The Miami Flea

Cool market at a great time on sunday. Great selection of goods, nothing made in China. Feels good to give back to a local community of small up coming businesses and not another corporate establishment.
I do how ever wish there was a better selection of food. Almost feels like everyone is selling sausage. Which we had and was delicious (sausage is just not my thing and there wasn’t a lot of gluten free options other than sweets) Also we live in Florida and it almost feels like robbery to sell bottles of water for more than a dollar. With that said just bring your own water and its not an issue.
Other than that great market. Great music and set up to watch music.

What a grand way to experience the local up and coming businesses and mingle with the community! To my understanding, this is now a monthly event, which is amazing. The vendors were crazy good, especially The Avenue, a soon-​to-​be british gastropub taking up residence in The Filling Station! I had chef Andy Bates’ famous scotch-​egg, and if that is any indication of the goodness to be pouring out of his kitchen, I’m hooked!
The only downfall, was the street parking. It was a bit tricky to seek out a decent spot.
Aside from delicious food, there are unique goods being sold, such as jewelry, paintings, clothing and vintage goodies. Want a relaxing and yummy way to spend your Sunday afternoon? You found it!

I’ve been to many types of flea markets and outdoor pop of markets. This is my first time here and had a blast.
They just moved to 1440 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33 136. Apparently this is the fourth iteration.
There is a little something for everyone. Vintage/​antiques clothing, records and various memorabilia. They also have merchants selling hand made crafts: soaps, lotion, art, jewelry, and snacks.
There was even live music and the band/​singer was great. An awesome smokey classic jazz voice.
If you’re hungry no worries. There are food vendors with all kinds of things. I found ramen, bbq, tacos and more. They even have several bars selling beer and liquor.
If you happen to forget your cash no worries. There’s an on site ATM. Most of the vendors are hip and take credit card via square though. Also there’s portable restrooms with a hand washing station. Which is definitely needed if you’ve had a few drinks.
Now this wasn’t the biggest market but very hand crafted and selected. It’s all local businesses or hand crafted type of vendors. No chains or big box stores here. This has potential to grow into something big and great. Just want Miami needs.
I walked about with a cool tank top, some sassy button pins and a new handmade sketch book. It is not in the best area of Miami but use common sense. Park legally and don’t advertise what’s in your car. There’s police on site so it’s all safe. Think of a quiet park of Wynwood.
So if you’re interested in coming, bring cash, your ATM card or a credit card. Also bring your appetite and some comfortable walking shoes. It’s an experience. ENJOY!
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Had a great time! Music, vendors (wish there were more) and fun! Very clean, and several food choices… will be back.

I have definitely experienced better flea markets in Miami and in different places.
Great idea, just poorly executed. The beauty of a flea market is to hunt and digg and come across random shit for great prices, but i think i only saw one or two options for items under $ 50 (a sweet hat that I ended up purchasing). It was more like an out door market and each booth had very few items to offer and not a lot of diversity.
I thought the live band and food options were great and in general it was a fun activity, but I think there is more of a flea market at Art Walk than here. Hopefully with time more vendors will come through.

Great day although not really for kids.
Similar to a street fest. Loved the food and vendors

Vendors were well picked-​out, I recognized a few of them from the pinecrest farmers market. The live music was great, and the food from coyo taco was delicious! Overall, was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I would give it 5 stars, but everything was pretty pricey (like a $ 30 candle).

True to my word, we returned to the October Flea. Very much improved! I love when folks take suggestions to heart and make the experience better.
More space CHECK
Wider variety of food options CHECK
Greater variety of vendors CHECK, CHECK
Only thing missing was the $ 2 Becks, but heard that it should be making a return.
The music was, once again, great! Plus a surprise performance by Brenden O’Hara was fantastic! Keep up the good work A&E District. See you next month!

A little cliché flea market … Vintage furniture and clothing, local bar and bakery.

Not enough space for the crowd. Tons of sweaty Miamians walking/​pushing/​sliding past people looking miserable. There was a line out the door that took 20 minutes to enter. And no parking. It was so poorly organized that we left soon after we got in.

It was an inter sting event however poorly organized. Parking is on the street where you find one. There is no signs where you can park or not. There was rsvp list, rsvp table was on a side and even if you didn’t rsvp the entrance was free, so what is the point of rsvp or putting a table? The space to walk was minimal. It was super crowded. Many vendors went unnoticed because of the amount of people. Next day I learned that several friends were there but there was no way to meet each other inside. People were leaving after 30 min, time it took to walk a circle. This type of event needs to be organized in bigger space. If it is Sunday evening the least you want it to step on people or doggies, being pushed, spill the drink on somebody and spend 10 minutes to walk 5feet from one vendor to another to then discover that you still have to make 3 more feet to be able to read the menu and then go back to order. And we are talking about food-​trucks. So dear organizers, please do better job next time!

With a simple change of name, the rating would be much higher!
To me, the term «flea market» is what I associate with the hygienic conditions mentioned in a McLamore song or the back shelves of a quincalla deep in East Hialeah. A place that sells handmade t-​shirts, working vintage cameras, has acoustic live entertainment and good food — with corresponding market price — is not a flea market. I’m not saying this to be a «hater» but to suggest that it should rebrand itself as «The Miami Artisanal Mart» or something more fitting. As someone suggested, it should also stay open a little longer since it was packed (although everyone was pleasant, even the folks I sat down for dinner at the communal table.\
Let me talk about that dinner, as it was a carnivore’s paradise from Miami Smokers. A not-​scrawny beercan smoked chicken — with flavor retained and augmented by their Mango Habanero sauce, a side of smoked bake beans and good service by the cashier. I have to make my way to their brick and mortar soon! Airstream Apothecary didn’t disappoint either with their Sailor Jerry spiced rum concoction.
I look forward to the improved version next month!

Super packed with people. Great idea, but way too little of a space. Had a lot of super cool knick knacks and amazing food as well as live performances.
Lots of puppies! I’m suprised how people were able to move around with huge dogs. It was so humid and the amount of people rubbing up against you. Sweat everywhere.

The Miami Flea has HUGE potential! This Sunday’s inaugural go-​round showed how special it could be. With some fine tuning, it could become a weekend destination.
It was very un-​Miami to some extent. If you were looking for the typical South Beach crowd and scene, you weren’t finding them here.
There was food and music set up at either ends so you could browse and nosh while you listened to the music.
However, to improve they need to decide what this event is going to be.
Is this truly a Flea Market? If so they need to find vendors that cater to that market. Mostly everything was hand-​crafted or recrafted, and there wasn’t much to be found at a bargain. Which is perfectly fine, but then the name is misleading. You have more a bazaar than a Flea.
The food looked outstanding but it would have been nice to see more variety. How many ways can one cook pork? For the vegetarian, you were pretty much on a booze diet. Of which there was plenty.
The venue was entirely too small for the crowd. They need to find a space more suitable to the number of people they will attract. We could barely move and ping-​ponging around with a bunch of other hot and sweaty people was not my idea of fun. I am sure we missed a few booths, but the lack of space made it too hard to get to them.
Overall I am glad I came. If it came back to a different, larger (indoors!) location I would certainly check them out again.

This blend of eclectic locals was at the very least a memorable experience. Although a bit crowded the venue was very well planned and organized. There is something here for everyone four legged friends included. From tacos to jams, succulents to wearables, iced coffee to live entertainment and pastries to homeopathic herbs and oils. I would definitely attend it again.

Dog friendly, beautiful people, local products and goods, nitrogen ice cream, what more can you ask for? We walked away with a few succulents to decorate the window sill and a tummy filled with pecan pie. Forrest MacNeil from Review says «Sunday afternoons at the Miami Flea…5 stars.»

I sincerely loved the atmosphere the vendors were awesome etc. but I do have to say we had to leave running after maybe 30 mins. It was so incredibly shoulder to shoulder packed that it was impenetrable.
Another thing, wasn’t really a flea market. It was a market and it was cute, but there weren’t really cool cheap finds. It was more like expensive artisan items. Example, tank tops for $ 60, rings for $ 90, cool journals for $ 55 etc
So while it was awesome and we got some cute Instagram worthy photos of pretty plants, beautiful goods, and organic fruit/​jams, the actual essence of a flea market wasn’t there.
I definitely want to go again if they move to a bigger area as well as have more variety in their vendors.

Cool concept, too crowded.
I was so exited to check out Miami Flea! I’ve been to a few events at Canvas that A&E District put together and they never disappoint. The whole idea is community, local, sustainable. And just create something different from the usual Miami-​ness. This event was no different. Very cool vendors selling anything from succulents to handmade Colombian bags. And the Unilocal food section had snacks from Miami Smokers & Wapa Taco to name a few. Live music from local artists to set the mood. Key word here, LOCAL! Which I love.
But it was just too crowded! I know it was their first time hosting this, and crowded is better than no people. I hope they host this again and just make the venue bigger or charge a small fee, maybe a donation for a local charity, for entrance. Or longer hours, 12 – 9 perhaps. Something to crowd control. I had to leave because I couldn’t really enjoy it or shop without standing in long lines on a hot summer evening.
Overall, I loved the vibe and the people. Very cool and again, just something different in Miami which is always refreshing. Just too crowded.