The Central de Abasto is Mexico City's main wholesale market for produce and other foodstuffs run similarly to traditional public markets. It was constructed to be the meeting point for producers, who
Central de Abasto is one of the two large wholesale markets in Mexico City, along with the Nueva Viga market, which specializes in fish and seafood.
Rows of trucks parked at the market
One of the many hallways in the market
La Nueva Viga Market is the largest seafood market in Mexico and the second largest in the world after the Toyosu Market in Japan. It is located in Mexico City far inland from the coast, because of hi
Central de Abasto
…ease congestion in the historic center of Mexico City. The Central de Abasto is one of the two large wholesale markets in Mexico City, along with the Nueva Viga market, which specializes in fish and seafood. The facility is located on a property that extends 328 hectares (810 acres), with more than 2,000 businesses…
Fish vendor at the La Nueva Viga Market
Moonlight on the Viga Canal, Helen Hyde, 1912
Unloading truck at the market
Worker showing off product from truck