Moore Square in a 4-acre park in Downtown Raleigh, bounded by E. Hargett Street to the north, East Martin Street to the south, S. Blount Street to the west, and S. Person Street to the east.
It’s across Hargett Street from Marbles Kids Museum, so it will be a great way to extend the fun when you bring the kids to the museum, when it re-opens.
The park includes several gathering and performing spaces.
You might also be interested in this big list of farmers’ markets across the Triangle.
We will update here when scheduled events resume at Moore Square, but we’re happy to report that the Moore Square Market started back up on Wednesday, June 17th. It will run weekly on Wednesdays, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., through October.
Wednesday, August 12th
On Wednesday, August 5th, 2020, celebrate National Farmers’ Market Week. There will be more than 25 vendors and a live musical performance.
Vendors on August 5th:
- 1Eatz
- Allis Farm
- Apex Seafood and Market
- Bad Cat Coffee
- The Bakesmith
- Carroll’s Kitchen
- Christina Britt Studio
- Creekside Farm
- Grass Grazed
- Jak’s Snax and Gear
- Jones Lemonade Slushys
- Julie Ann’s Farm
- Mantra Soap Co.
- Many Hands Farm
- Michael’s English Muffins
- MiH Farm
- Nanue’s Farm
- OMG Banana Pudding
- Shoomee’s Flowers
- Sugar & Spice Kitchen
- Zulia Bakery
Here is some information from Downtown Raleigh Alliance:
About Moore Market
For pre-order information, visit the vendor page.
Moore Square Market features local vendors with farm-fresh produce, meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, and artisanal goods. New this year, each week the Market will feature six local restaurants and shops offering pre-order pick-up options as well as items for sale. Learn about the Market’s new health and safety guidelines here.
Moore Square is located at 200 S. Blount Street with entrance at the corner of Martin and Blount Streets and exit at the corner of Martin and Person Streets. The Market is open 3:00 – 6:00 pm on Wednesdays from June 17 through October 28. The Market is managed by Downtown Raleigh Alliance and the City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department.
SNAP Double Bucks Program
To foster an inclusive shopping experience that welcomes everyone to downtown, Moore Square Market is proud to accept SNAP. Moore Square Market’s Double Bucks Program provides matching dollars up to $10 per market visit. Purchase SNAP tokens at the information booth to use for any market purchases.
The Initiative, sponsored by Blue Cross NC, provides matching “Double Bucks” incentives to SNAP-eligible shoppers and is part of the company’s commitment to addressing food security in North Carolina by increasing access to healthy and nutritious local food.
Become a Vendor
Interested vendors should apply online via Manage My Market. We’re looking for resident vendors (Attends the market 3-4 times a month) and guest vendors (Attends the market 1-2 times a month). Click the link to view and complete our 2020 Moore Square Market Online Application. You will be directed to Manage My Market and prompted to create your own business profile for review. Please read through the 2020 Moore Square Market Rules and Regulations prior to applying. If you qualify and agree, submit your online application.
Local Restaurants and Shops at the Market
Want to pick up dinner to-go while shopping at the market? Or maybe pick up a gift from your favorite local shop? Support downtown businesses while at Moore Square Market. Businesses will rotate week to week and offer both pre-order and pick-up options as well as items to purchase on-site. See listing here.
Are you a restaurant or store in Downtown Raleigh and interested in having a presence for pick-up, sales and promotion at the market? Please email David Moore at davidmoore@downtownraleigh.org to learn more.
Curbside Pick-up
The market is offering curbside pick-up for pre-orders. Just pull into the marked parking spaces on the north side of Martin Street at Moore Square. Market staff will come to ask what vendor you are picking up from and will grab your order and deliver to your car.
Current Safety Precautions
Here are the current safety precautions.
Shoppers:
- Keep your market visit simple and short; buy what you need and do not linger, socialize, or congregate in the market space.
- Households should have no more than one or two people in their shopping group. If possible, leave children and senior family members at home.
- Enter and exit the market at designated locations. Entrance is at the corner of Blount and Martin Streets, and exit is at the corner of Person and Martin Streets.
- Wear a mask of some sort before entering the market space, in accordance with the CDC recommendations regarding use of cloth face coverings.
- Wash your hands when you enter the market space. Handwashing stations are available!
- Maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from other shoppers, especially when in line. Market managers will be reminding shoppers to keep their distance.
- Pre-order with your favorite vendors as much as possible for quick and contact-free pickup at the market. If you cannot pre-order, bring your grocery list so you can make your market visit as quick as possible. Find out how to pre-order and other shopping alternatives.
- If you are sick, or a member of your family is sick, STAY HOME.
- If you are part of the at-risk population (particularly older adults or immunocompromised individuals), we encourage you to ask a family or friend to pick up items at the market for you.
- Do not eat any food you purchased while you’re in the market space.
- Wash your produce when you get home.
Farmers/Producers:
- No sampling will be permitted at the market.
- No food preparation will be permitted on site. All prepared foods must be ready to take away to eat off-site.
- All staff MUST USE GLOVES and regularly change them throughout the market.
- Please regularly sanitize or wash your hands AT LEAST once per hour. We have hand sanitizing and hand washing stations available.
- All staff are strongly encouraged to wear masks of some sort throughout the market.
- Vendors are encouraged to bring an extra table or sit farther back in their tent so a 6 ft space is maintained between them and shoppers.
- All products sold must be pre-packaged. Customers MUST NOT be allowed to handle and browse products under your tent.
- Implement contactless pay, pre-order/pickup, and other low-touch or no-touch options as much as possible.
- If have to collect cash, round up to the nearest dollar to limit giving back change. And utilize market-provided plastic bins to collect any cash and SNAP tokens for contactless payment.
Market Managers:
- They have added handwashing stations with hand sanitizer available at the market information tent.
- Market managers will enforce social distancing by placing chalk or tape marks at 6 ft intervals to help with line management at vendor tents, and will remind shoppers as they enter the market, and throughout the market space.
- We will limit the number of shoppers in the market when necessary and will have ONE entrance and ONE exit. A vendor map will be posted online each week.
- Vendor tents will be spaced 6 feet apart, and managers are encouraging a one-way flow of traffic.
- They have postponed all market community events for the near term, including music and entertainment.
- Market managers will wipe down commonly used surfaces, such as the market information table and SNAP redemption devices.
- All products sold must be pre-packaged. Customers MUST NOT be allowed to handle and browse products under your tent.
- DRA will continue to accept SNAP/EBT payments and offer our Double Bucks program. Please bring your EBT card as usual to the information tent to redeem for tokens. Pay with your tokens by placing in designated payment bin at vendor booths to aid in contactless payment. Tokens will be sanitized between markets.
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Anne says
This Tuesday was a Teacher Work Day so I took my grandson downtown to enjoy the Moore Square games. While he enjoyed the chess and connect 4, we were disappointed that not all the games advertised were there. It was a cool day so not many children were there but he got bored with the ones we had to play. Great idea for days when there is no school for something free to do.