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| - It's hard to rate a place like the ppm, it's seriously a lot of different vendors all in one place. It's bound to have flaws that have nothing to do with the idea as a whole and more to do with the individual stands. So, here are two reviews: Firstly, as a public market. It's clean, well lit, open on nice days, temperature controlled on days that are not so nice, free parking on the weekends, most the stands are full all the time, and it's always getting better.
Secondly, as a narrative - of sorts. Every time I go into the ppm, I take a quick look at Sustenance bakery, they're an awesome little operation I first found in little single serve pouches available at 21st coffee and Voluto coffee, but with ppm they have their own little shop front, with more options and less coffee (unless you count, La Prima, which I don't). I don't pick anything up from Sustenance until I'm on my way out, but it's good to get a glimpse. I've only been a few times since they opened the library outpost and I haven't done anything expect see what's on the shelves, but it looks appealing and as a mechanism for moving the library model into the 21st century it seems like a great idea.
The first aisle is worth walking down just for the marshmallow folks, because who doesn't appreciate a good marshmallow? In the same aisle is a meat stand, Crested Duck, they have a lot of expensive stuffs that are totally worth the price, so if you can find it in your budget, try something.
Following that is the guy trying to make me eat british food, I'm not sure how this stand exists, but to each his own I suppose. The quiet storm used to have a little booth at the end, but that disappeared, which makes sense as I never thought anything looked worth purchasing. On the weekends there are some great little produce booths at the other end from the front doors.
The second aisle is pretty lame, I just walk past the beads, indian grocer, and olive oils, down to Clarion River Organics. If you've lived in Pittsburgh for more than a month, then you know they're a coop of organic producers putting out high quality stuff on a regional scale. It's nice to find them here, but you can also get their produce at other markets in the city. Then past La Prima, because the coffee is sad and you're likely to be bothered to try a sample of fudge from the man behind you, if you stand there too long. At the end of the third aisle there's a booth with fresh mushrooms and ramps, can't beat the prices and quality. The final aisle has an East End Brewery Growler filling station and the booth selling frozen pierogi, both of which are okay for getting something for dinner. The booth in the back selling baklava used to be amazing the first couple of weeks, but then everything started going downhill, I don't even stop there anymore. Then back to Sustenance before leaving. There are more stands than those I mentioned, I just didn't think they were worth mentioning. It all boils down to this: it's worth your time to do some shopping here, but it's not 100% awesome.
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