Tucked into Sweet Auburn on Edgewood Avenue, the Municipal Market is Atlanta’s original public market, and a remarkable example of a century old building still serving and representing Atlanta’s architectural significance.

It started as an open-air market on land cleared after the 1917 fire, then got a permanent brick home in 1924. Under Jim Crow, Black vendors and shoppers were pushed to sell from the curb outside, which is how it earned the name so many Atlantans still use: the Curb Market. In the years since, it became home to local butchers, produce sellers, bakers, and independent restaurants, one of the few places downtown where families could shop, eat, and see each other across generations. The Municipal Market has no equal in the city. For over a hundred years the market has served the neighborhoods around it, and it still does. It exists to be a space for everyone, no matter where in Atlanta they come from, and have some of the best food in the nation. #atlantahistory #thisplacematters #historicpreservation #atlanta