Reading Terminal Market's Amish vendors and hidden traditions

Reading Terminal Market occupies the ground floor of the historic Reading Terminal and preserves the market practices dating to the 19th century. A distinctive, less-publicized tradition is that Amish farmers have long brought produce and goods to the market, often arriving by horse and buggy to sell through vendor stalls, a practice that continues today. The market's location beneath the former Reading Railroad train shed and its enclosed alleys of vendors create tucked-away corridors of specialty food merchants and cultural continuity.