We’ve Refreshed!

Three days each week, more than 60 incredible Standholders from in and around beautiful Lancaster County bring to Lancaster Central Market fresh, local food and goods to share with the surrounding community.

It is our hope, as the Central Market Trust, that this new web space will help further cultivate a culture of appreciation for Market, its Standholders, and the community in the heart of which it has stood since 1730. At its core, Market is simply a farmers’ market. But it has grown to become an awesome symbol for sustainability, great food, and community, and we are proud to be its good steward.

Tune in as the Trust moves into 2018 with big plans for a new, historically sound slate roof, the beginning stages of a new strategic plan, and a change of hands in Trust leadership. We will share here, celebrate here, and keep you up to date on all of the goings-on here at Market.

Again, welcome. We can’t wait to meet you at Market!

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Christmas and New Year’s Hours 2019

Christmas and New Year’s Hours 2019

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

Harvest Breakfast

Harvest Breakfast

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...

Topped with a historic slate roof

Topped with a historic slate roof

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...

Christmas and New Year’s Hours 2018

Christmas and New Year’s Hours 2018

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...

Gypsy Kitchen and Market

Gypsy Kitchen and Market

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...

Central Market Juice Company and Market

Central Market Juice Company and Market

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...

Commonwealth on Queen and Market

Commonwealth on Queen and Market

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...

The Patterson Family and Market

The Patterson Family and Market

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...

Slate Roof Construction to Begin August 20

Slate Roof Construction to Begin August 20

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...

Buona Tavola and Market

Buona Tavola and Market

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...