Downtown Flea Market, Oddities and Antique feels at home with booming downtown business – The Star Press

MUNCIE, Ind. – Walking into the storefront of Downtown Flea Market, Oddities and Antique right in the heart of Muncie can feel like a treasure hunt, with a little bit of anything to catch the attention of collectors.
From Gary’s Snack Shack in the back corner offering different snack options to dozens of booths offering beer taps, bikes, Harley-Davidson merchandise, Funko Pop figurines and an assortment of antiques, the shop seems to have a little bit of everything.
That’s the goal, according to co-owner Jason Zachary.
“You can’t walk in Walmart and find it,” Zachary said. “And that’s the way we want it.”
Moving into the space at the start of the year, the flea market opened at 227 S. Walnut St. on March 1. Zachary cited the culture and growth downtown as one of the major reasons he and the other owners wanted to open the flea market in downtown.
Filling one of the longer vacancies in the downtown area, Downtown Flea Market hopes to capitalize on increased excitement and foot traffic in the area, much like other businesses have.  
Moving into the downtown area was a good experience for his vendors, saying that the business community has welcomed them with open arms.
“Muncie’s been so nice to us,” Zachary said.
The market has become a collection of unique items, supposedly to match the wide array of cultures and interests that the owners have seen as they’ve settled downtown.
“It’s really a melting pot here downtown,” Zachary said of downtown shoppers, residents and the businesses.
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A regular crowd of younger and older patrons have been visiting the store, according to Zachary, in search of different finds, frequently coming back to see what is added to the booths.
Catching the eye of many patrons has been one vendor who is a bone collector and has a large display of different animal skeletons. A lamp filled with molted spider exoskeletons? They have it. A zebra skull? That’s there, too. Even human skulls can be found in the display case for that specific vendor booth.
Others deal in beer signs, unique art and hard-to-find pop culture collectibles.
The market is normally open 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
For more information on the market visit its Facebook page.

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