The Idea behind WPM

The Worcester Public Market is a multi-vendor, food-oriented marketplace in the European tradition, featuring street-oriented business of various stripes, a small-merchant market floor, the foodie-heaven Market Pantry, and a vibrant food court with a seamless connection to the social and gustatory pleasures of the Wachusett Brew Yard.

Located in Worcester’s resurgent Canal District, the market sits right on legendary Kelley Square, just a few seconds from Interstate 290 and a world away from the ordinary. Parking is abundant, and street life abounds. The district is home to the adjacent, mixed-use Crompton Building and offers visitors literally dozens of restaurants, bars, and eclectic retail establishments. Daytime shopping pleasures and abundant night life characterize an historic neighborhood that is undergoing a 21st century urban renaissance.

Kelley Square provides a memorable gateway to the Commonwealth’s second-largest city; and the market itself serves as a crossroads of Central Massachusetts culture. Whether your taste favors the coffeehouse ambience of the Birch Tree Bakery or the dollar drafts of the Hotel Vernon; the upscale Lock 50 restaurant or the down-to-earth Kelley Square Pizza; the pulsing clubs of Water Street or the cabaret romance of Nick’s, the Canal District will tempt you, and please you, and keep you coming back. And the Worcester Public Market sits at the heart of it all.

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Mission of WPM

The Worcester Public Market endeavors to:

  1. Contribute to the urban vitality of the City of Worcester and the Canal District.

  2. Support the growth of small, diverse and locally owned businesses.

  3. Enhance the viability of regional agriculture and food production.

  4. Create a venue for the joyful congregation of people.

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Join Us

The Worcester Public Market (WPM) has a few open spots left and we are recruiting great local businesses that grow, raise, catch, or produce products in Massachusetts and New England. If you are interested in opportunities at the Worcester Public Market, please fill out our online application.