The 5th Street Public Market is a Great Place & A ...

The 5th Street Public Market is a Great Place & A Must See & Experience for Anyone Visiting Eugene Anytime of the Year!! Although I Must Say; The Holiday Season is Definitely A World of Wondering What You are going to Find or See Next upon Turning Every Corner!! Always A Very Strong Sense of Kindness & Overall Warm Spirit; Just that It's Even Extra Specially Sensed during The Festively Decorated Holiday Season!! The Atmosphere is Sincerely Welcoming Offering a Genuine Feeling of Insta-Cozy Comfort & Warm Friendly Smiles from Everyone You Pass or Interact with. Whether You are looking to Shop, Sit down for a Good Meal, Coffee or a Brew; The Authentic, Homemade Comfort Feeling and Satisfaction with the Discovery of Your Unique Gifts or Souvenirs will always Remind You of Your First Visit to The 5th Street Market in Eugene, Oregon!! By the Way; My First Visit was in 1976 and I have continued over the years to visit maybe every other month! MANY Changes have Occurred Since I was 8 years old my first time; Yet I can still See the Open Vendor Booths with So Many different items all unique & much unlike what You'd see in a Department Store!! I can still Smell the Fresh Bread Baking from the Bakery on the Basement Level, as we'd rush along the Creaky Wooden Floors, Through Squeaky Big Wooden Doors and down the long Wooden staircase filled with People of Every Style!! We Never even really noticed too much or cared at all of everyone's Indifferences; I believe it is part of what made the entire experience such a vividly clear & cherished memory!! We'd make it to the Bakery in the center, where it was a huge Kitchen of Such Fast Paced Action Encased huge glass windows where we'd stand & Watched Hypnotically for hours sometimes, as The Baker's Roll, Pound, Twist, Shape and Bake so Many different styles of Bread; Running Back and Forth from the Big Ovens with Big Trays filled with Hot Loaves of Incredible Varieties of Bakery Delights!! Amazing Memories Still being Made at the Same Place to this Day; Too Think they Began 42 years ago seems Unimaginable, But I sure wouldn't Trade a Moment of the Fun and Memories made There!! I guess it Proves that it was such a Great Place to Experience, Being it has been that long now & it has Only Grown Larger, Busier & More Prestigious since the Days When it All Began!!