El Mercadito, a new weekly outdoor market near San Jose\u2019s SAP Center, is attracting both visitors and vendors accustomed to selling their products at the venerable Berryessa Flea Market, whose future is uncertain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Event organizer Kiara Kassandra has been working toward attracting the vendors. The Berryessa veterans \u201care so used to being there,\u201d she said. But that habit may change.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The flea market has been operating for over 60 years, but its future at the site is in question with the development of the Berryessa BART Urban Village Area Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vendors at a recent Wednesday event expressed optimism about El Mercadito<\/a>. \u201cI love interacting with people,\u201d said Krystal Rico, who runs a specialty lemonade business called The Squeeze Co. \u201cI love getting their response to the drinks and just communicating with people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \nContribute to Local News Matters\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Her business specializes in culturally influenced lemonades that include ingredients such as chamoy, mango, popping bobas, and chamoy straws. Describing the most popular flavor, La Toxic, Rico said, \u201cShe\u2019s a little sweet, a little spicy. You know, she\u2019s really refreshing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n