Tanque Verde Swap Meet

Crazy times so definitely took that into consideration, not very crowded with buyers or sellers. Local told us to go early because of Crowds (I think they was thinking Pre-Covid) it was Sat and we got there around 1100am. Started to pick up a little when we left around 130. I can see potential as the space is huge, got my steps in just walking around. There was a Kid area with some rides, lot of food places, and even has a stoned in Koi Pond. Restrooms were plentiful and pretty clean. Spoke to a few vendors, everyone was pretty friendly & polite. Made a couple of purchases, some from the booths, and from tables. Picked up some cool items, what you would expect from a Swap Meet. We will have to try at night and maybe after Covid settles down. Plenty of Parking, and signage insisting on Masks being worn. Overall, not a bad place to kill a couple hours & maybe find some deals.

It's time this landmark gets an updated review! We ventured on a late Saturday afternoon in July (yikes)! Entry fee is $2/person (not per vehicle). Parking was easy at 5pm with only about 8-10 cars in the east lot off of the Palo Verde entrance, maybe too easy (perhaps there shouldn't be a fee to go in the summertime). Inside, there were approximately 40 vendors, with a half-dozen consisting of the dollar-store touristy knick-knacks. 15-20 were open tables with garage-sale style items laid out. Another half-dozen consisted of folks hocking jewelry. And the rest had dedicated stalls, some filled with t-shirts, others with housewares, one with old cameras, electronics, kitchen, and garden items, and another with all sorts of (large) pans/woks.We finished browsing in about 45 minutes and headed to the south side of the Swap Meet. In the south side parking lot is where most of the food trucks are located. It looked like 6-7 were open or about to open and another 3-4 were shuttered at this time (now 6:00pm). There were maybe 4-5 other patrons looking for food but almost all of the picnic-style tables were empty. We settled on the Birria Munchies Truck (separate review).We might return during the fall/winter when vendors will likely increase but the advertised/website quantity of "800" vendors? Hmm, we barely saw 1/20 that number today.

Almost an empty lot with very few vendors. Rent has gone way up so most have closed down due to cost. One food vendor open. Charged $2/person and was told food trucks were open. Beyond disappointing! Owner needs to reduce rent to encourage businesses to thrive and and visitors to enjoy their visit. Do NOT recommend. Complete waste of time. Photos on web do not match the state of this venue. Sad!

What a let down! Went on a Saturday at 2pm. Hardly any vendors, no food trucks open. I feel bad for the few vendors that were open. Not worth the trip!

The wings are 10/10 must try again and the memories that this place brings basically grew up here and find a bunch of stuff here such as piggy banks chips drinks perfumes games trading cards and backpacks

I love it but it's literally so mid compared to the ones in phoenix.. once you go to the ones in phoenix you'll never wanna go anywhere else.. the best thing about it is the ice cream, food, and koi fish in the little pond

Not as good as it once was but getting back quickly. Fun to go and shop, fun to go and sell. Lots of friendly people. Great food trucks and entertainment for all ages

Traveled over a hour, only to find an empty lot and no vendors. 11am on a beautiful Saturday in December and no one there. Spoke to the office and was told that we can't get the vendors to open. Won't be going back.

My experience so far only on a Sunday. This would be my first time as a seller. 2 hour trip loaded to the top just to arrive at 4:30 pm just to see an empty parking lot and not a single shopper in sight. There was a couple vendors open but definitely not worth unloading my van and truck. I stayed there for a couple hours mostly in disbelief and the thought of the 2 hour drive back I was faced with. What a waste of time, gas, and energy. There is no reason for this place to call themselves open on a Sunday cuz it shouldn't be. I'm told Friday and Saturday it's bumper to bumper so going to give it one more shot. So let me help you to not waste your time. Your welcome!

I can not belive how bad this place has become. It was the place to go. Now it is a dive. I grew up there. We went by on a Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. It was such a let down. Plus right now I would not go there and pay 2 dollars to park for this. Sad to see a child memory go down hill.