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Fresh food and local flavor at the Mazatlan Central Market
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Imagine a market being listed as one of the Mazatlan City Guide most highly recommended Mazatlan tourist attractions? Well it is, and we cannot too highly recommend a visit to our central market, the Mercado Pino Suarez.
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Our central market sprawls onto the streets: it is surrounded by a variety of small shops, food vendors and juice bars where you can enjoy fresh fruit and vegetable juices and iced Agua Frescas.
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The Pino Suarez Market is divided in sections by food types. You'll find aisles with fresh seafood; chickens; beef; and pork -- and miles of aisles of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Beyond groceries, the Mazatlan Mercado has numerous shops and vendors of tourist items, like t-shirts, hats, and all sorts of souvenirs of your day of sightseeing in Centro.
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Often overlooked, stairs at the Mazatlan Mercado Pino Suarez lead to an upper level that has numerous small restaurants, many with a balcony view over the delightfully active street scene surrounding the outer stores and street carts. Mercado restaurants make for a wonderful -- and inexpensive -- place to take a break from sightseeing and have some fresh seafood, delicious carne asada or a refreshing liquado!
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The history of the Pino Suarez Market is fascinating, and a perfect reflection of the growing prosperity of Mazatlan in the late 1800s.
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Prior to the construction of the market you see today there were a number of largely open-air markets, notably in Plaza Zaragoza and Plaza de la Republica. In the 1890s is was decided that for both aesthetic and sanitary reasons Mazatlan needed a modern central market, and the location between Benito Juarez and Aquiles Serdan was chosen.
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That era is often referred to as "Porfirian" after Porfirio Diaz, a Mexican soldier who rose to be President of Mexico three times -- in total nearly three decades -- including the period from 1884 until his overthrow in 1911.
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The building was fabricated by Loubet y Compañía -- the largest foundry in Sinaloa -- and rapidly became known as the Iron Palace by locals, despite being officially named Mercado Romero Rubio when opened in 1900. In 1915 the market was re-named Mercado José María Pino Suárez in honor of the Vice President of Mexico who was killed in 1913 during the darkest days of the Mexican Revolution.
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There are numerous breathtaking statistics about the amount of iron that went into the structure (estimated to be over 300,000 pounds) but simply consider this: each of the twenty-nine single-casting columns that the roof rests on are over thirty feet tall!
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Now home to over 250 tenants and employing nearly 1000, the Mercado Pino Suarez is a vibrant part of the Mazatlan shopping scene even in the era of supermarkets and big-box malls. Do not miss the central market on your next visit to The Pearl of The Pacific!
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Location Aquiles Serdan and Melchor Ocampo / Centro Historico
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Hours 6am to 6pm Monday through Saturday, 6am to 2pm Sundays
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Admission Free
Map to Mercado Pino Suarez Mazatlan Sinaloa
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Centro Historico | Plaza Machado | Angela Peralta Theater | Museo de Arte
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Museo Arqueologico | Pedro Infante Museum | Pino Suarez Mercado Centro
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Central Mazatlan Cathedral / Basilica | Malecon | Mazatlan Cliff Divers
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Carpa Olivera Pool | Acuario Mazatlan Aquarium | El Faro Lighthouse
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Bosque de la Ciudad | Estero del Yugo Nature Preserve
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