[3] The Mart has its own free parking lot and offers an outdoor dining area surrounding a large fire pit in the middle.

[4] The Herbert M. Baruch Corporation, a construction company that existed from the early 1920s until the mid 1950s, originally developed the country mart.

Sentei and Levin aimed to create a similarity to the Fairfax District Farmers' Market, a place containing a grouping of fresh food eateries.

Upon opening, movie stars such as Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster, and Greta and Gregory Peck were frequent visitors.

Ben Affleck, Dave Grohl, Reese Witherspoon, Rachel Zoe, Amy Adams, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sela Ward, and Jennifer Garner are among the celebrities who have also been sighted in 2011 and 2012.