View tips about Centro Artesanal Buenavista, S.A. From local hosts. Daily 9am–6pm. Metro Buenavista. Centro Artesanal de San Juan (Mercado de Curiosidades Mexicanas) about five blocks south of the Alameda along Dolores.
I was surprised today. I went to Centro Artesanal Buenavista (on one side of the old train station and new library, where the punk market is) today and it is closed down. This was truly a tradition - a huge department store of Mexican arts and crafts - sometimes easier to use than a market.
I remember buying a set of plates there in 1989 and taking them to a friend in NY and they were packed so well not one item broke out of 90 or so pieces.The web site (below) remains active but the phones are disconnected. It even says on the web this place opened in 1936. Anyone know when it closed?