Inside 43215: Downtown Draw
The countdown has started. Only four weeks remain for you to get your fill of the vendors at Peal Market. Four weeks remain for the organic fresh-from-the-farm ice cream and the baked goods and the spring rolls and the massages… And then?
And then the vendors pack up for the winter. That is, some of them do. Some of them can still be found right here downtown.
Project Coordinator, Kacey Campbell, keeps tabs on the Pearl Market vendors and their movements. When it comes to tracking them down for an off-season fix, she’s the go-to-gal. Some of the vendors are easy to find, Campbell points out. “Body Mechanix, now known as Take Ten Body Therapy, has moved into its new space - as you know.” She’s referring to the new spot at 116 N. High Street we told you about a few weeks back.
Campbell keeps a list of the other wayward vendors. Cook Shack BarBQ is planning to open a spot on Long Street. New Orleans Pralines can be found in the City Center. Snowville Creamery has their dairy products at the North Market’s Greener Grocer. And Red Snapper is working on a deal to sell its island fare in downtown.
What about the rest? Say bye-bye on October 31. There is always next year; Campbell is already planning for 2009. “We’ll open in early June - perhaps Tuesday, June 2… or maybe even May 29. Keep an eye on our website!”