Update: This is the old Carondelet South Market. The old North Carondelet City Market can be seen here, converted into the historic African American Quinn Chapel AME Church. Historic photo added in October of 2021.
This is clearly an older market building, but it has received multiple additions of the years, expanding to its current size.
I live a couple blocks away from this market on Minnesota. It’s a neat little building and the folks seem nice enough. It’s essentially a gas station without the gas. Prices are inflated but if you need something quick or want to walk, it’s a great alternative.
Oh, and I’m sure you know this, but this is in the Patch neighborhood, not Corondelet. I know most everyone considers Patch Corondelete, but they are distinct neighborhoods!
Yeah, I simplified many of the neighborhoods of St. Louis; many people I’ve talked to who live in your neighborhood called it Carondelet when they were growing up. Carondelet Bakery, on Ivory Avenue, is an example.
Yeah, I know. There’s even signs all over saying “City of Corondelet”. Patch is inside the old Corondelet city limits, which adds to the confusion. But all the same, it’s a great place to live!
Carondelet actually was from Meramac St all the way to Jefferson Barracks Bridge and west to Morganford Rd. The land that is Jefferson Barracks Park, Jeffersoan Barracks and Jefferson Barracks-VA was sold by the City of Carondelet to the federal government to create Jefferson Barracks as a military garrison.
Like the City of St Louis has neighborhoods so did and does Carondelet.
My dad and Uncle both worked here as teenagers. I’m 68, so go figure! I don’t live in the area, but feel I need to scope it out. Good luck to the current owners!
This is in the Patch Neighborhood of Greater Carondelet whose original boundaries to the South is Jefferson Barracks, to the north Meramec St and to the west Morganford. The City of Carondelet sold the land to the federal government that became Jefferson Barracks, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Jefferson Barrack Veterans Affairs and Jefferosn Barracks County Park.
Yes, Lemay is part of the original footprint of Greater Carondelet.
I grew up in the Patch and remember Easter Egg hunts and BBQ’s at it orginal location at the end of Marceau by the river. That place was razed 40+ years ago. My family has resided here for 5 generations over 70 years.
It’s all Greater Carondelet you neighborhood within in doesn’t make you special or different.
It makes me sad to write this about my experience with this market. I was playing quarter machine one evening in Aug. I did hit the machine which T.J. seen & asked me to leave for three days. I came back in about a week. I was playing slot , when a man working there said T.J. sent him to tell me to leave. I went to counter asked him why, it’s been more than 3days. He said he told me 3yrs. When trying to speak with him he only said leave. I needed cash about wk later & I went in used ATM & decided to try again to resolve this. After about 25 mins he came upon me pressed ticket grabbed it ripped up my 185.00. I was devastated & he had a smirk look said get out & said don’t force him to lay hands on me. I said I’m not leaving until you tell me what this is about. He looked at me & said very loudly “YOUR A THIEF” I WAS SHOCKED embarrassed. I have spent many hours wondering why would he say this? He has told another location to not let me in that store. When the lady told me to leave I was so upset & with a man I know waiting to purchase cigarettes she said “YOUR A THIEF”. Which this may has told several people about this comment & it has cost me much grief and humiliation. I’m just recently feeling up to taking this manner into a civil suit & any thing my attorney advices me to do. I’ve never been persecuted in such an unethical way in all my 64 yrs of life. I do hope this man will one day explain his actions toward me & I want him S well as all these business owners to know they are wrong and it’s caused me a great deal of mental pain and anguish