The Other Flea Market, doing business as Antiques and Things, fills more than 15,000 square feet at 4710 Central Avenue SE in Albuquerque, a stretch of the city’s historic Route 66 corridor. The building itself is part of the draw: it operated for over a decade as a Five and Dime store before becoming an antique mall, and the conversion kept the original hardwood oak floors and several of the old wooden and glass display cases intact, so shoppers walk the same worn floorboards that decades of Five and Dime customers once did. That kind of preserved retail architecture is increasingly rare along Route 66, and it gives the mall a sense of continuity that a purpose-built antique store on a strip mall lot simply cannot match.
Inside, 75 individual vendors rent booth and case space, which keeps the mix broad and constantly changing. Shoppers can expect antique and modern furniture, estate jewelry, vintage clothing, toys, artwork, and a notably strong selection of Western and Native American goods, reflecting both Albuquerque’s location and New Mexico’s long history as a crossroads for Southwestern craftsmanship. For buyers and hobbyists working on furniture projects, the store also stocks refinishing supplies, including sandpaper, wood stains, fillers, finishes, and wood glue, a practical add-on that few multi-vendor antique malls bother to carry alongside their showroom inventory.
The Other Flea Market is open six days a week: Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., with Monday closed. Its location on Central Avenue puts it directly on the old Mother Road alignment through Albuquerque, a corridor lined with mid-century motels, diners, and independent shops that draws both local collectors and Route 66 travelers passing through the city. Cash, debit, and the major credit cards are all accepted, and staff can point newcomers toward specific vendor booths if they are hunting a particular category like Native American jewelry or western collectibles.
Local recognition has followed the shop for years rather than being a one-time honor: Alibi Magazine, Albuquerque’s alternative weekly, named it the city’s Best Antique Shop in 2017, and it earned the same distinction again in 2024, a seven-year gap that suggests the mall has kept its reputation intact even as vendors and inventory naturally turn over. Few antique malls in the metro area can point to recognition that far apart, which speaks to a consistency in the shopping experience even as the individual booths change hands.
Between the scale of the space, the depth of the vendor roster, and the building’s own history as a former dime store on Route 66, The Other Flea Market functions less like a single antique shop and more like a small indoor market where the inventory is never quite the same twice. Anyone furnishing a home with a Southwestern accent, hunting for a specific piece of vintage jewelry, or simply refinishing an old dresser can find both the object and the supplies to restore it under one roof. The Other Flea Market, known as Antiques and Things, is a 15,000-square-foot, 75-vendor antique mall on Albuquerque’s historic Route 66 corridor, twice named the city’s Best Antique Shop by Alibi Magazine.
