The tianguis (open air bazaar) has held a place as the stronghold in Mexico’s trade system since pre-Hispanic times, surviving through the modern day rise of mom-and-pop shops, big box supermarket and department store chains, slick shopping malls and 24-hour convenience stores. Traditional weekly street markets still thrive along Lake Chapala’s north shore, but this ancestral business model is taking a different twist in the fertile ground of the area’s unique expatriate consumer base.
Savvy lakeside shoppers are now flocking to three alternative day markets that began cropping over two years ago. As outlets for both native and foreign part-time merchants, all of the new operations appear to be going strong, each with its particular focus for target buyers.
Monday market
The Mercado de los Lunes caters to folks who want to spend minimal time in the kitchen with a wide array of homemade carry-out dishes and quick-cooking food products. Since its inception nearly one year ago, the Monday market has been housed in the ground floor parking lot of the Hole-in-One golf range/restaurant, located on the highway at the east end of San Antonio Tlayacapan, opposite the Chula Vista Golf Club.
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