Broadway Market
Broadway Market has many stalls with fresh fruit, prepared foods, a raw bar, and baked goods that can be eaten at counters or taken outside for picnics along the waterfront.
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Baltimore isn't the biggest shopping town, but it does have some malls and good stores here and there. Harbor East, along the Inner Harbor, is quickly becoming the place to indulge in retail therapy. Some interesting shops can be found along Charles Street in Mount Vernon and along Thames Street in Fells Point. Hampden has a few fun shops, particularly for furnishings and vintage items.
Broadway Market has many stalls with fresh fruit, prepared foods, a raw bar, and baked goods that can be eaten at counters or taken outside for picnics along the waterfront.
Cross Street Market has stands selling produce, sandwiches, steamed crab, and baked items. Cross Street is open late on Friday and Saturday, when the market hosts one of the city's most popular happy-hour scenes, attracting crowds of youngish professionals.
The city's oldest and largest public market, Lexington Market has more than 150 vendors selling meat, produce, seafood, baked goods, delicatessen items, poultry, and food products from around the world. Don't miss the world-famous crab cakes at Faidley's Seafood; other local specialties with market stalls are Rheb's chocolates, Polock Johnny's Polish sausages, and Berger's Bakery's chocolate-iced vanilla wafer cookies.