Popular sustainable community food market, Mercato Metropolitano, has welcomed six new food traders, opened to the public on Friday 25th August

London foodies rejoice! Renowned sustainable community food market group, Mercato Metropolitano (MM), has announced the development of its second Elephant & Castle market, ‘MMy Elephant Park’ with SIX new food traders – and they’re open!

The new and improved marketplace offers a quieter and more residential space to catch up with friends whilst enjoying fresh produce that’s prepared on-site by a handful of trading partners – all of which have been carefully selected to align with the MM values of making a positive social impact on people’s lives and the planet.

Officially opening its doors to the reimagined market on Friday 25th August, the MMy Elephant Park site will be home to six new trading partners for visitors to sink their teeth into.

The six new trading partners coming to MMy Elephant Park are:

• Hachalito – an award-winning tequila & agave cocktail bar. London’s only Agaveria and home of the Mirror Margarita – voted Time Out’s 7th Best Cocktail in the World.
• Wing Fest – a celebration of the mighty chicken wing, burgers and loaded fries with lots of options like classic and new flavours.
• Native – freshly-made pizza by the slice, so you can enjoy a variety of flavours and combinations in a single meal.
• All That Falafel & Kebab – serving vegan falafel and kebabs. Savoury, nourishing and skilfully prepared, using only the freshest and thoughtfully-sourced ingredients.
• 3KOBROS – an authentic Korean kitchen capturing the essence of three vibrant iconic dishes: bibimbap, noodles, and buns. Focusing on traditional flavours and high-quality ingredients, the dishes are served with the traditional Gochujang sauce, a home-made red chilli sauce which is a staple of Korean kitchen.
• The MM Grocery – a grocery store offering ethical and sustainable produce. Established as a leader in providing responsibly-sourced produce.

The new food vendors will join existing trader, Badiani, who opened its first-ever gelato retail store in the market a number of years ago, and has since become the official sponsor for the Italian Cultural Institute.

Mercato Metropolitano (MM) was London’s first sustainable community food market, focused on regenerating and revitalising urban neighbourhoods and building communities around good, healthy, and affordable food for everyone. Its Elephant Park market, near to its flagship Elephant & Castle market, is located close to outdoor space and playgrounds, offering a wonderful central hub for families and local residents.

The development of the MMy Elephant Park site is a symbol of MM’s commitment to driving forward its MMovement – centred around community inclusion, seasonal produce, nutritious food, and the preservation of the environment.

MMy is reminiscent of the time when Andrea Rasca, Mercato Metropolitano’s founder and CEO, spent in Japan, where limited space and local community needs led to neighbourhood dependency on convenience corner stores.

The format has been further developed in London by Rasca and the same team behind the success of the other MM markets based on the understanding that each local community needs a centre of aggregation around food, social values and shared experience, where the elements of inclusiveness, sustainability and healthy lifestyle remain at the core of the offer.

Andrea Rasca, CEO and Founder of sustainable food market MM, said: “We are immensely proud to be reimagining our MMy Elephant Park site, bringing six new trading partners to the area for local communities to have access to good, healthy and affordable food.

“Through our MMovement, our mission is to build more inclusive communities and sustainable local food systems. We want to bring together individuals, groups and organisations who share our goal of improving access to nutritious food for everyone, along with other philanthropic and social activities that make a positive impact on people’s lives and the planet.

“We are so committed to driving forward our collective MMovement through all of our MM markets, and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for this second Elephant & Castle market.”

You can find MMy Elephant Park at 1 Walworth Square, London, SE17 1GA.

For more details, please visit: https://mercatometropolitano.com/mmy-elephant-park/

About Mercato Metropolitano

Mercato Metropolitano (MM) is London’s first sustainable community food market focused on regenerating and revitalising urban neighbourhoods and building communities around nutritious, healthy, and affordable food for everyone.

It is part of the MMovement – a movement centred around community inclusion, seasonal produce, and the preservation of the environment.

MM operates a number of community markets across London in Elephant & Castle, Mayfair, Wood Wharf, Elephant Park and soon-to-open Ilford.

The markets offer food and drink from passionate artisans and local producers selling a wide range of nutritious, good, accessible food and grocery products, alongside music events, cultural and social activities.