The Lafayette Flea
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Vintage thrift.
Details
- Where
- 130 East Spaulding Street, Lafayette, CO 80026. Directions
- When
- Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Phone
- (303) 665-0433
- Website
- thelafayetteflea.com
Lafayette's Original Antique Store.
Notable Events
- 1962The building started out as a bowling alley built in 1962. oldtownlafayette.com
- 1990Lafayette Collectibles and Flea Market opened its doors with 17 vendors on April Fool's Day 1990. coloradohometownweekly.com
- 2010In 2010, Cheryl Hopkins was laid off from the job she had been working all along at IBM and became a full-time cashier at the store. coloradohometownweekly.com
- 2022Up until the summer of 2022, the Hopkins kept the flea market alive. When they decided to sell the building, potential buyers wanted to remove the flea market, but John Smidt, the current owner, came to the rescue. oldtownlafayette.com
People
- Bill Hopkins, transformed the bowling alley building into a flea market with his wife Cheryl; kept it alive until selling (until the summer of 2022).
- Cheryl Hopkins, transformed the bowling alley building into a flea market with her husband Bill; kept it alive until selling (until the summer of 2022).
- John Smidt, current owner; the only buyer who would keep it as a flea market (from the summer of 2022).