MARIPOSA MARKETPLACE

Very nice and friendly shopping area featuring several different venders and lots of options for gift or personal shopping. The owners are very nice and you get the small town feel here. I came in just wanting to kill a little time and was surprised there was 2 full floors of things to browse. Willing to help you in any way the woman asked if I was looking for anything particular, which I wasn’t so she just filled me in on the fact that there was an upstairs too. Oh boy I decided to start at the top and work down. The beautiful staircase caught my attention it is such a grand scene. She was so gracious to tell me the story of the building and the magnificent staircase which I found amazing.
I «browsed» quite a bit and did find several items from various venders and was surprised to find I killed just the right amount of time and in such an enjoyable way. I wasn’t planning on buying anything or looking for anything but they have such good variety of venders and products and local made gifts etc that you are bound to find something for yourself or a gift for a loved one. If you come through town come in and check them out.

This store was interesting to walk through and browse. It was so old-​fashioned. It brought me back to post-​WWII America like the 1950s. There’s two floors. Upstairs they had some Elvis Presley stuff and Elvis music was playing. It was haunting…“wise men say… only fooools rush innn… but I can’t help falling in love with you.” I didn’t fall in love with this place. I bought some appleheads for 25 cents. They had some candy on sale that was supposed to be old-​fashioned. My friend bought three used kitchen items like prongs and a potato peeler. Then he bargained for this heavy cooking kettle pot. The owner told us we could check out the hardware store down the street for these cooking pots. He sold it to us for $ 35 instead of $ 39. One of the two people who work there was friendly to me. There was a lot of stuff for sale. It was a unique store. but the quality and selection could be better. I would check it out for fun. you don’t know what you might want.

This place seemed to be a collection of several different thrift store vendors. I liked the Man Cave the best. The gentleman working there fit my image of someone who would run a man cave! Flannel shirt, scruffy beard, the works! They had fishing poles, a basketball phone, model boats, etc. The other shops were more generic thrift. You have to look hard to find quality, but its fun to take a look.

This review is to the staff that were nice and informative about looking for some donuts.
Store has a lot to see and buy, but I only had a question, they could have given me the cold shoulder but they were extremely welcoming and helpful.
Good people.

Time for a current 2014 review. New gracious owners Larry and Sandy. No hovering. No overcrowding. All separate vendors. Beautiful historic building in the center of town — two floors. Found a great variety of new, vintage, and antique items. Great atmosphere.

Interesting crafts and gifts. Prices are okay. Counter service is abysmal. 3 counter ladies chatted with each other rather than work. So slow. Two people in front of me. Waited and waited. Finally gave up. My 11 yr old daughter commented: «those women are just chatting mommy they aren’t working at all». This coming from a girl who was getting a video. And told me to «forget it» We walked out. Time I will never get back. I could have watched paint dry instead.

I really like this store. It is full of small antiques so if that’s was your interested in, check it out.
I have found several old blue mason jars, one was a fake but it was only three bucks AND the cashier showed me how to tell if it was real or not. They have a lot of neat old kitchen stuff.
The way these stores work is they are separated by vendor. Each person who is selling stuff has a separate little nook. The items and prices vary quite a bit between each one.
recommend if in the area

I’ve been a customer at the MarketPlace many many times. It is an upscale flea market located in a local ‘historic’ building consisting of 2 floors of a lot of knick-​knacks. My favorite feature of the Marketplace is the local artisan’s products: home made soaps, lotions, candles, cooking sauces, snacker items, wind chimes, clothing articles. It is a great place for gifts. I don’t want, or need, knick knacks, but I“m always interested in local arts and crafts and to share with others. My reason for 2 stars is more of a customer service annoyance. First it is very very cluttered! Leave your purse, jacket and kids outside. Everything is crammed together; very little room to move around comfortably. The edible gourmet corner is when you first walk in and there must be 100 items crammed in a 2×2 area and that includes a rotunda in the middle! Very shopper-​unfriendly. Second comment: too much hovering by employees as soon as you walk in. I like to shop in peace

S.O. and I walked inside here (trying to cool off) and also killing time before dinner.
The cashier/​staff told us that they have 33 artist’s crafts that’s available downstairs and upstairs. Wow.
First floor: anything cowboy related as well as old antique posters/​cards. They have some candy/​sweet sections by the cashier so that’s where I was most of the day. They had really interesting taffys and caramels.
Second floor: this creeped me out. Imagine going through this section by yourself and its at night… yah. You can find dolls… old uniforms … it just gave me weird vibes. It was interesting… just creepy.
Overall… check it out if you’re interested in killing time… this is definitely one of those place that will capture your attention due to its unlimited antique stuff!