiar with the DC Farmers Market located on 5th St NE aross from Gallaudet University. The location of a vibarant urban market place in the 1800's, gave way to the meat packing and produce district in the early-mid 1900's, and now on to an underutilized and often unknown area of the city. With the exception of a few hidden gems, like A. Litteri's italian market and the Weekend Flee Market, most of the area laid unknown to a majority of the city's everyday residents. All of that will soon be changing however, with the market scheduled to re-open (unbeknownst to us) this coming June with an all new look and feel.
This past October an electrical fire broke out at the market, devastating the structure and closing it indefinitely. However, from the ashes risese a bright new future. The owners of the marlet have long had plans for redevelopment of the property, and it looks as though these plans are moving along quicker than anticipated. The below video is from the Washington Post provides an overview of the redesign of the market, as well as a glimpse of things to come at the new Union Market!
Below is the advertising video provided by EDENS, who owns the market site, showcasing some of the market's history and their vision for the future.
To celebrate the reopening of the market, EDENS is holding a "Sunday Supper" on Jun 3rd, to benifit the FoodCorps of DC. While the ticket price is a little steep at $240 a pop, the quality of Chef talent is second to none! One thing is for sure, and that is it will be nice to have a fresh food market and entertainment sight so close to our part of DC.
This past October an electrical fire broke out at the market, devastating the structure and closing it indefinitely. However, from the ashes risese a bright new future. The owners of the marlet have long had plans for redevelopment of the property, and it looks as though these plans are moving along quicker than anticipated. The below video is from the Washington Post provides an overview of the redesign of the market, as well as a glimpse of things to come at the new Union Market!
Below is the advertising video provided by EDENS, who owns the market site, showcasing some of the market's history and their vision for the future.
To celebrate the reopening of the market, EDENS is holding a "Sunday Supper" on Jun 3rd, to benifit the FoodCorps of DC. While the ticket price is a little steep at $240 a pop, the quality of Chef talent is second to none! One thing is for sure, and that is it will be nice to have a fresh food market and entertainment sight so close to our part of DC.
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