Quincy Market Hours — Opening Times, Closing Times and Holiday Closures

Last updated: October 2026. Hours shown are the operator’s standing schedule and may change — always confirm at the official Faneuil Hall Marketplace site before visiting.

Quincy Market is open Monday–Saturday 10:00–21:00 and Sunday 11:00–19:00, and entry is free. That single schedule is published by the operator, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, and governs the whole marketplace — the Quincy Market food hall and the North and South Market Buildings share it. (The historic Faneuil Hall building next door runs on separate National Park Service hours, covered below.) The one thing to watch is Sunday: the food hall itself is widely listed as closing earlier than the complex, and individual restaurants and shops set their own hours. This page sets out the complex hours, what varies, holiday closures, and the separate National Park Service hours for the historic Faneuil Hall building.

One-line answer: Quincy Market and the wider Faneuil Hall Marketplace are open Monday–Saturday 10:00–21:00 and Sunday 11:00–19:00. Entry is free. Restaurant and individual store hours vary — the food hall can close earlier on Sundays.

Quincy Market Opening Hours Today

What time does Quincy Market open? 10:00 Monday to Saturday, and 11:00 on Sunday. What time does it close? 21:00 Monday to Saturday, and 19:00 on Sunday. These are the operator’s published hours for the marketplace as a whole, repeated in the site-wide footer on every page of the official Faneuil Hall Marketplace site.

* Holiday, restaurant, and retail hours may vary. (operator wording). The Quincy Market food hall is widely listed as closing earlier on Sunday, so confirm on the day if a late Sunday food-hall visit is the reason for your trip.

Do All the Shops and Restaurants Keep the Same Hours?

No — and the operator says so itself. Faneuil Hall Marketplace publishes one schedule for the complex and states plainly that “holiday, restaurant, and retail hours may vary.” There is no centrally published, per-vendor hours table: the operator’s own tenant pages simply repeat the same complex-wide hours block rather than listing vendor-specific times, so do not read them as a per-shop schedule.

The Sunday food-hall caveat. The food hall specifically is widely listed as closing earlier on Sunday than the complex’s 19:00. Some visitor listings give it a window of about noon–18:00, but independent listings disagree with each other (some say 11:00–19:00, some 11:00–18:00, some 12:00–18:00), and the operator publishes no separate food-hall figure. Treat this as a visitor convention, not an official time, and confirm on the day.

Restaurants and pubs often stay open later than the retail close, and the surrounding North End and downtown restaurants run on their own hours again. No official late-closing time is published for any individual venue, so there is no reliable figure to quote — check the venue you have in mind directly.

Faneuil Hall Building Hours (National Park Service)

The historic Faneuil Hall building — the 1742 meeting hall on the same block, operated by the National Park Service — runs on its own schedule, which is separate from the marketplace’s retail hours. Both the Great Hall and the Visitor Center are free to enter.

• Visitor Center (1st floor): Sunday and Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–17:00. Closed Mondays. Off-season (October 13–May 28) it is closed Monday and Tuesday.
• Great Hall (2nd floor): Sunday and Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–16:30. Closed Mondays. Off-season it is also closed Monday and Tuesday.
• Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Free ranger talks run Wednesday–Sunday in the Great Hall at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30 and 15:30 (about 15 minutes each) — the hall is closed to visitors on Mondays and, on the current 1 November–31 December 2026 schedule, on Tuesdays as well.

The building’s hours are worth keeping separate in your head from the market’s: the shops can be open or closed while the Great Hall is not, and vice versa — especially on a Monday. Source: National Park Service.

Holiday Hours and Closures

The operator’s only standing holiday statement is that “holiday, restaurant, and retail hours may vary.” It does not publish a year-specific holiday table, and the 2026 closures have not been posted.

What the operator does publish is dated closure notices for the two biggest days on the calendar. It has posted notice that the marketplace, including Quincy Market, was closed on Thanksgiving Day (and reopened on Black Friday) and closed on Christmas Day in both 2024 and 2025 — the most recent notices covering Thursday 27 November 2025 and Thursday 25 December 2025. Those notices are now labelled as past events, so the pattern is well established but the 2026 dates are not yet published: check the official Faneuil Hall Marketplace site before travelling on either day.

Holiday summary: the operator states hours may vary on public holidays and has closed the marketplace on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in recent years (2024 and 2025). No 2026 closure notice is published at the time of writing — confirm on the official site.

Separately, the operator runs seasonal holiday events with their own hours — these are events, not changes to the complex schedule. For the 2026 season these include a Holiday Market on the second floor of Quincy Market over several weekends (Friday 20–Sunday 22 November; Friday 27–Sunday 29 November; Friday 4–Sunday 6 December; Friday 11–Sunday 13 December; Friday 18–Thursday 24 December 2026, 11:00–19:00) and the annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Saturday 21 November 2026, 14:00–18:00.

Best Time to Visit — Avoiding the Crowds

The hours themselves tell you when to come. Arriving at opening — 10:00 Monday–Saturday, 11:00 Sunday — gives you the shortest queues and the quietest look at the stalls. The food hall is shoulder-to-shoulder at peak lunch, roughly 11:00–14:00, and worst at weekends; if you want a seat, come before 11:00 or after 14:00. The late afternoon and early evening thin out again, though on Sunday remember the food hall may close earlier than the complex and a late visit can be a wasted trip.

Getting There and Parking

Quincy Market sits in downtown Boston inside the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, on the Freedom Trail, with MBTA T stops within a block (Green Line to Government Center or Haymarket, Blue Line to Aquarium, Orange Line to State Street or Haymarket). If you drive, the official garage is the 75 State Street Garage, entrance at 5 Broad Street, open 24/7. Full directions, T lines from Logan Airport and walking routes are on our Public transport page, and garage rates are on our Parking page — arrive at opening and the journey is easier at both ends.

Admission

Entry to Quincy Market and the entire Faneuil Hall Marketplace is free. There is no ticket, no admission charge and no booking required — you walk in off the cobblestones. You only pay for what you eat and buy. Faneuil Hall’s Great Hall and NPS Visitor Center are free as well. See our Complete Food Guide with Price List 2027 for what a meal actually costs.

Quincy Market Hours — Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Quincy Market open?

Quincy Market opens at 10:00 Monday to Saturday and 11:00 on Sunday.

What time does Quincy Market close?

It closes at 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 19:00 on Sunday. The Quincy Market food hall specifically is widely listed as closing earlier on Sundays, so confirm on the day if you are planning a late Sunday visit.

Is Quincy Market open on Sundays?

Yes — the complex is open 11:00–19:00 on Sundays. Individual shops and restaurants vary, and the food hall may close earlier than 19:00.

Is Quincy Market open on holidays?

Hours may vary on public holidays. The operator has closed the marketplace on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day in recent years (2024 and 2025) and reopened on Black Friday after Thanksgiving. No 2026 closure notice is published yet, so check the official Faneuil Hall Marketplace site before visiting on either day.

Is there an entry fee for Quincy Market?

No. Admission is free — there is no ticket and no entry charge for Quincy Market or the wider Faneuil Hall Marketplace.