Mercado369 — Attraction in Dallas

I will post this review everywhere I can, because I must speak up against racism for my daughter. I walked into this shop yesterday with my 15 year old daughter at the encouragement of an older lady walking near us. The disappointment came when the gentleman in the store followed me and my daughter around everywhere we went. He did not speak nor ask if we needed help. He just followed us around the shop the entire time. They weren’t very busy. Maybe a total of 3 other customers at one point. An Asian couple walked in and he greeted them but continued to follow us. So I thought maybe if I walked by the bigger pieces he would stop following us. Surely I couldn’t steal a 10 foot dragon fly. He still stood behind me as I read the little placard on the wall by the dragon fly. If he had spoken and offered more information on the piece, I would have just assumed he was trying to be helpful. But he didn’t. He just watched. Neither me nor my daughter had a bag, outerwear, purse, or anything we could even use to loot the store besides our black hands. I had on workout tights and carried a small coin purse that only fits credit cards. I told my daughter that we needed to go. I sat in my car outside that shop and wrote a review online about my experience. I hate racial profiling and I hate how people think it’s ok to look down on you and treat you less than others. As this was a business with minority art in a minority neighborhood, I think it’s even worse when you experience it here. I lived near this shop for a few years as a child and had many Hispanic friends who accepted me as if I was no different from them. Still do. So I don’t blame it on a culture. I blame it solely on this racist shop. Perhaps they are following the current environment. Perhaps it’s just this one guy’s prejudice. I had to explain racial profiling to my daughter yesterday who hadn’t experienced anything like it in her short,...

Mercado hosts a wide variety of incredible and intricate works that absolutely took my breath away. Me and my friend had such an enjoyable experience walking around and staring in awe at the works hosted in this gallery! But what made this a memorable experience was Karen. She was extremely kind-hearted and personable; the vast knowledge she held behind the pieces gave the art another perspective which I was SO grateful for. Karen is nothing short of incredible and I cannot thank her enough for sharing us...

Free salsa lessons every other Thursday night! My wife and I had a blast. The drinks were really good too. Great atmosphere and plenty of Latin inspired art. All of the staff were friendly and made us feel welcome. We will definitely be back!!! Thanks for the good time...