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Old May 17th, 2006, 07:01 AM
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Portland's Downtown Market

I know the big one is on Saturday and Sunday, but I thought I had read there is another one on Wednesdays/Thursdays? If so, could someone please verify; unfortunately my first (and maybe only) visit will not be on a weekend. Thanks.
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Old May 17th, 2006, 07:16 AM
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You mean Portland, Oregon? It has several markets, the most well-known being Saturday Market on weekends. But there are several farmers markets all over town different days of the week. The Portland Farmer's Market is open through October twice a week including Wednesday afternoons between Salmon and Main downtown.

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Old May 17th, 2006, 07:26 AM
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LV, I'm not a big fan of the Saturday market anyway. It's a bunch of hippie crafty junk, not quite art, and definitely not a flea market.
The Portland Farmer's Market described by Andrew is quite fun though.
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Old May 17th, 2006, 10:58 AM
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I'd say Saturday Market is worth a look if you are in town on a weekend, but you will find more tourists than local there these days. I once tried to get signatures for a petition there (not one of those ballot measure things - yuck!) and almost everyone told me they were from out of state! Same day I went to the Farmer's Market and got plenty of signatures there.

I have pondered the idea of maybe selling some of my pictures at Saturday Market, but there are a number of other photographers there with beautiful stuff and I would hate to have to compete with them...

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Old May 18th, 2006, 12:11 PM
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Thanks alot for the scoop, Andrew and bbqboy! Would the Farmers Market be at SW Salmon & Main Sts. near the river?
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here ya go, LV:
http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/
http://www.extramsg.com/modules.php?...ticle&sid=1030
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Old May 18th, 2006, 12:43 PM
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You guys are too kind
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