The Mercado District is celebrating its seventh anniversary with a new expansion and a weekend block party from Friday, May 4 – Sunday, May 6.
Mercado San Agustin, home of restaurants and merchants like Agustin Kitchen and Seis Kitchen, is patting itself on the back for a full seven years in the district.
The weekend block party will also include the opening of the new MSA Annex and festival grounds, a pop-up Spring Bazaar with local collectors and creators, and free live music.
The MSA Annex is bringing in 13 new locally owned small businesses housed inside modified shipping containers, making it a total of 26 businesses along the Mercado District’s Avenida Del Convento.
Among the new businesses you can expect to find are Westbound, which will serve local beer, wine, and craft cocktails, Beaut Burger and its plant-based burgers, fries, and beer, along with Isabella’s Ice Cream‘s second location, which started out in the Mercado Community Kitchen.
Giant Sand and Howe Gelb, Brian Lopez, Mariachi’s, Flam Chen performers, Tom Walbank, Golden Boots, and more will perform their music over the weekend.
Mercado San Agustin is located at 100 S. Avenida Del Convento. For more information, visit mercadodistrict.com.
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More about MattAt a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.
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