Forks Market

Forks Market Disaster! Fantasy Island Tourist Trap Experience! We drove in from Ontario with family and friends and visited the Forks Market and we were shocked! What has happened to the once wonderful and beautiful Forks Market building, my goodness. We discovered to our surprise that all the great restaurants like Sydney’s Restaurant, Beachcombers Restaurant, Passeros and all the great and unique retail shops that were once there in the Forks Market building are now all gone, Wow! We walked around and took in the atmosphere and sadly, absolutely very little was seen to be left of value, quality, or interest at the Forks Market building and Forks patio outside was pretty much a deserted area. The shopping experience was poor and products not of local or Manitoba made. Over the top amounts of liquor and drinking all through out the building was available (everywhere) and occurring here and there and in corners of the Forks Market, in essence we felt this presentation was debasing the whole experience with alcohol, which was the obvious game in town here, expensive fantasy island swill and booze. The management of the Forks Market building has clearly run this building into the ground and destroyed a once beautiful and fun family experience and quality tourist destination in Winnipeg. We tried a few drinks at the Commons, and well it was way overpriced with little or no service of quality, the seating areas were uncomfortable, hard wood benches, iron chairs and industrial iron drilled into the cement floors, people milling around in a smelly odour packed smoky and greasy atmosphere in the commons centre food court full of leftover plates of food, empty booze glasses and garbage stacked up on bins and tables, Yuck! A Fantasy Island Disaster. Not Recommended!

Going to the Forks is not just about shopping, it's an entire experience. The best to go is really in the summer time when you can enjoy the outside atmostphere that they have to offer. It's a place that the entire family can enjoy together and a big tourist attraction. I'd highly recommend one of the waffle cone icecreams!