{"id":51,"date":"2026-08-07T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/mapusa-market-foodies\/about-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:36:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lite.buildprosites.com\/mapusa-market-foodies\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapusa Market Foodies \u2014 About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"51\" class=\"elementor elementor-51\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb5321 e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload light3 section moa-xxl section-opener e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ccb5321\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee21abf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee21abf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb4d8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fb4d8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9668b4 hero-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9668b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seven Years of Friday Mornings<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb02cff hero-subtitle elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb02cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve walked this market every week since 2019, comparing the same twelve spice stalls and mapping the food worth the queue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab3c17 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dab3c17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"#start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get the Stall Map<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c3955 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81c3955\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1a774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d1a774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc3cdf0 section light moa-lg section-body e-no-lazyload e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc3cdf0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a69abd e-con-full moa-width-narrow e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a69abd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c4877 section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87c4877\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why We Built This<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae53a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ae53a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We started in 2019 after watching a tourist pay four times the going rate for cashews because nobody told her ten percent off was normal. The notes began as a single page pinned by the entrance; now it&#8217;s the whole site, updated most Fridays before we&#8217;ve even left the market.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7530802 e-con-boxed e-no-lazyload section light moa-sd section-body e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7530802\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b386da e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b386da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6942412 prehead elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6942412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Matters Here<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5f4ea section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef5f4ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We Name Stalls, Not Just Sections<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4022e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4022e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6aec53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6aec53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Actually Watched For<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd81f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdd81f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most market guides point you at &#8216;the spice section.&#8217; We point you at stall fourteen, third row from the west gate, because that&#8217;s who actually has the good turmeric this month, not last season&#8217;s photo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9edfe7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9edfe7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b8bbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3b8bbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We watched turnover, not appearance \u2014 a stall with a queue of locals at eight a.m. beats a photogenic display with nobody buying. We also watched whether vendors weighed honestly, on a scale we could see, not one turned toward them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<section data-bps-section=\"quote\" data-bps-section-slug=\"quote-philosophy-block-light\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be23cc0 e-no-lazyload section section-body light3 moa-lg e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be23cc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"quote-philosophy-block-light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3772bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3772bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-bps-id=\"quote-body-text-1\" data-bps-type=\"body_text\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cbb4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cbb4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe market doesn&#8217;t need us to make it exciting. 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