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Hot Corner: DeSoto Central Market In Phoenix

DeSoto Central Market on the corner of Roosevelt and Central ave.
(Mark Brodie/ KJZZ News)
DeSoto Central Market on the corner of Roosevelt and Central ave.

It’s time to head to another Valley hot corner: spots with a lot going on.

Our tour guide is Gwen Ashley Walters, a food journalist for Phoenix Magazine, and we met on the corner of Roosevelt and Central Avenue in Phoenix.

"The building is not new, but what’s inside, it’s called DeSoto Central Market," Walters said.

The building itself dates to the 1920s and in its early days was a DeSoto dealership. But now, instead of cars, you’d go there to shop for food and drink.

 

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.