The Dayton Market

This market is GREAT.... if you're looking for a very kool place to visit and do some shopping.... a most to see.. these photos are just in the Cheese Place

What an awesome market! Tons of meats cheeses, baked goods, dry goods and fun art jewelry, plants, and jigsaw puzzles. Great way to spend an hour or two!

Visited the cheese place. My wife and I loved it. Great selection of cheeses,spices, canned (jarred) vegetables , jellies, old fashioned candy, and snacks, ect. This is a wonderful place to visit. Great atmosphere and very friendly people. Stop in and visit, you'll be glad you did.

We are here every couple of weeks and never leave empty handed. There are tons of great shops from a butcher to the cheese place. Love the candy options in the Cheese place and we always leave with something from the butcher or the baker, or both!!!! Drive down to Dayton for an opportunity to browse and find something you are looking for or look for something you didn't know you needed!!!

Very pleasant collection of shops. I especially recommend the bakery between the coffee shop and restaurant. They have delicous cinnamon rolls for $2! The coffee shop is great as well. Come here instead of chains cafes/restaurants. Always filled with good people.

This place had quite a bit of items. It is my favorite market near Harrisonburg/surrounding areas. They had antiques, furniture, candies, homemade truffles, homemade beef jerky that was being made right there in the little shop and my friends and boyfriend loved it – they each bought some, homemade and store-bought cheese, fresh cuts of meats, local honey and where you can bring in your container and get honey, milk products, souvenirs, garden flags, greeting cards with other stuff like cat pillows, baby socks, word sayings on blocks, crafting items and supplies, sewing items, home décor, sports memorabilia for VT, WV and JMU, homemade soaps, etc. etc. I won’t be able to list all of the items but you get the picture. There are a lot of things in this place and several shops. I bought a homemade peanut butter brownie too from a bakery near the café in here. It was very delicious. They did have some kind of café but I had just eaten breakfast so I did not stop in there to get anything to eat. The menu looked good though. If I am ever back in the area it would be something I would be interested in trying for sure.

Everywhere you turn there are items and things to look at. I liked that this place seemed a bit cluttered.

I bought some items for a family member like jams, home décor, and I got myself some chocolate truffles- mint, raspberry, and peanut butter all of them milk chocolate since I do not like dark chocolate. They were all yummy. They were only 98 cents a piece too. A steal!!!

I did use the restrooms here and they were clean. Nothing fancy but they did the trick. Toilet paper, soap, and towels were stocked so that is what mattered to me.

There was also a furniture store a little up the hill that we went to that was separate from the main market that you may want to check out if you are interested to see what quality furniture the Amish make.. A lot of the items in there were really pretty and cute but I wasn’t looking for any furniture so it didn’t matter to me.

I would go back here again. I hope I am back in the area again to experience this place a 2nd time.

Everyone was friendly. I asked a couple of questions to some of the people who owned the shops and they were all helpful and kind.

Note: I did mention that there are shops. There are several people in here and just like you have an outside market this market is inside so everyone rents a space out and has their shop so make sure you pay attention to the signs and pay the right person and don’t walk off with items in your hands.

Note 2: There were four of us that visited this place and we liked it way better than the Shenandoah Heritage Market.

Very happy I stopped by the shops. I bought flowers from Zola, got meat from the butcher counter and chocolate. Places to eat breakfast and lunch or grab a coffee. Chocolate covered espresso beans from The Cheese Place are delicious.

I absolutely love these little collectives of shops. There are so many great locally made gifts, jewelry, toys, and artisan foods options. The jerky is phenomonal, and my husband loves the Amish canned foods store for apple pie filling and cheeses and the retailers are so very helpful. All the great sights, smells, of the hand made soaps, coffees, lighting and accessories are amazing and you shouldn't miss this spot if you're in town!

I love the restaurant called Hanks at the Dayton Market or their food is fantastic and out of this world! Some Mennonites who run the stand with all these different varieties of chocolate is delicious also!

The Dayton Market is a fun, 'unexpected' place to have lunch. Essentially, the DM is individual stores & markets along with a "restaurant" and several dining 'areas,' under one roof. The dining area, in the middle, has a choo-choo train, encircling it from above. The train, that most normal people think is totally cool, set me back a whopping 25¢!
(Really... how many foodie places in the U.S. have a moving model train that you can operate for an ACTUAL quarter!?) 🤠

There are lots & LOTS of goodies to be found here! Varieties of homemade baked goods, candies and more! The Dayton Market is now on my 'secret places' list to have lunch!
I had the piquant cheese, club sandwich, w/ choice of side dish. 👍
*If you finished reading this review,..you should already be on your way there...go!