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[[File:French Market, New Orleans.JPG|thumb|300px|Inside the open-air market space north of Ursulines Street]]
The '''French Market''' is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning 6 blocks in the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA. Founded as a Native American [[trading post]] predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States. It began where the
In the past, the "Meat Market" was the only place within the French Quarter that could sell meat. Only after meat was being sold elsewhere did the name change to the "French Market." Individual vendors purveyed many different fresh foods, including raw seafood, through the mid-20th century.
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