San José Central Market ( es, Mercado central) is the largest market of the city of

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San ...

. Established in 1880, it occupies an entire block on Avenida Central, 250m northwest of the Parque Central. The market contains a complex of narrow alleys with over 200 shops, stalls, and cheap restaurants called ''sodas''. A huge range of meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, coffees, and other products are for sale including snakeskin boots and cowboy saddles, herbal remedies, flowers, cooked meals, souvenirs, and local handcrafts. Tens of thousands of people visit the market daily. Two blocks to the north is the Mercado Borbón, which specialises in food, with numerous butchers, fishmongers, and fruit vendors located there.

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File:San Jose Central Market3.jpg, Vegetable stall in the ''Mercado Central'' File:San Jose Central Market2.jpg, Eating at a ''soda'' in the market File:Mercado Central San Jose Costa Rica.JPG, One of the alleys in the Mercado File:Spice in Mercado Central San Jose.JPG, Spices for sale in the Mercado

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