Lancaster Central Market Launches After Market Program

Join us at Central Market on Saturday, October 5th from 8am - 12pm for the annual Harvest Breakfast. Bring your friends, family, and appetite! Also Featuring: Live Music Face Painting Pumpkin Painting Visit with baby chicks, a mini-horse, and a baby goat with the...

For more than four months this past autumn, ground-to-roof scaffolding lined the streets surrounding Market, and its beautiful rafters were hidden beneath protective plastic – all in the name of historic restoration. A dedicated roofing team spent countless hours...

Our hours around the Christmas and New Year's holidays are as follows: Monday 12/24 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday 12/25 Closed Monday 12/31 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday 1/1 Closed Please keep in mind that Standholders may choose to close their businesses on either...

After taking a more than 20-year hiatus from the restaurant world, Ed Diller is back. “I love what I do,” he shared, and you can tell. Nestled on the campus of Lancaster Theological Seminary in Dietz Hall, you’ll find Gypsy Kitchen, a uniquely beautiful dining space...

Brad Charles and Sue Ann Yyska, owners of Central Market Juice Company, truly are two of the most kind-hearted humans in Lancaster – maybe even the world. “That’s why we’re here, we love people,” Brad joyfully shared, with Sue Ann continuing, “We really love the...

Since she was a kid, Rachael Vieni Reinmiller, owner at Commonwealth on Queen, has had a soft spot in her heart for food. A love that has blossomed from time in the kitchen with her mother as a young girl to the seemingly unconventional start of a lovely café. “It’s...

As her adorable sons, Thatcher and Coltrane, proudly walked down the south side aisle with donuts, affectionately called “bribe food,” from Shady Maple clenched in their tiny fists, Jessica said, “They’re Market kids.” And with that simple phrase, a million happy...

The time has come for work to begin on raising the new slate roof atop our beloved Lancaster Central Market, a project that would not have been possible without the incredible support of our generous community of donors. We are working closely with the project team to...

A teacher by trade, pasta-making in any capacity other than for her own personal culinary enjoyment was not ever something Christina Handwerk thought she would ever do. But the idea was sparked over lunch with a dear friend, Ben Stolztfoos – over Mexican food, no...

For as long as he can remember, trips to Market have simply always been a part of life for Josh Funk. He fondly recalled Saturday visits with his family, “I grew up here in Lancaster, so when I was a kid, going down to Market pretty much every Saturday with my...