Foodie night market in Downtown aiming to create more evening foot traffic

[fieldafm]

http://www.news4jax.com/news/Jaxson-s-Night-Market-event/25490838

[CityLife]

Sorry for turning this into a music/Snyder discussion earlier. Whoops.

So this is going to be pretty awesome and I'm hearing some good buzz about it. Looking forward to into growing into the next big downtown event!

[Tacachale]

Looking forward to it. How late does the Skyway run?

[ProjectMaximus]

Yeah, this is fantastic. I'm used to Taiwanese night markets so this will invariably be a let down for me, but if we've decided to attack the downtown problem by programming popular events every day of the month then we're off to a great start!

Looking forward to it. How late does the Skyway run?

Normal hours til 9pm. Unless they've gotten JTA to extend which doesn't even happen for art walk.

[fieldafm]

It will not be like the night markets out West which are heavily Asian influenced. However, there will be a korean bbq vendor called Heart & Seoul (that also does vegan options) and Hawkers will also be set up at the market (the popular Five Points restaurant).

Other street food vendors include: Pele's Wood Fire, Dig Foods, Super Food (who will soon be opening a downtown location), Smoke It Up BBQ, Soup To Nuts (gourmet soups and grilled cheese sandwiches) and What's The Catch (local seafood).

Other food vendors include The Hyppo (gourmet popsicles), Community Loaves (breads), Liberty Bakery (sweets), Gastrognome (take home Mediterranean goods), Fresh Jax, Consicious Eats, Down To Earth Farms, Alvarez Farms, Black Hog Farms, Meteor Street Produce, Sunrawise (cheeses, including vegan cheeses), Producing edibles (homemade jams and sauces).

You can definately do your grocery shopping for the week tomorrow night... and have a great meal and good beer at the same time.


Skyway hours will not be extended (nor did I meet with JTA to request such an extension).

The only variables will be that (hopefully) the Farrah and Farrah employees will be out of the parking lot by 5pm sharp, as promised.... and the weather cooperates (the market is rain or shine).

[ProjectMaximus]

Awesome info, Mike. And great work!

[CityLife]

That is a pretty enticing list of vendors. Hyppo makes a great product if you haven't tried it. When I worked in St. Augustine a couple years ago, I was seriously considering approaching the owner about operating a popsicle truck between the Jax Beaches and Urban Core, but took a new job before I ever got around to it.

That place could crush it up here in the spring and summertime.