One roof,
a lot of good finds
Market Hall started with a simple frustration: the best things in town were scattered across a dozen markets and a hundred tabs. So we gathered them under one roof.
From a market stall to Market Street
Mara grew up two streets from where the shop now sits. For years she ran a weekend stall at the Hawthorne market, selling pottery and pantry goods and spending most of her profit on other makers' tables. The stall kept selling out and the list of makers she wanted to carry kept growing.
In 2019 she took the old hardware space on North Market Street, kept the worn wood floors, and opened the doors. The idea has not changed since: gather genuinely good things, give local makers real shelf space, and make the shop somewhere you actually want to linger.
These days you will still find Mara behind the counter most mornings, usually wrapping a gift or talking someone into the right mug.
A third of the shop comes from down the road.
We give local makers a standing shelf, fair terms, and credit by name. When a piece sells, the maker hears about it, and so does the next customer looking for exactly that. It is a small economy, and we like keeping it close to home.
Our current featured maker is Rowan Pike of Pike Clay Studio, whose stoneware has quietly become the thing people come back for.
A few house rules
Good, not just new
We stock things that earn their keep. If it is not built to last or worth the shelf, it does not make the cut.
Makers by name
Local makers get real space and real credit. Their names are on the shelf, not buried in the small print.
No hard sell
Wander as long as you like. We are around if you want help, and perfectly happy if you just came to look.
An old hardware store, reimagined
Worn wood floors, tall shelves, and a fresh pot of coffee by the register. Built to be wandered.
The story is better in person.
Stop by the shop on North Market Street, meet the makers on the shelves, and see what landed this week.