Setting aside the physical structure that is Mon Repos Market, its culture and its trading derive very much from the outdoor ‘business’ that gets done on the ‘shoulders’ of the East Coast Public Road, immediately outside the physical structure as well as on the narrow, usually cramped streets, that are part of the wider community itself.
Popular for its meats and fish of all kinds Mon Repos Market has long been a weekend ‘magnet’ for shoppers who also come from neighboring communities as well as from distant ones that stretch back, both west, towards Georgetown and east, towards the villages that extend into West Coast Berbice.
Market Day ‘offerings at Mon Repos include fresh fish (the Market is popular for ‘bush fish) poultry and fresh fruit and vegetables. It also accommodates a number of ‘roadside boutiques’ that attract the attention and patronage of both women and men, some of whom would have fruit and vegetables on their minds when they set out for the market but would ultimately ‘end up’ taking advantage of a ‘Top’ or a pair of sneakers that materialize among the bargains that ‘pop up’ either on the row of trading spaces on the shoulders of the East Coast Highway or in cramped spaces on the roads themselves.
Known for its delightful weekend ‘squeeze’ a circumstance that derives from the sheer numbers of patrons that ‘go marketing’ on weekends, the Mon Repos Market is one of the livelier landmarks along the lower East Coast Highway.
