Mercado La Paloma

Mercado La Paloma Mercado La Paloma, located on S Grand Avenue in South Central Los Angeles, is a landmark marketplace and community hub founded by Esperanza in 2001. It serves as a place for showcasing cultural entrepreneurship through artistic and culinary creativity, aiming to achieve comprehensive community development and economic revitalization while improving public health and creating jobs.
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25 YEARS OF UPLIFTING SOUTH LA’S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE 🌟📸: The first Día de Los Mu***os altar at Mercado La Paloma in 2...
08/13/2026

25 YEARS OF UPLIFTING SOUTH LA’S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE 🌟
📸: The first Día de Los Mu***os altar at Mercado La Paloma in 2001

🕊️Building hope in our community means investing in the arts and creating opportunities for cross-cultural education. Swipe through the photos to reminisce on past years of arts & culture events!

🎨Alongside delicious 3 course meals, guests will have an opportunity to participate in an art workshop at our annual gala: Dancing Under the Stars. Secure your discounted tickets today, and be a part of bringing vibrant arts and culture programming to Mercado la Paloma.

DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

📸: Posada Celebration, 2003

DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

📸: Magic of Yucatán, 2019

DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

📸: South Central Film Festival, 2022

DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

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✨Celebrate 25 Years of Mercado La Paloma at our annual Dancing Under the Stars Gala!💃🏽_____DETAILS:📆EVENT DATE: Friday, ...
08/07/2026

✨Celebrate 25 Years of Mercado La Paloma at our annual Dancing Under the Stars Gala!💃🏽

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DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 through August 24th.
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

Since its inception in 2001, Mercado La Paloma has been a launchpad for 43 small businesses and currently supports 14 thriving enterprises.

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EVENT DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 through August 24th.
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

Today, the Mercado has boomed into a cultural center in South LA, collaborating with local artists to host cultural programming, holding space for grassroots and non-profit organizations to organize towards a better future, and introducing people from all walks of life to the culinary talent that exists here within South LA. Even recently being named #1 Best Restaurant in Los Angeles by .

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EVENT DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 through August 24th.
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your discounted tickets today, or visit tinyurl.com/DUTS2026

We invite you to reflect on the past 25 years with us at our Annual Gala: Dancing Under the Stars, and be a part of building community and resilience in South Central.

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EVENT DETAILS:
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 through August 24th.
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🥂Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mercado la Paloma at Esperanza Community Housing’s Dancing Under the Stars Gala! Secu...
07/31/2026

🥂Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Mercado la Paloma at Esperanza Community Housing’s Dancing Under the Stars Gala! Secure your early bird tickets at discounted rates through August 24th, 2026.

With a 3 course menu from restaurants including Holbox Los Angeles and Molino, Tortillería & Mexican Street Food, celebrate the workers and families that have made Mercado la Paloma a culinary landmark unlike anywhere else in the city.

📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

📸: Luis “Sicatristes” Morales (2025)

A 3-course menu from each of Mercado la Paloma’s critically acclaimed restaurants.

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📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your tickets!
📸: Luis “Sicatristes” Morales (2025)

A 3-course menu from each of Mercado la Paloma’s critically acclaimed restaurants.

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📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your tickets!
📸: Luis “Sicatristes” Morales (2025)

A 3-course menu from each of Mercado la Paloma’s critically acclaimed restaurants.

******
📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90007
🎟️TICKETS: Early Bird tickets are $150 until August 25th!
Beginning on August 25th, regular priced individual tickets will be $200.

View the link in our bio to secure your tickets!
📸: Luis “Sicatristes” Morales (2025)

An open bar with wine, beer, and aguas frescas…

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📆EVENT DATE: Friday, September 25th, 2026
🕔TIME: 5PM - 10PM
📍LOCATION: Mercado La Pa

07/30/2026
📣LAST DAY TO VIEW THE EXHIBITION📣Seven Decades of California Posters for Peace & Justice Exhibition by is on its last d...
07/07/2026

📣LAST DAY TO VIEW THE EXHIBITION📣
Seven Decades of California Posters for Peace & Justice Exhibition by is on its last day on display at Mercado La Paloma.

Stoo by the Mercado for a casual Agua Fresca from .cali or for a refreshing marisco dish from on these hot summer days ☀️

Have you stopped by to view the exhibition?

In observance of Independence Day, we would like to share the operating hours for Mercado La Paloma businesses on Saturd...
07/03/2026

In observance of Independence Day, we would like to share the operating hours for Mercado La Paloma businesses on Saturday, July 4, 2026.

Please note the open hours of our businesses. We encourage patrons to contact individual businesses directly with any questions regarding specific hours, services, or appointments.

Thank you for your continued support, and we wish you a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July.

📢STREET WORK ADVISORY📢Please be advised that street work is scheduled to take place near Mercado La Paloma on Sunday, Ju...
06/25/2026

📢STREET WORK ADVISORY📢

Please be advised that street work is scheduled to take place near Mercado La Paloma on Sunday, June 28, 2026, between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM.

The scheduled work will involve an asphalt slurry seal application. During this time, street access from Grand Ave. will be restricted, and the driveway entrance and exit from Grand Ave. will not be available until the street has dried and all barricades have been removed.

To enter Mercado La Paloma during the street work, we ask that visitors use the adjacent DMV lot located at:

3620 S Hope St
Los Angeles, CA 90007

The access gate between the DMV lot and the Mercado La Paloma parking lot will be open.

The work is expected to take no more than one day, though the schedule may change depending on weather conditions.

We encourage all patrons, visitors, and friends of Mercado La Paloma to plan accordingly and allow extra time when visiting the Mercado on the scheduled work date.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and continued support of Mercado La Paloma.

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!Presenting stories, sound, & movement with live Sonidero music ...
05/06/2026

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!

Presenting stories, sound, & movement with live Sonidero music by Luis “La Rumba” Noriega, the widely recognized and beloved Sonidero, set out to bring joy, rhythm, and energy to every dance floor. View the link in our bio for more information on the featured artists! 🔗

Join us for the book presentation of “Yo Soy La Cumbia”, with curated video clips by Betto Arcos and Moisés Baqueiro + Live Sonidero Music by Luis “La Rumba” Noriega.

Explore the journey of cumbia across Latin America—how it has been adapted, transformed, and reimagined through local cultures and rhythms. From Colombia to México, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Perú, Argentina, USA and beyond -discover how one rhythm became many expressions.

🎟️Admission is free. “Yo Soy La Cumbia” book will be available for purchase during the event.

📆SATURDAY, MAY 9, 6 TO 9 PM.
📍MERCADO LA PALOMA (Conference Room)
3655 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!Presenting stories, sound, & movement with curated video clips ...
05/06/2026

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!

Presenting stories, sound, & movement with curated video clips by Moisés Baqueiro, founder of LA’s premier cumbia band El Conjunto Nueva Ola, and musical director and bassist of Las Cafeteras. View the link in our bio for more information on the featured artists! 🔗

Join us for the book presentation of “Yo Soy La Cumbia”, with curated video clips by Betto Arcos and Moisés Baqueiro + Live Sonidero Music by Luis “La Rumba” Noriega.

Explore the journey of cumbia across Latin America—how it has been adapted, transformed, and reimagined through local cultures and rhythms. From Colombia to México, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Perú, Argentina, USA and beyond -discover how one rhythm became many expressions.

🎟️Admission is free. “Yo Soy La Cumbia” book is available for purchase during this event.

📆SATURDAY, MAY 9, 6 TO 9 PM.
📍MERCADO LA PALOMA (Conference Room)
3655 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!Presenting stories, sound, and movement with curated video clip...
05/05/2026

¡LA CUMBIA NO TIENE FRONTERAS! * CUMBIA KNOWS NO BORDERS!

Presenting stories, sound, and movement with curated video clips by Betto Arcos, LA-based radio journalist, curator, and music promoter. View the link in our bio for more information on the featured artists! 🔗

Join us for the book presentation of “Yo Soy La Cumbia”, with curated video clips by Betto Arcos and Moisés Baqueiro + Live Sonidero Music by Luis “La Rumba” Noriega.

Explore the journey of cumbia across Latin America—how it has been adapted, transformed, and reimagined through local cultures and rhythms. From Colombia to México, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Perú, Argentina, USA and beyond -discover how one rhythm became many expressions.

🎟️Admission is free. “Yo Soy La Cumbia” book is available for purchase during this event.

📆SATURDAY, MAY 9, 6 TO 9 PM.
📍MERCADO LA PALOMA (Conference Room)
3655 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007

Address

3655 S Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
90007

To get to S Grand Avenue in Los Angeles using public transport, you can take the Metro Expo Line and get off at the Jefferson/USC station. From there, it's a short walk to your destination.

If you prefer to drive, you can take the I-110 freeway and exit at Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Then, turn onto S Grand Avenue. There are parking lots available nearby for your convenience.

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 8am - 9pm
Friday 8am - 10pm
Saturday 8am - 10pm
Sunday 8am - 9pm

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Mercado La Paloma on S Grand Avenue in Los Angeles is more than just a marketplace - it's a beacon of sustainable economic development and cultural entrepreneurship. Since its inception in 2001 by Esperanza, Mercado La Paloma has been a vital part of the South Central Los Angeles community, offering a platform for local artists and culinary creatives to showcase their talents.

This landmark marketplace serves as a neighborhood gathering place, bringing together residents from all walks of life to engage in economic revitalization activities, art exhibitions, and educational campaigns. By actively involving the community in these initiatives, Mercado La Paloma not only enriches the region's food environment but also contributes to public health improvements and job creation.

Esperanza's vision for comprehensive community development shines through Mercado La Paloma, as it strives to empower individuals towards self-sufficiency and sustained economic growth. The marketplace stands as a testament to overcoming historic disinvestment in the area, revitalizing neighborhoods and fostering a sense of unity among its visitors.

For those seeking more than just shopping or dining experiences, Mercado La Paloma offers a unique opportunity to support local businesses while immersing oneself in the vibrant cultural tapestry of South Los Angeles. Visit this community hub on S Grand Avenue and be part of a movement towards positive change and inclusive prosperity.