Prahran Market in Melbourne: Stalls and market tours
Prahran Market in Melbourne is arguably the best food market in Melbourne. There’s a sense of theatre, and plenty of stalls where you can stop to eat. Prahran Market tours run once a month.
Prahran Market is just off Chapel Street, which links the Melbourne neighbourhoods of South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor. Although South Yarra has traditionally been the posh end of Chapel Street, with designer clothing stores, Prahran Market is the best place to go food shopping.
This Melbourne market opened in its present location on Commercial Road in 1891. Like the South Melbourne Market (and unlike the art-focused Rose Street Market in Fitzroy), Prahran Market’s focus is on food.
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Prahran Market stalls
Around the outside, it’s essentially one big food court. Wilson and Market sells wagyu salt beef sandwiches. Q Le Baker does astonishing-looking breads and Moroccan lamb pie. The Mussel Pot flogs bivalves from a food truck.
The ability to come and graze is what makes Prahran Market so enjoyable. It’s not the sort of market where you grab your food as quickly as possible – a key part of the appeal is that you can stay and mooch. Preparation spaces are kept open to the public. There’s a deliberates sense of theatre, which is carefully cultivated.
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Inside, the market is an amazing place to stock up if you fancy a picnic. Go in hungry, and you’ll be salivating over cheeses, cured meats, chilli sauces and blood orange marmalades within seconds.
Prahran Market tours
It’s also possible to do a tour of Prahran Market. These market tours run on the third Saturday of every month, and the guides hone in on some of the rarer, more unusual stalls.
These Prahran Market tours cost $25, and last an hour. There are food tastings, free coffee and several unveiled secrets on the way. They can be booked online via the Prahran Market website.
Elsewhere in Melbourne, market tours are also available at Dandenong Market.
More Melbourne activities
Melbourne kayaking tours along the Yarra River.
Swimming at Mordialloc Beach.
Taking the Portarlington ferry to the Bellarine Peninsula.
Barefoot bowling in Flagstaff Gardens.
Birdwatching in Karkarook Park.