The Market Report

As usual, the last post of this group is a sort of bonus post, one that's not exactly a supermarket or grocery store, but something I found interesting nonetheless. In this case, it's a public market building that's been very nicely restored. The Roanoke City Market is pretty much directly across the street from the Downtown Co-Op . The public market extends from the building seen here out across the street into the outdoor pedestrian mall I referred to in the Co-Op post. Inside, there are several vendors and restaurants with a common seating area in the middle. Here's a look at what the main interior section of the building looks like. Really cool details. It's hard to tell what this was previously, but they sure did a nice job renovating it. It's located at 32 Market Sq SE, Roanoke, VA. And that about wraps up our Virginia coverage! Check back tomorrow for a music video, as usual...

Heading into downtown Roanoke for our last two stops on the Virginia tour. Roanoke is a great city with plenty of interesting things to do. If you happen to visit, I'd highly recommend the Taubman Museum of Art , which is an art museum in an architecturally interesting building. General admission is free, which is very nice; one of their corporate sponsors is Kroger. The Virginia Museum of Transportation is also a must-see for any road or rail fans out there. Anyway, enough about the real world! Let's see the supermarkets! The Roanoke Downtown Co-Op is a natural foods store that's actually part of the same organization as Weaver Street Market, which we toured back in June of 2018. The Co-Op is located on the ground floor of Center in the Square . The store here is much smaller than Weaver Street, and is not as much of a full supermarket. As you can see, it's part of a very attractive outdoor pedestrian mall. The store is located at 1 Market Sq SE, R...