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The Mandeville Trailhead Community Market (MTCM) |
Emphasis is on locally grown and locally made wares that accentuate the qualities that make our community special. The market is not only a place to buy or sell your goods but a place to bring the whole family for FREE entertainment, along with cooking and educational demonstrations.
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 | The market is open rain or shine,
every Saturday, 9am-1pm
at the Mandeville Trailhead. |
Mission:
The MTCM was founded to attract shoppers to our neighborhood community and to provide affordable retailing opportunities to local farmers, artisans, and small businesses.
Objectives:
- To make the site an inviting, safe, and lively place that attracts a wide range of people and encourages them to mix and interact easily in a festive mood.
- To promote Old Mandeville as a consumer and tourist marketplace.
- To enhance existing downtown businesses and to promote future economic development, the arts, and downtown livability.
- The market is open rain or shine, every Saturday, 9am-1pm: at the Mandeville Trailhead.
Special features of the Mandeville Market include:
- Vegetables: hot-house tomatoes, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, wide selection of specialty lettuce, large variety of greens, okra, peppers, peas, cabbage, cucumbers, red Russian kale, sweet potatoes; a wide variety of sprouts and much more.
- Citrus: local seasonal citrus such as Ponchatoula strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, Plaquemines Parish citrus; and many others
- Seafood: jumbo shrimp, soft-shell crabs, fresh crabmeat and crawfish
- Teas: locally blended teas and curries
- Baked goods: fresh blackberry, sweet potato, pecan, and apple pies; Cajun tarts; Old World breads; croissants; cakes; Italian cookies; pralines; scones, turnovers and sugar-free desserts
- Prepared foods: Homemade tamales; gumbo; stuffed artichokes; chicken Kiev; crawfish pies; crab & shrimp pies; chicken pot pies; crawfish, shrimp, and chicken fettuccine; etouffee’; homemade soups; authentic Mexican salsa; pestos; hummus; cheeses; breakfast bries; pickled vegetables; jams & jellies; herbal vinegars and more
- Plants & Flowers: Ferns, shrubs, fresh-cut flower bouquets; trees, bedding plants, specialty ferns from all over the world; bromeliads; and orchids
- Herbs: Fresh plants and cut herbs (dried and fresh) including rosemary, tarragon, oregano, and chives
- Homemade bath & body works: soaps, scrubs, lotions, lip balms and much more
- Artisans include a wide variety of handmade jewelry, scarves and stoles made with Italian yarn, paintings, pottery, birdhouses and hand painted gourds, stained glass items, hand-tinted photographs and much more!
The Mandeville Trailhead Community Market would like to thank their generous sponsors! Without their support, the market would not be possible. Please support and patronize them for us! Special thanks to:
- Louisiana Coca Cola Bottling Company
- Jim Carey Distributing - Miller Brewing Company
- Charter Communications
- Strategic Internet Services, LLC
Directions to the Mandeville Trailhead from Slidell or Hammond:
- Take 1-12 east or west to the LA 59 exit, Exit Number 65.
- Go approx 2.9 miles south on LA 59, where it becomes LA 59/Girod Street.
- Continue South on Girod Street less than 1/2 mile (fire station on left).
- Turn right after crossing old RR tracks (now Tammany Trace) into Trailhead parking lot – Woodrow St.
Directions to the Mandeville Trailhead from Metairie:
- Take Causeway Bridge North to Mandeville.
- Stay in right lane when coming off of bridge, and veer to right.
- Approx. 300 yards you will come to a traffic light (Monroe Street)
- Take a right on to Monroe Street.
- Go east on Monroe Street, and continue to first traffic light (Girod Street).
- Turn Left on to Girod Street.
- Proceed two blocks north-Trailhead parking on left by fountains. If you cross old RR tracks, you’ve just missed parking lot entrance.
Sec. 13-15: Rules and Regulations governing the use of the Mandeville Trailhead are outlined as follows:
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Sunday: 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Rules:
- No Littering
- No Sitting or Climbing on Railings
- No Bicycles, Skateboards, or Roller Blades/Skates
- No other wheeled conveyances except those used by handicapped persons
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