You could definitely bargain with some vendors.
The seafood selection left much to be desired.
The prices weren't always the best, but you could score cuts you wouldn't find at the Giant or Safeway.
The set up wasn't open like it is now. It was largely walled off with all these tiny rooms out of which vendors might sell boxes of serial, or tube socks.
You had to borrow a key from a vendor if you wanted to use the bathroom.
Looking back through these photos I can't help but think of a lot of the markets I've visited in Baltimore. I'm not sure if I have any photos showing this, but there were definitely stands selling food intended to be consumed immediately.
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I like the old Union Market better...
I miss the Florida Market - especially the butchers.
It's not even a market anymore. Just high end specialty shops with overpriced junk.
i miss the flea market. that thing filled out my antique tool collection. seriously!
flea market ruled! anyone know any comparable flea market?
Some of that meat in those photos should have been refrigerated...
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I'm assuming those would have all been refrigerated cases like you find in most butcher shops.
I'm sure the meat vendors got the usual attention from inspectors. But as for the dry goods, my impression was that something was going on.
The meat market guy there now was also there before.
Lots of goods, high traffic - you have to wonder where all this business was displaced to? And how much more profitable the current market is?
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