Porky Pig Market

What it is

Porky Pig Market is a meat counter inside the Municipal Market in Sweet Auburn. It says its meat is high quality and fresh, that you can buy only the amount you need, and that cuts can be made to your specification.

What's inside

Special items include whole pigs from 15 to 150 pounds, cut butterfly or half for free, and pan and long pork sausage made at the market. The counter also stocks small turkey wings, beef oxtails, T-bone and rib eye steaks, goat meat, whole and cut chicken wings, and pork feet, tail, ham and shoulder, with special orders available.

Before you go

Hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 404-222-0608 or see the market's Porky Pig Market page.

At the market

The Municipal Market at 209 Edgewood Ave SE opened on May 1, 1924, in a brick building designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown, and is now widely known as the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. The market's site describes it today as 28 independently owned businesses, from eateries and sweets to fresh meat, seafood and produce. Market hours are listed as 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., though each vendor keeps its own schedule.