Renninger's Flea Market & Antique Center — Attraction in Mount Dora

I’ve been coming to Renniger’s Mount Dora for over 3 decades from downtown Orlando. And, while I’ve found other exceptional (and higher-end) antique markets around the U.S., Renniger’s continues to be on of my favorites. The dealers are collaborative - they help each other sell, often times looking after each other’s booths on Friday’s when most dealers aren’t there. And I’ve always found them to be eager to deal and assist with helping you carry things to your vehicle, when possible. Security and staff assistants are also helpful.

The enormous layout of Renniger’s may overwhelm first-timers, while the aisles could be better signed that coincides with a pamphlet of the dealer’s booths. The treelined outdoor areas are especially charming, where you might feel as though you’r in a small village. Indeed, this is the kind of place that’s meant to be enjoyed when you’re not in a hurry.

Most antiques and vintage items here are not high-end, so don’t expect to find the same level of quality as you would in Charleston SC or the likes thereof. However, you will find better quality plated-silver pieces, lamps, crystal and glassware throughout the market. There’s even some reputable Highwaymen painting dealers who sell at fair market value. I’ve found lamps, artwork, table settings, Arts & Crafts chairs, art nouveau, art deco and moderne, classical and modern decorative pieces at reasonable prices.

The Extravaganza is always super crowded - more suitable for regular patrons, as newbies will most likely be an overwhelming experience. Plan to go on Saturday’s and Sunday’s when most dealers staff their booths, and anticipate many of them closing -p early Sunday afternoons. There’s also a food concession that’s good enough to eat while shopping, so you don’t have to leave the grounds and come back later.

My biggest complaint has to do with the extremely loud outdoor stage speakers, where live music (and recorded) not only blasts into the indoor areas, but also the bass is so loud that it takes away from a more relaxing shopping experience - even a number of the indoor dealers have complained about the music to their customers. The music and bass can be turned-down enough, so that the audience will still fully appreciate the entertainment. To be more forthcoming, this is occasional - but still awful when it does happen.

If you’re coming to Mount Dora to see the quaint town and exceptional dining, then try to save a morning or afternoon for Renniger’s - you won’t find any larger antique mall in Florida quite...

So there's a lot going on on this property. I I've gone here a few years ago and it's pretty good. So at the light you have the main flea market. It's on the left side of the property. There are a few indoor buildings that lead into like outdoor open air sections which leads next to another open air section and then to a section that's got like outdoor areas and properties that have like plants and chickens and that kind of stuff. When you come down the hill on the right side of the property you have like a large parking area and then you have an antique flea market that also has like a little like Village of smaller buildings and sheds some of them are like pole barns. In between the antique flea market and the main flea market there is an event space. If you were trying to get to the event space when you're at the light or the entrance before the light you go in and you take a right. In front of you you will see the gate that brings you into the antique flea market you do not go in there. You will see some signs that talk about event parking which is right outside that gate. You park there and if you take a left at the antique gate about half a mile down the road will be a like metal structure that is the entrance into the event space. This is where a lot of the like craft shows/concerts/flea markets are. When you first get into this event space there is a large pole barn style structure that's got old wooden plywood tables. Then you have a like stage structure next to it and there are flushable bathroom stalls and porta potties around and there's lots of picnic benches in the area. One thing I do wish is that the events that they have are more advertised. For instance we went to an event there and they didn't have any signage at all on the road or even up where there's yellow event parking signs that are always there they had no parking signs about what the event was or where to go to get to the entrance. It's very simple fixes but they seem to always...

Renninger's is a fun day, the atmosphere is always nice and and for the amount of people there, it's spacious. For a flea market, the food is absolutely amazing. We stopped by a Mexican food truck called Tacos Dos Potrillos which has been the best Mexican food we've ever had in our life. We've been coming back just for that lately because not only is the food the best, but the man and woman that operate it are very sweet and the prices are decent.

While on the antique side, the sellers are very kind and courteous. And on the flea market side, some of the sellers are very pushy. There was a guy selling supposed celebrity head shots which he said he took, but they had clearly been printed from Google. When we didn't seem interested, he got angry and made us feel bad about not buying from him.

Then at the Avon store, there is a lady selling things but at the front of the store, she has a video showing how she had been in a wreck. The slideshow shows pictures of Avon products strewn about, and she sits in the store in a wheelchair, but gets up to help some people. I believe this is done to try and make people feel sorry for her, so they buy things. Which is a really awful thing to do, and makes people feel very uncomfortable. Why else would she be showing a slideshow about how she was in a wreck at an Avon store...

I'm giving 4 stars because my fiancé and I have had mostly good experiences here. If you stop anywhere, make sure it's at Tacos Dos Potrillos 😊 you won't be...