Little Italy Mercato — San Diego

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Little Italy Mercato — San Diego

Name: Little Italy Mercato — San Diego
Start: 2026-04-11T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-04-11T14:00:00-07:00
Location: 600 W Date St, San Diego, CA 92101

Saturday, April 11, 2026

8:00 AM PDT – 2:00 PM PDT

600 W Date St, San Diego, CA 92101

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Six blocks of Little Italy close to cars every Saturday morning and become something else entirely — San Diego's largest weekly outdoor market, with farm produce stacked next to handmade jewelry next to a vendor selling olive oil you will think about for a week. 8am to 2pm, free to enter, every Saturday year-round. Get a coffee from someone who roasted it themselves, walk slowly, and remember what a neighborhood feels like when it's doing exactly what it was built to do.

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