To Market, To Market
WHAT’S worth getting up for — early — on a weekend morning? The weekend market, that’s what. The metro’s weekend flea markets offer finds from food, fashion, and for the home — with all that sustainable bent. You may even score holiday gift ideas for everyone
on your gift list. So wake up, early birds get the good bargains.
QUEZON CITY
WHAT: SIDCOR Market (formerly SIDCOR Lung Center market)
WHERE: Centris Station or Centris Walk, located at EDSA corner Quezon Avenue, right after National Printing Office
WHEN: Sundays, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHY: The wide array of seafood from shrimps, blue crabs, and yellow fin tuna (tanigue) to rare snails, sea centipedes, eel, black river snails, abalone, ulang (giant freshwater shrimp), and sea cucumber are sold cheaper than in Farmer’s Market.
MAKATI
WHAT: Salcedo Weekend Market
WHERE: Jaime Velasquez Park located at Tordesillas and Leviste Streets in Salcedo Village, Makati City
WHEN: Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHY: Rare and hard-to-find delicacies such as budbud kabog (millet cake) to childhood memories of cotton candy straight from the cotton candy maker on wheels, and sorbetes. You may find some good malunggay pesto, milkfish pate, healthy bagoong, Himalayan pink edible salt, sprouted nuts and seeds, bamboo towels, tilapia chicharon, and many more. Plus, get a fill of gourmet nosh, if you don’t mind forking over P190 for an ensaimada or snapping up French crepes made by a Frenchman on a nearby stall.
WHAT: Legazpi Sunday Market
WHERE: Corners of Rufino (formerly Herrera) and Legazpi Streets, Legazpi Village, Makati City
WHEN: Sundays, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHY: If you missed the Saturday market
at Salcedo, then this Sunday market will make up for it. Go loca on locavore treats because they’re good for you. This foodie bazaar offers specialty cuisine from Filipino to Mediterranean and a wide range of local organic produce from fruits to vegetables, and seafood to meat. It also has a wide range of handicrafts, art pieces, clothing, and toys.
OTHER WEEKEND CITY MARKETS
ALABANG
WHAT: Alabang Organic Market
WHERE: Alabang Town Center Carpark
WHEN: Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHAT: Narra Saturday Market
WHERE: Narra Park, Ayala
Alabang Village
WHEN: Saturdays, 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.
MAKATI
WHAT: Whitespace Green Market
WHERE: Whitespace, 2314 Chino Roces Avenue (formerly Pasong Tamo Extension), Makati City
WHEN: Last Sunday of the month, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
PARAñAQUE
WHAT: BF Homes Weekend Organic Market
WHERE: BF Homes gym covered court along Pilar Banzon Streeet, beside the Clubhouse in Phase 1
WHEN: Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
SAN JUAN
WHAT: Northeast Greenhills Weekend Market
WHERE: Connecticut St. Greenhills, San Juan
WHEN: Sundays, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.
TAGUIG CITY
WHAT: Mercato Centrale @BGC
WHERE: Corner of 30th Avenue and 9th Street, Bonifacio Global City
WHEN: Weekends, 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.
WHAT: AANI Weekend Market
Where: Lot 32 Palayan Road, Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) Complex, Taguig
When: Saturdays, 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.