What are Chelsea Market's hours?

Chelsea Market is open daily, from 7am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and 8am to 8pm on Sunday, with individual vendors keeping their own hours within that window; most food stalls open around 10 or 11am. The market itself is free to enter. Weekday mornings are the quietest time, and weekend afternoons are the busiest.

What should you eat at Chelsea Market?

The stalls with the strongest followings are Los Tacos No. 1 for adobada tacos, the Lobster Place for lobster rolls and sushi, Miznon for pita and roasted cauliflower, Very Fresh Noodles for hand-pulled noodles, Fat Witch Bakery for brownies, and Doughnuttery for mini donuts. Plan to graze across three or four stalls rather than sit down at one; that's how the market is meant to work.

Is Chelsea Market near the High Line?

Yes. Chelsea Market is at Ninth Avenue and 15th Street, and the High Line runs directly above it. There's an entrance to the elevated park from the market's 16th Street side, so the classic plan is to eat in the market and then walk the High Line north to Hudson Yards, or start on the High Line at Gansevoort Street and come down into the market for lunch.

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About

Chelsea Market is a food hall and shopping concourse occupying a full city block in Chelsea, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and 15th and 16th Streets, inside the former National Biscuit Company factory where the Oreo cookie was invented in 1912. It opened as a market in 1997 and has grown into one of the most visited food destinations in the city, drawing about six million people a year to a block-long indoor street of more than 35 vendors under the old factory's exposed brick and iron.

The market runs the length of the building's ground floor as a single covered passage, with the High Line passing directly overhead and an entrance to the park from its 16th Street side. Along the passage are the stalls that made its reputation: Los Tacos No. 1 for tacos that draw a permanent line, the Lobster Place for seafood and sushi, Miznon for Israeli street food, Very Fresh Noodles for hand-pulled noodles, and Fat Witch Bakery for brownies, along with bakeries, a butcher, a spice shop, and a bookstore.

The upper floors house Google's New York headquarters, the Food Network's studios, and, since 2021, an Artechouse digital art gallery in the basement. It's a working building as much as an attraction, which is part of its appeal: on a weekday morning the market is quiet, local, and the best breakfast stop on the West Side.

Insider Tip

Come at 10am on a weekday, when the vendors are open and the passage is nearly empty; by 1pm on a Saturday it's shoulder to shoulder. If Los Tacos No. 1's line is long, the second location is around the corner on 14th Street with half the wait. Take your food up to the High Line via the 16th Street stairs and eat on the benches over Tenth Avenue. And look for the old factory's original features: the iron columns, the freight elevator, and the waterfall that runs through the drilled-out floor.

History & Facts

Chelsea Market has been a food destination since 1997 in a building that predates it by a century. Here are the key facts every visitor should know:

What is Chelsea Market known for? Its food: more than 35 vendors in a block-long indoor passage, from tacos and lobster rolls to hand-pulled noodles and brownies, in the factory where the Oreo was invented.
Is Chelsea Market free? Yes. There's no entry fee; you pay only for what you eat and buy.
The building was the National Biscuit Company's factory complex from the 1890s until 1958, and Nabisco created the Oreo, the Fig Newton, and the Saltine here.
The High Line runs directly over the market, and the 16th Street entrance connects the two.
Google bought the building in 2018 for $2.4 billion, one of the most expensive real estate deals in the city's history, and keeps its New York offices upstairs.
Los Tacos No. 1 in the market is regularly named the best taco stand in New York, and its line is the longest in the building.

When to visit

Chelsea Market is open daily from 7am, though most food vendors don't open until 10 or 11am, and the character of a visit depends almost entirely on when you arrive.

Weekday mornings from 10am to noon are the best time: the stalls are open, the passage is nearly empty, and you can walk the length of the market and eat without waiting. This is when locals use it.

Weekend afternoons from noon to 4pm are the busiest, when the passage becomes a slow-moving crowd and the popular stalls run 20-minute lines. It's lively and it's still worth doing, but arrive with patience or come early. Weekday evenings after 6pm are calmer again, and many vendors stay open until 8 or 9pm.

Chelsea Market is entirely indoors, which makes it one of the best rainy-day and winter destinations in the city, and the High Line above it means a good-weather day can pair the two. If you're combining them, walk the High Line first in the morning and end at the market for a late lunch.

Getting there

Chelsea Market is at 75 Ninth Avenue, filling the block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and 15th and 16th Streets. The main entrance is on Ninth Avenue at 15th Street. Take the A, C, E, or L train to 14th Street–8th Avenue and walk one block west; it's about a three-minute walk.

The 1, 2, and 3 trains stop at 14th Street–7th Avenue, a six-minute walk. The High Line's 16th Street entrance connects directly to the market, so if you're already on the elevated park, come down at 16th Street. The Meatpacking District, the Whitney Museum, and Little Island are all within a ten-minute walk.

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