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The Farmers Market District of OKC may be nearly 100 but it is full of new life with unique retail and restaurant businesses
The Farmers Public Market of Oklahoma City, built by John J. Harden, opened on June 16, 1928 and was originally created to help solve a conflict between farmers and the OKC business community. Before it was built, farmers traveled from around the state to bring produce and goods to sell on the streets of Oklahoma City, causing traffic problems and congestion in the downtown area. The Farmers Public Market building offered them a spot to sell their goods without troubling other businesses and city residents. It also created opportunities to host concerts, dances, boxing matches, roller-skating, and multiple other events on the market’s second floor, where the largest hardwood floor in the state is located.
Today, Chamber member the Farmers Public Market is a popular event destination for celebrations and wedding receptions, but it is also home to an antique mall, a weekly farmers market, and serves as the district’s foundation for a thriving group of unique retail and restaurant businesses. This area of town is for foodies, tasteful shoppers, gardeners, leather fans, and artsy-souls. There is something for everyone in the Farmers Market District. Locally-owned grocery store Urban Agrarian offers fresh produce and tasty prepared foods. Voight Knives makes unique and handcrafted chef, folding, and hunting knives. Loaded Bowl serves up comforting and nutritious vegetarian and vegan cuisine. You could spend a weekend enjoying the district’s offerings and leave the area with a happy stomach, full shopping bags, and a sense of pride for what this community has created for our city.
Few realize the Farmers Market district is one of OKC’s largest districts. It is located on the southwestern edge of downtown, running east to west from Pennsylvania to Shartel and north to south from Oklahoma Boulevard to Interstate I-40. When you turn onto 2nd street in the heart of the district, you won’t miss the first two businesses near Klein Avenue, Trade Supply Co. and Palo Santo.
Trade Supply Co. began as a pop-up shop in the lobby of an empty office space on Broadway in downtown Oklahoma City in 2013. With the success of the popup, they opened their first permanent brick-and-mortar location in the Midtown District. They resided in Midtown for six years before moving to their current store, which has three times the square footage of their previous space. It officially opened to in-store shopping in April 2021 and not only has room for a sales floor, it also has room in the back for manufacturing products.
