History
Mississippi Market opened in 1979 when some members of the Merrigrove Co-op in St. Paul wanted to expand into a larger space. Other members didn't like this idea so the group broke away from Merrigrove and started their own co-op on the corner of St. Clair & Pascal - naming it Mississippi Market after the river the flows nearby. In 1991, Mississippi Market moved to a bigger space on the corner of Randolph & Fairview (the