gutfud – the food, es ist gut

The Covered Market in Oxford was first built in 1774 as a way to centralize vendor stalls and clean up the main street. It started out as numerous butcher shops, and today about half the stalls are still food related, but business has expanded beyond butchery to green grocers, kitchenwares, sweets, and touristy country crafts.

We spent an afternoon wandering, trying to ration our stomach space, but there were still a number of things to try.

We ogled the meat and pie shops for ages, had a pasty, admired the oldest ham in England, had an excellent milkshake at Moo Moo’s, and bought market totes from a butcher shop for about 3 quid. Bargain.

The Market
Oxford OX1 3DZ
Four entrances, at High Street, Market Street, Cornmarket Street and Turl Street