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| - I don't live near uptown and have been mired in my "Ballantyne Universe" for a while, but HOLD ON WAIT A MINUTE. We ventured uptown on a Saturday late morning to catch a show and went to the market for the sole reason to check out Pure Pizza.
Parked in the parking deck and rode down the elevator to the market and when I walked in a smile came across my face and I literally had a "moment"....you know what I'm talking about, the moment when you realize that this is the place that you had always hoped would come to your town. A virtual cornucopia of fresh local fruit, sushi, coffee, chocolate, popsicles, meat, pizza, confections etc....Sweetie handed me a tissue to wipe the tears of joy off my face and we proceeded in.
If you have not been here yet, get off Yelp right now and go. There is something for everyone here. I love actually speaking to people about what they're selling, it's such a refreshing change from the Tween behind the register stoically asking "did you find everything ok?". We had Pure Pizza (see my review), and a cupcake from Cloud 9. We watched scores of people walk away from Local Loaf with artisan breads and sandwiches. I spoke to the Salt of the Earth people.....who knew there was so much to salt? I do now! Local, fresh and surprisingly affordable produce was purchased by Sweetie. The meat and seafood in the back was well presented and something I will have to return for. There were raw juices, and a nice spot for coffee. The weather outside was gloomy, but there were more vendors out there to peruse. A few other local people selling and sampling BBQ Sauce were all fun to speak with. The King of Pops was there and if I wasn't about to explode from eating my whole pizza I would have tried one.
This is a place you can go broke in easily, because you want to try everything and support these local vendors. For someone who is passionate about food and the new, local movement, this place is great. I will be back and can't wait to try the things I missed on my first trip.
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