Saturday Market:
Eugene’s
weekly
open air
craft
fair
If it can be gathered, grown or
made by an area artisan, you can
buy it from the some 200 such
craftspeople at the Saturday Mar
ket, Eugene's weekly open-air
craft fair.
For those not buying, a diversity
of foods for the palate and enter
tainment for the fun of it help fill out
the parking lot-tumed festival at
Eighth and Oak streets. It’s open
every Saturday and Sunday, 10
a.m. to 5 p m., up until the
weekend before Christmas.
The weekend market may be
returning to exclusive Saturday
operation soon, according to John
Kellogg, executive director of the
market's tfcard of directors. The
market's committee-of-the-whoie,
which elects the board and con
sists of anyone interested in at
tending, will take up a motion to
that effect at its July meeting.
The Saturday Market added
Sunday to its schedule when a
large number of craftspeople were
left out of the filled marketplace.
Now, however, the market is av
eraging less than 190 booths
Saturday, well below the capacity
of 225. And with the summer
slump coming up, Kellogg thinks
the Sunday market will have to go.
Until that happens, however,
the weekend festivities will go on
with a new wrinkle tried recently—
a twilight market staying open until
dark — scheduled again for some
Saturday in July.
Those who want in on the sel
ling side of the action can sign up
to rent a space for a $2 minimum.
After the first sales day the booth
fee is based on the craftspeople s
income. Artisans earning less
than $21 pay the minimum, sellers
taking in $31-$90 will pay $4,
those making $91 -$150 will rent a
space for $6 and vendors raking in
over $150 will pay $8 for a place
on the asphalt.
For the warm-hearted shopper,
there are often kittens and pup
pies for sale outside the entr
ances. You’ll have to cut your
market visit short, if you buy one,
ihough: Saturday Market has a
restaurant license and cannot
allow any animals inside.
by Phil Waklstein
The place for
the ‘cream-of-the-crop’
With an atmosphere like the
Saturday Market crafts fair and
the day-to-day permanence of a
retail shopping mall, the Fifth
Street Pubic Market at Fifth and
High streets offers the handicrafts
and home-grown food lover the
best of both worlds
The indoor market offers
"cream-of-the crop' artisans who
have been successful enough to
go permanent, says market mas
ter Lou Elliott. A lot of vendors like
not having to put up and take
down booths, and it s convenient
to customers who want to check
back on items they've seen the
day before.
There are about 40 crafts
booths on the main floor of the
renovated warehouse along with
seven food outlets offering shish
kabob, pastries, gourmet coffees
and foods, hot dogs and juices. An
open courtyard with a fountain
and more crafts and food sellers
complement the indoor market on
sunny days. A new tavern will
straddle the north end o* the court
yard in September.
Below decks are several more
conventional shops such as a
hardware store, shoe and watch
repair shops, a book store, hair
and skin care shops and a photo
graphy service that repairs
cameras and offers tintype por
traits. A fish market, meat market,
country store, fresh produce
stalls, dairy products and beer and
wine shop and more restaurants
and crafts booths round out the
expanding lower level.
In mid-July a community youth
festival is planned with a Pioneer
Days complete with horseshoe
throwing and antique autos later
that month. In August, 25 to 40
artists will display their work in the
courtyard.
The market is open Tuesday
Photo by Warren Morgan
through Saturday, 10 a m. to 6
p.m. and on Sunday, 11 am. to 5
p.m. Selling spaces are available
inside for $24 a week or $10 for
Saturday and Sunday and $3 per
weekday. The courtyard spaces
go for $5 a weekend and $2 per
weekday.
by Phil Waldstein
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