Mercado Central's mission is to bring people together through discovery, inspiration, authenticity and community. We are Spaniards living in New York and New Yorkers with a home in Spain. We are friends who have become an urban family after years of shared meals, travel, and joyful celebrations. It was one of those evenings, during sobremesa, that our mutual love of food, respect of cultures, and desire to learn through exploration combined to inspire the idea for MERCADO CENTRAL. That, and we grew tired of smuggling the food back.