2nd Street Market

Such a lovely addition to Dayton. If you love Farmer's Markets, you're going to love 2nd Street Market. It's basically a farmer's market - but indoors and year-round. Walkways were wide enough to not be too crowded (even during a holiday event), and it's such a cute little spot. PROS:-Parking. EVERYWHERE. The entire building is long - and surrounded in parking. There are an insane amount of exits in this building (somewhere between 4 and 8), so no matter where you park, there's an entrance. Most of the entrances do require stairs, though, unless you use the main ones. It makes it so easy to hop in, grab what you need, and leave.-Everything is signed and designed for easy viewing. You aren't going to see things from across the building, but if you walk down the building (one hallway), you'll easily pick out what you're looking for.-Good variety of stuff. There's fresh produce, crafts, body products, furniture, gifts, and then lots of food. They've put all of the food providers together in the center of the building, so it makes it easier to just-shop or just-eat. The sellers themselves are pretty varied too - just like a farmer's market. Lots of gluten-free food options as well as pet items, crafts, bath stuff, chocolate treats, regular food, and more. It's a nice variety! -There are four-person and two-person tables. There are a few multi-people tables as well. You can grab some of the food from the food vendors and sit down and enjoy some food with others. It makes it a nice "destination" place for eating when you have multiple people in your party who have different food preferences.-The coffee at Caffeine Carl was delicious. I'm 90% sure I need to come back and get a lot more of this. CONS:-Bathrooms are definitely on the "last resort" type of side. They're not *dirty*, but they definitely haven't been updated in a long, long time. One of the stalls in the women's restroom didn't have a door - just a shower curtain. Bathrooms are clean though.

This was a fun stop on a dreary rainy day. I'm not familiar with Dayton and have been wanting to explore more since I now have family in the area. The market has local goods, mostly food items (baked goods, spices/tea/coffee:jam, honey, meat and some produce) with a few shops. There are several lunch spots; we had (I think) Turkish and split an order of stuffed eggplant. It was delicious! We picked up some baked goods for later and I snagged local honey and can't resist buying soap.This isn't really a farmers market, although some produce was available. I would definitely return. The vendors are friendly and it on a weekday, it was really laid back and not too packed.

What cool place. The location has several small eateries, craft booths, coffee, bakery goods on site. Parking on site.

Great place to eat and buy thingsLots of ambience music and plants vegetables fruits and special products

Sad to see yellow sprigs bakery leaving 2nd st. Excited for there new store to open in YS.

I love the vibe and atmosphere at this market. You can come and shop locally or to meet up with friends for a bite to eat. Local vendors offer a wide variety of produce, breads, handcrafted items and much more and are always up for a nice chat. Friendly food vendors offer international cuisine and you can find everything from vegan, to Mexican, to Greek etc. Seating is sometimes hard to find at the market, especially during morning hours. Tip: Have some cash on you since some of the smaller vendors do not accept cards.

2nd Street Market 600 E Second St Dayton Ohio 45402 (937) 228-2088Today is National Farmer's Market Day, and 2nd Street Market may be the Dayton equivalent of Cincinnati's Findlay Market.2nd Street Market is a year round market and attracts our attention throughout the year. We like both outdoor and indoor vendors. Given our several European Trips, we like that 2nd Street Market is somewhat similar.Parking is available; Overflow parking is available on market days until 2 PM at the lot for The Steam Plant, 617 E. Third Street.Lots of produce, baked goods, crafts, and lunch items.My wife considers this to be an essential Fun Trip, and she is 100% certain to find several items which "she needs."

Very cute and homey market with plenty of food options and great local vendors! Everyone is very friendly and I think this is a great place to get local produce and other items. I would def stop by for lunch if I'm in the area too. I love that it's indoors so you can access it year round.

Stopped by here earlier this weekend - great variety of local food beverage flowers and shops

Fun locally made crafts. The best crafty booths were the pottery & homemade glass art. The jewelry booth with recycled jewelry was also very cool with good prices. Tasty local produce: check out the maple syrup & pound cake booths! Also some amazing pastries and bread! Restaurants to try: the crepes, Mexican food (tamales were amazing), & the New Zealand meat pies (yum!).What to Skip: Asian/Thai food -- our party had 3 meals there and each one was gross: chicken fried rice was dry and crunchy, bao fried chicken sandwich took 35 mins to make & had NO flavor (how do you mess up fried chicken?), and teriyaki chicken meal was just stringy chicken with sauce dribbled but just mediocre). Their kimchi tasted like it had been cooked and then frozen before defrosting (looked like when dogs regurgitate grass/flowers they've chewed). So gross. Even the egg rolls were gummy and flavorless. Most vendors over the age of 16 were friendly and open to engaging with customers. The younger vendors were mostly on their phones not making eye contact or even greeting customers.