Prussian Street Arcade opened a new vendor marketplace in Willow Street on November 7, swapping the sprawling scale of its old Manheim location for a tight, 1,500-square-foot storefront tucked into Willow Valley Crossroads at 2424 Willow Street Pike. The shop sits between a Jersey Mike's and a Domino's, in a space that formerly housed a Frisco's restaurant before that eatery closed in 2024.
A Neighborhood-Scale Spinoff
The Willow Street store features about 50 vendors selling handmade, vintage and curated goods, according to LancasterOnline. Owners Michael and Susan Ferrari described the location as an evolution of their market concept, and the couple called the planned store a “neighborhood mini maker's shop.” The new outpost is billed as a neighborhood-scale version of the broader marketplace format the company has built its brand around.
That brand traces back to 2019, when the Prussian Street Arcade debuted at the REO Manheim Marketplace, a sprawling hub that at its peak featured about 140 merchants selling handmade, vintage and curated goods, per the station's earlier report. The Ferraris also operate a vendor marketplace at 2200 Embassy Drive in East Hempfield Township, giving the company a third address alongside Manheim and the new Willow Street shop.
Manheim Closure Set the Stage
The Manheim marketplace's run ended August 23, 2026, closing out a location that had anchored the company's identity for years. Michael Ferrari said changing retail economics prompted the decision to close in Manheim and consolidate at the East Hempfield Township store, the same account notes. The Ferraris have previously said they couldn't accommodate all the vendors who contacted them about wanting to set up in Manheim, a pressure that helped spur the East Hempfield expansion years earlier.
Prussian Street describes itself on its website as a modern community market whose stores are home to hundreds of merchants, and it says its focus includes handmade, thrifted and repurposed goods that the company calls the future of retail. The Willow Street shop's roughly 50 vendors represent a much smaller footprint than that broader vision, reflecting the pared-down format the Ferraris are now testing outside Manheim.
How It Stacks Up Regionally
The scale-down isn't unique to Willow Street. The company's East Hempfield Township location measures 2,800 square feet, about a quarter the size of the old Manheim store, showing a pattern of smaller footprints as Prussian Street spreads into new towns. For comparison, a competing vendor concept, Artisan Mill, runs an 11,000-square-foot marketplace at 49 North Main Street in Manheim featuring products from about 140 to 150 local vendors, according to abc27. Artisan Mill made its Midstate debut in Lititz back in November 2020 before expanding to Manheim.
For now, Prussian Street Arcade lists store hours of Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., with Mondays closed. The business can be reached at 717-537-7533 or through its website, www.prussianstreet.com.
