market street lynnfield

This is a unique experience compared to the other malls within 10 miles. The primary differentiation is to create a home town walking shopping experience. Nice try! First, the "Main street" is akin to a parking lot with a couple of streets running through it with trees and other flora intended to create a bucolic small town market feel. My take is it creates a feel of a parking lot with a couple of streets running through it. Yes, it's a bit more comfortable than the other close by mall experiences but not by much. Most of the stores are high end, some could be called "boutiques", in any event for the most part the mall consists of expensive stores. The restaurants also tend to be on the pricey side. Parking can be a problem depending on when you visit. It's an interesting place worth visiting but set your expectations appropriately. It just doesn't have the same feel as other "Market Street" shopping venues. Bring a bunch of money or make sure your credit cards aren't maxed.

This is a very high end expensive outdoor mall. During the spring, summer and the beginning of fall it's a great place to walk around and explore. During the winter not so much. There are plenty of restaurants with outdoor seating as well. The stores are very expensive so if you're looking for sales and deals you probably won't find it here. All the stores are corporations. No mom and pop shops. My biggest complaint is the parking. On a Friday, Saturday and Sunday at virtually anytime after 12 p.m. there is no parking! There are two bigger parking lots behind whole foods and one on the side near legal C bar, but they are always chuck full during the weekends. The rest of the parking is designed to look like a street with parking in front of the stores and restaurants. It's next to impossible to find somewhere to park unless you get lucky and catch someone backing out. Anytime I've gone it's a traffic jam with some jerk with his directional on because he spotted someone leaving. He will sit there refusing to pull far enough over so the other 30 cars behind him can go around. It's a nightmare. I find during the winter it's even worse because many parking spots are covered with huge snow piles. The grounds are kept well and it is always clean.Since this mall is catered to the rich if you don't have a lot of money to spend I would suggest going to the regular mall where you will find a better selection of stores with real sales like TJ Maxx and JC Penney. The clientele vary from annoying tweens and teenagers that you find at any mall, to yuppies and the rich privileged. You won't find many friendly down to earth people here. It's not the place to go to interact or socialize, but then if you're just there to shop it doesn't really matter.

So this is an interesting statement on the interpretation of a market street in a completely designed and corporate owned community. Hopefully not a sign of the future. Kind of reminds me of the recreation of a town square by Disney but instead of having story themes, the theme is spend your money with us, your large international holding companies, so we can show high returns while purchasing our product for pennies in some third world country. Though I give the developers credit, they never disguised what they expected,,,bulletin board advertising the place said to come eat, play shop

Relatively high-end shops and many great restaurants line this outdoor mall. They've constructed Market Street so that it's really conducive to "hanging out." There are play areas, heated patios abound, and plenty of activities- free and otherwise. The green always has something going on: free fitness classes (weather permitting), ice skating in the winter, Whole Foods events, games and toys placed around, or some random event. It's got a sense of community but, again, not cheap. The restaurants range from very good to excellent, so if that money is burning a hole, check out Market Street.

Pro'slots of popular storesNew!!!!!good restaurantsgood locationCon'snightlife is lacking.. I think partly b/c its new but also bars close early I think due to the town regulation, This could be more of a popular night life spot for singles if it was advertised better and stayed open later. I think the area needs that. stores are expensive, too bad these weren't outlet storesparking is great if you are behind yard house but the road in front of the stores is narrow, you have to loop all the way around and theres never any parking, night or day.Overall -- a great addition to the area

Lots of great shops and restaurants here. Easy to get to from 128. We tried the Davios restaurant and it was good but a bit to noisy, crowded. Love the Whole Foods.

We live north of Lynnfield and took advantage of a lazy Saturday after Christmas to explore this as-yet untouched (for us) territory. This is an outdoor mall, anchored by only two large stores, Whole Foods and King's. The rest include well-known names such as Pottery Barn, The Paper Store, The Paper Source, EMS, Carrhart and so on, arranged as small store fronts. The overall impression is one of a pleasant shopping village with lots of parking, clearly-marked pedestrian crosswalks and small green spaces, which were seasonally spare. Added outside attractions included some of the Hilltop Steakhouse cows, a play area and a small ice rink. Despite being the weekend after a holiday, the market place was not overrun with people. Outdoormusic added a festive feel. This was a pleasant destination for strolling, window-shopping, eating and making a few on-sale purchases.

This center is a bit sprawling but has several good places to eat; lots of variety. Pretty trendy. Traffic is heavy but there are lots of parking spaces if you don't mind walking a little.

I love the variety of stores and restaurants. The way they have built Market Street makes it fun and safe to walk around. There is outdoor music. The parking is plentiful. There are more stores being built and we can hardly wait!

This upscale mall has a very good selection of stores, shops, and restaurants. Parking is provided in many different ways (center parking and lots all around the backs of the buildings). It's outdoors, so the weather does become an issue. There is also some green space and an area kids can play.

It is so nice to have an outdoor shopping area with nice stores and varied places to eat! New stores keep on opening, continuing to provide interesting places to shop.

There are many different shops and food choices here. Whole Foods is great for a bite to eat but the shoping is for the rich and famous. Good mixture of reasturants but again most are very expensive and the bang for the buck is poor.

Spent last Friday shopping here. Was so happy at all of the additional stores that they have added. Very wide variety and meet needs of all types of shoppers. It's nice to be in and out and not stuck in a mall. They made it very festive with Carolers and the ice rink. All of the stores were having great specials. Wide variety of restaurants to choose from to eat. Plus plenty of coffee and drink stops. There are also some nice boutique shops and not all chain stores. Would suggest that they put some signage up so you know whats there. Maybe it is but i missed it?Well worth the visit to this nice outside mall.

Handy little strip Plaza, Whole Foods, Starbucks, and fun little shops. Also a Restaurant at this location.

I live here in Lynnfield. Market Street is nothing like we thought it would be, an older world of main street shops, similar to the many real towns and cities nearby, such as Medford and Arlington. So we residents were bamboozled to accept the idea with the old world concepts of community and charm. Such is not the case. The parking and the street meandering are a nuisance and create a lot of traffic tie-ups. The shops are mainly chains, no Mom and Pop here. And I've seen this type of mall before, mainly in Houston, Texas.Still there are some pleasantries. I am so glad to have Whole Foods here, as big and boisterous as it is, it is a welcome for the mere fact of its rooftop gardens and its organics, its taste tests and classes and of course, its constant supply of wondrous $2.99 bottles of wine, the Merlot being preferred by me. In the mall there are many restaurants, regular chain stores, and maybe ONE local store. Regardless, I come everyday to shop at Whole Foods a la Parisiene, a daily fare of fresh as can be foods. No, it is not always the local farmer, but it's better than what was offered before further away, i.e., conventional produce with no alternatives. Thank you, WholeFoods. And I suppose I should thank the whole mall for another venue for my time.