Wine, chocolate, yarn, clothing and more: Meet the businesses of the Madison Public Market
The Madison Public Market will open on Thursday with nine to 11 businesses, with up to 17 being open by the end of the year.
The market is trying to fill another 11 spaces, including a 2,000-square-foot anchor space for a restaurant with a patio in the northeast corner of the market.
Rutger Schiesser, co-founder of Cin City Smash, creates smash burgers out of a food truck during this month’s Fete de Marquette. Schiesser and longtime friend and business partner, Maximus Perdomo, now have a space at the Madison Public Market.
Sarah Dawson, left, is the founder of Isthmus Yarns, a business she created earlier this year to sell yarn at the Madison Public Market. Last week, Dawson was set up at a pop-up market with Denise Klubertanz, who will work at Isthmus Yarns once the doors open on Thursday.
Kozette Rosenthal, left, manager of Chocolate Shoppe at the Madison Public Market, and Ken Norton, retail operations manager for the business, prepare the store last week for its opening.
Carmell Jackson of Melly Mell's Catering, and her daughter, Cierra Jackson, prepare items for a customer account at FEED Kitchens. Carmell Jackson said the city's MarketReady program helped her rebuild her soul-food brand so she could open a restaurant at the Madison Public Market.
Lonnell Richardson of Ancestral Tribe Custom Apparel, and his wife, Lakisha Johnson of Unique Hair Accessories and More, are seen here last month at a popup market at the Madison Public Market. On Thursday, they will open a permanent store at the market.
The Madison Public Market will open on Thursday with nine to 11 businesses, with up to 17 being open by the end of the year.
The market is trying to fill another 11 spaces, including a 2,000-square-foot anchor space for a restaurant with a patio in the northeast corner of the market.
Madison Public Market opens Thursday, the end of a 20-year odyssey
The journey has been anything but smooth for the Madison Public Market.
There have been funding fights, debates about its location and construction delays. Rapidly rising costs and a pandemic also threw the project into question.
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Keisha Harrison, left, the CEO of the Madison Public Market, and Anya Firszt, president of the market’s foundation and longtime general manager of Willy Street Co-op, take in the still under-construction market last week ahead of its official opening on Thursday. Up to 11 businesses will be ready when the doors open, with six more opening in the coming weeks and months. Officials continue to work on filling the remaining spaces in the 45,000-square-foot facility at the corner of East Johnson and North First streets.
Madison studied several sites for the Madison Public Market before deciding to locate it in the former Fleet Services building in 2018. The building features multiple pieces of public art inside and outside.
Financial contributors to the $24 million Madison Public Market are recognized on a sign inside the new market, which opens Thursday after more than 20 years of planning and delays.
Madison Public Market chief executive officer Keisha Harrison, left, and Madison Public Market Foundation president Anya Firszt in the TruStage MarketReady Hall, which can hold just over 600 people for events. The artwork above was commissioned by the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and created by Madison artist Steph Hagens.
Three cisterns each with a capacity of 6,500 gallons collect rainwater from the roof, which is used to flush toilets in the Madison Public Market. The cisterns are located in the 9,000-square-foot TruStage MarketReady Hall.
The space on the left, on the south side of the Madison Public Market, is being readied for Little Tibet, a family-owned restaurant offering Tibetan and Himalayan tribal cuisine.
Sarah Dawson sells yarn last week at a pop-up market at the Madison Public Market. On Thursday, she will open Isthmus Yarns, a permanent yarn store in the market and the only yarn store in the city.
Madison Public Market CEO Keisha Harrison, left, and Madison Public Market Foundation president Anya Firszt make their way toward a mezzanine level at the soon-to-be-opened market. The mural was created by Tyanna Buie, who recently created an installation for the Obama Presidential Center.
Outdoor furniture and umbrellas await placement on a patio along the North First Street side of the Madison Public Market. This space will be home to a bar operated by the Madison Public Market. Construction on the bar will begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Madison Public Market opens Thursday, the end of a 20-year odyssey
The journey has been anything but smooth for the Madison Public Market.
There have been funding fights, debates about its location and construction delays. Rapidly rising costs and a pandemic also threw the project into question.
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Keisha Harrison, left, the CEO of the Madison Public Market, and Anya Firszt, president of the market’s foundation and longtime general manager of Willy Street Co-op, take in the still under-construction market last week ahead of its official opening on Thursday. Up to 11 businesses will be ready when the doors open, with six more opening in the coming weeks and months. Officials continue to work on filling the remaining spaces in the 45,000-square-foot facility at the corner of East Johnson and North First streets.
Madison studied several sites for the Madison Public Market before deciding to locate it in the former Fleet Services building in 2018. The building features multiple pieces of public art inside and outside.
Financial contributors to the $24 million Madison Public Market are recognized on a sign inside the new market, which opens Thursday after more than 20 years of planning and delays.
Madison Public Market chief executive officer Keisha Harrison, left, and Madison Public Market Foundation president Anya Firszt in the TruStage MarketReady Hall, which can hold just over 600 people for events. The artwork above was commissioned by the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and created by Madison artist Steph Hagens.
Three cisterns each with a capacity of 6,500 gallons collect rainwater from the roof, which is used to flush toilets in the Madison Public Market. The cisterns are located in the 9,000-square-foot TruStage MarketReady Hall.
The space on the left, on the south side of the Madison Public Market, is being readied for Little Tibet, a family-owned restaurant offering Tibetan and Himalayan tribal cuisine.
Sarah Dawson sells yarn last week at a pop-up market at the Madison Public Market. On Thursday, she will open Isthmus Yarns, a permanent yarn store in the market and the only yarn store in the city.
Madison Public Market CEO Keisha Harrison, left, and Madison Public Market Foundation president Anya Firszt make their way toward a mezzanine level at the soon-to-be-opened market. The mural was created by Tyanna Buie, who recently created an installation for the Obama Presidential Center.
Outdoor furniture and umbrellas await placement on a patio along the North First Street side of the Madison Public Market. This space will be home to a bar operated by the Madison Public Market. Construction on the bar will begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The road for the Madison Public Market has been long, with stops, starts, disruptions and controversy. But the 45,000-square-foot facility at the corner of North First and East Johnson streets will finally open its doors on Thursday.
An early rendering from 2019 imagines the former city Fleet Services building at East Johnson and North First streets after it is transformed into the Madison Public Market.
A rendering from 2018 shows the layout and one of several conceptual designs of the Madison Public Market, in the foreground, as well as the potential size of planned private development at the intersection of East Washington Avenue and First Street.
Dan Kennelly, manager of Madison's Office of Business Resources, left, and Brent Pauba of the city's Engineering Division, are seen here in 2019 viewing the interior of the city's Fleet Services building, which would become the home of the Madison Public Market.
A variety of city-owned vehicles sit in a lot at the city's Fleet Services facility on North First Street in 2016. The site is now home to the Madison Public Market, which opens on Thursday.
This hanging artwork by Madison artist Steph Hagens tells the story of dairy farming and cheese and was commissioned by the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. It hangs in the events hall at the Madison Public Market.
