by Lionel Haynes Jr
With prices within any student’s budget, the Palafox Market offers a variety of local produce and products most Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., in downtown Pensacola.
More than 70 vendors provide everything from homemade food to local art.
The market is located at the Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street between Wright Street and Chase Street.

The Palafox Market offers a variety of herbs and vegetable plants for sale. Lionel Haynes Jr / The Corsair

The Palafox Market in downtown Pensacola offers a variety of local goods most Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Martin Luther King Plaza on North Palafox Street. Lionel Haynes Jr / The Corsair

Fresh produce, like oranges from the Forland Farm, is one of the many items sold at the Palafox Market. Lionel Haynes Jr / The Corsair

Chuck Chunn, a retired electrical estimator and property manager, tries to encourage young people to appreciate and protect wildlife through his art at the Palafox Market. Lionel Haynes Jr / The Corsair

Frits Forrer, raised in Holland during World War ll, almost lost his life when while stealing supplies from the Germans when he broke into a building with a blind bomb waiting inside for him. Later on, he found the bomb, detonated it in a nearby lake, and used it to his advantage to catch fish. In 1953, after migrating to the United States, Forrer earned his Silver Wings as fighter-bomber. Lionel Haynes Jr /The Corsair







Thanks for the nice write up! A quick location correction: The market is on N. Palafox between Garden & Wright Sts. 🙂