The Central Market has finally opened in a building that has been empty for several decades on Rozhdestvensky Boulevard. Historically, it was in this place that at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century there was a market on Trubnaya Square, then, in the late 50s, trade moved closer to the metro, where the Tsvetnoy department store is now located, and this year the market returned to its former place.
For residents of the central regions, the opening of the market was an event: most of the food markets are located outside the Central Administrative District, the purchase of fresh vegetables and fruits is limited to a small selection of supermarkets, and the farmer's fifth floor of Tsvetnoy has become more of a landmark than a real opportunity to replenish stocks in the refrigerator.
The Village tells what's happening at the new Central Market and why you should go there.
Market at the food court
The Central Market building occupied three floors, while the food counters themselves were removed to the minus first level, and a food court was equipped on the first two. The architectural design of the building was done by the Gremm Group, which is also the owner of the market itself. It turned out quite minimalist, although while the market is only operating at half capacity, it is difficult to draw conclusions - the space has not yet been inhabited, and some of the counters are temporarily empty.
The main finishing material was brick, which the owners bought after dismantling a historical building that was not subject to restoration, washed it, and then laid it in a new place. The ceiling was decorated with artificial plants, but natural moss was used as decoration in the restrooms. The center of the hall was filled with tables with seating, and corners with food were located around the perimeter of the space.
They promise to open the terrace in the summer, although you can already imagine that dining in the open air with a view of Trubnaya Square looks extremely tempting. Also, something pleasant and necessary - for the convenience of people with disabilities, the Central Market was equipped with elevators and escalators, and for this there is a separate plus in karma.
From eclairs to Peking duck
The market was divided into two zones, deciding not to mix grocery trade and corners with food. Counters with vegetables, fruits, meat and fish were removed to the minus first floor, and the first two were completely given over to a food court, which became the main component of the market. Now there are about 30 independent projects working on the site with cuisines from all over the world - collecting as much variety of food as possible was the original idea of the market.
Most of the tenants have already taken their places, the rest will join the project after the New Year holidays. Currently, the market has Eclair Claire, Camera Obscura coffee shop, Korean outlet K-Town, Tokyo sushi bar, Bontempi pizzeria, Greek eatery, Mexican tacos Tacodor, duck corner Duck It, vegan Flora No Fauna, oriental cuisine Charlima, Soviet cafeteria, ice cream, Umi Oysters oyster bar, Buffalo's chicken wings, Georgian cafe, St. George's Compound bakery, smoothie bar, pho soups, Stone Age cafe and a dozen other small independent projects.
It is important that all participants in the food court, as well as food sellers, are private tenants, and the market owners themselves only provide the site and choose who to give space at the market. The average check in almost all cafes does not exceed 700 rubles, the waiting time for an order is approximately five to seven minutes, but so far there are not many people in the market, so we can only hope that the corners will be able to maintain the rhythm under greater load.
The trading part of the market is also not yet completely filled, but the site already has several large dairy departments with cheeses, cottage cheese, milk and butter, an Italian shop with excellent burrata, stracciatella and sun-dried tomatoes, a department of sausages, meat, seafood, as well as large counters with herbs, vegetables, fruits.
Gift for office employees
The main gift of the Central Market was primarily for employees of nearby business centers and residents of the area. Tsvetnoy Boulevard could not boast a rich selection of cafes, restaurants, and especially grocery stores. The central market killed all the birds with one stone, filling all these niches. It’s unlikely that people from all over the city will come here to buy groceries (after all, the market turned out to be more of a food court than a grocery store), but now you can spend a family Sunday in the center, pleasing everyone at once, rather than going to the other end of the city, for example to Danilovsky .
Once upon a time in the 19th - 20th centuries there was a fair on Trubnaya Square in Moscow, but then it was moved closer to the Tsvetnoy Boulevard metro station. And finally, after a long time, the “Central Market” opened in the building on Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, which remained empty after the market was moved.
This discovery was an important event for residents of the central district, since it is difficult to find a place where to buy fresh food, except in small supermarkets with a small selection or the Tsvetnoy department store.
Central market on Trubnaya Moscow
In addition to the residents of the Central District, employees of numerous offices located nearby also enjoy this market, because now they have an excellent place where they can spend their lunch time.
So who else and why should definitely visit the Central Market?
The market is decorated in a minimalist style, where the main type of decoration is brick bought by the owners, left after dismantling the historical building, artificial plants on the ceiling and moss in the restrooms. Another advantage of the CR is that it is equipped with elevators and escalators for the convenience of people with disabilities.
Central Market
Central Market
Central market on Trubnaya in Moscow
Markets in their old concept, where there are a huge number of rows with counters, and from every corner you can hear the voices of sellers inviting you to buy from them, are becoming a thing of the past. For this reason, in the three-story building of the central market, food counters were removed to the -1st floor, and the remaining two were converted into a gastronomic travel area to different countries of the world, since the main idea of the owners was to create a variety of food from different cuisines. Here, as is usually customary at food courts, cafes are located along the perimeter of the space, and tables for visitors are in the center of the hall.
Here you can find:
- Eclair Claire,
- Camera Obscura coffee shop,
- Korean point K-Town,
- sushi bar Tokyo,
- pizzeria Bontempi,
- Mexican tacos Tacodor,
- duck corner Duck It,
- vegan Flora No Fauna,
- oriental cuisine “Sharlima”,
- soviet cafeteria,
- oyster bar Umi Oysters,
- Buffalo's chicken wings,
- Cafe "Stone Age"
Still, the Central Market turned out to be not such that people from all over Moscow would go to it to buy groceries, but it is definitely a great place for a meeting with friends or a family dinner, because you no longer have to choose a restaurant with a certain cuisine that will suit everyone.
The ravine behind Sovetskaya Square in Nizhny Novgorod will turn into a park, but first a shopping center will be built there, which will be quite large and will occupy not only the area of the current market, but will also extend beyond its boundaries.
Architect Viktor Zubkov
This is not the first time that Sovetskaya Square has attracted the attention of the city council. There were proposals for global changes, with the demolition of the supermarket and other buildings located on it. But the projects grew into more rational proposals. And the September 2011 town planning council submitted a preliminary sketch for the development of the territory behind the Soviet supermarket, bounded by Bogorodsky, Admiral Vasyunin, and General Ivliev streets.
Architect Viktor Zubkov presented the developments of his workshop at the town planning council. A large multifunctional shopping, administrative and sports and entertainment complex behind Sovetskaya Square has been put up for discussion. “As a framework for the planning structure of the territory,” says the architect, “a pedestrian boulevard is envisaged, connecting the complex of buildings that form Sovetskaya Square, the telephone exchange building, the supermarket, and the planned shopping and sports and entertainment center.” The project provides unhindered transport access to all buildings on this site, and for the convenience of entering the underground parking lots of shopping and sports complexes and the shortest connection between the two microdistricts, a new passage has been formed from Bogorodskogo Street to Vasyunina Street.
This is what the ravine behind Sovetskaya Square will look like
The commercial and administrative center is a compact formation, with separate blocks of different heights for various trades. All functional rooms are interconnected by a complex of spaces with overhead light, which helps to easily enter the retail blocks. The total area of the trade and administrative center is 92,013 sq.m! The sports and entertainment complex is no less large-scale, consisting of a fitness center, bowling alley, cinema, skating rink and open-air stage in the newly created park. For such large new construction volumes, it is necessary to provide its own engineering infrastructure. This is where the development of the territory is supposed to begin.
Construction is carried out in three stages:
The first stage is engineering preparation of the territory and construction of engineering infrastructure facilities (boiler house, transformer substations, distribution points, etc.)
The second stage is the construction of a shopping center.
The third stage is the construction of a sports and entertainment center.
High-quality elaboration of the preliminary sketch allowed the city council participants to approve it as the basis for further design. Anna Gelfond commented on the work completed by the Zubkov Architectural Studio: “The project took place. The developed program of the multifunctional complex will meet the needs at all levels of use: city, district, microdistrict.”
The farmer's market "ABC Farms" opened in the shopping and entertainment center "Golden Babylon Rostokino" on Mira Avenue, open from ten in the morning to ten in the evening. There is no navigation yet, to get to the place you need to enter through the central entrance, go up to the first level and go straight, keeping to the right, at the end turn left. Project investor and general director Olga Shtoda. The partner is the Russian representative office of the union. The design was developed by an architectural and construction company, they also created the project for the updated Usachevsky market.
Here they sell berries, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy products and cosmetics. They say that the products come directly from producers and farms, so the buyer receives the goods without any additional markup. On the shelves you can find black and red caviar from the Russian Caviar House, venison, wild boar meat and bear chorizo from the Delicatessen Game, cheeses according to French, Italian and Dutch recipes from cow and goat milk in the Eco Village shopping center. Craft chocolate is made at Fresh Cacao, homemade sugar-free granola is sold at Granola Lab, and sourdough bread is sold at the Bread Van. Cards are not accepted everywhere; it is better to get cash before going.
You can eat in the restaurants located here, this is also part of the market. Meat is prepared at the Baran-Baran shop, Georgian dishes at Ojakhuri, pasta at Fiorella pasta fresca, burgers and smoked sausage at OK Food Story. In the grill bar “Song of a Sailor”, for 150 rubles they can cook fish that the buyer has chosen in one of the shops. P.Ch.
Central MarketMain market in the center of Moscow In the wake of the active development of the capital's markets, their renewal, revival and return to their former glory as local places of power, the capital's Central Market opened its doors on Rozhdestvensky Boulevard.
Continuing the history of trade on Trubnaya Square in modern times, it immediately became the most important symbol of the gastronomy of our metropolis. Designed in the spirit of the 19th century, the market building fits perfectly into the landscape of the Boulevard Ring.
The conceptual content is in the spirit of the time and in accordance with the most fashionable trends: these are not only shopping arcades with first-class products for every day, occupying their own separate floor, but also the best boutiques and corners with ready-made food that can be bought to take away or eaten directly on the spot.
In the luxurious gallery of food courts on the ground and mezzanine floors there are corners with Russian, Vietnamese, Greek, Mexican, American, Chinese, Korean, Dagestan, Middle Eastern, Indian, Japanese, Uzbek and Georgian food. The flower shop collects stylish bouquets, the tobacco boutique recommends cigars, and the alcoholic boutique recommends wine.
The Central Market is the perfect place to shop for farm produce, spend some leisure time on the weekend, grab a quick lunch on weekdays, have a leisurely family breakfast on Saturdays and have a friendly lunch with expat friends after a stroll around the city centre. The central one also meets the needs of people with disabilities - elevators and escalators are provided for their convenience. Future plans include gastronomic festivals, master classes, performances and fashion shows. In the spring there will be an outdoor area. Large city parking nearby.
Address: Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, 1; Opening hours: from 8 to 23
Story
The beginning of trading on Trubnaya Square for songbirds, pigeons, and small animals.
Trubnaya Square becomes a venue for cultural and entertainment events.
Transforming the market into a more civilized one. They built 1,200 wooden tents and began selling all types of goods. The market takes on an architectural appearance.
During the reconstruction of Tsvetnoy Boulevard and Trubnaya Square, the Central Market received a new building where collective farmers were allowed to sell their products.
On the northern side of the square there are sellers of flowers, seedlings of ornamental and fruit trees. Thanks to this, the square later received its name “Tsvetnoy Boulevard”.
