The Marketplace

The Marketplace Shopping Center is a 112,500 square foot, one-level open air neighborhood retail center, on West Covell Boulevard, just east of Highway 113. It was bought by London-based Capital & Counties in 1997.

The Yolobus 42 line stops here, as well as Unitrans G and J lines. The bus stop is located by Peet's Coffee.

• Dancing Pigs
  

• Cow Fountain
  

The Marketplace is often referred to by locals as "The Pig Mall" because of this porcine motif.

• There are regular panhandlers that have been hanging out at this shopping center for years. They apparently find this a very lucrative location for generating income.

This is one of the most poorly planned parking lots in Davis. Phenomenally bad access, and ability to get around in a timely manner. There are approx. 8 good spaces and 300 crappy ones. For years (maybe even still), redesigning this parking lot was given as an assignment in a Civil Engineering class. The only shopping center with worse planning in this area is the Natomas Marketplace off of Truxel. Maybe having Marketplace in the name dooms it to awful parking. The unmarked speed humps are a fun part, too.

• #110 Cold Stone Creamery
  

• #107 Dos Coyotes
  

• #115 Jamba Juice
  

• Noah's Bagels
  

• Panda Express
  

• Peet's Coffee and Tea
  

• #111 Strings Italian Cafe Departed Business
  

• Togo's

• Angel Eye Care & Family Optometry
  

• Cat Clinic Of Davis
  

• H&R Block
  

• #101 Massage Envy
  

• #106 UPS Store
  

• #104 Davis Nails
  

• PureBeauty

• Big 5 Sporting Goods
  

• Blockbuster (The Marketplace location closed)
  

• CVS Pharmacy
  

• #117 EB Games
  

• Longs Drugs became CVS
  

• #103 Parrot Cellular
  

• Petco
  

• Safeway