Oaxacan markets, or Mercados, are, quite literally, everywhere. There are permanent markets, temporary markets, specialty markets, large markets, small markets, but, taking them all into consideration, there is likely nothing that you can't find at one of the markets.
One of our favourites was the Friday market at Llano Park. It was relatively small by market standards around here, but we also found it a great place to eat, trying out Arrechera (beef) and Chorizo (pork sausage) tacos on two different occasions as well as "chorros", basically a donut but extruded into a long, fluted length of fried dough with sugar. A great dessert.
One, the Mercado Abasto, was huge. I went to find it, but gave up trying to walk through it much. Just far too big. And busy.
A small one near our apartment handled mostly food items and was small enough to be quite manageable, even for a quick visit before supper to pick up some veggies and some meat.
Two others, the Mercado Benito Juarez and the Mercado 20 Noviembre, were close to the city center and I visited them several times, just to wander through looking at all the "stuff" available: everything from clothes, meat, bread, fish, places to eat, chapulines (grasshoppers)... the list is endless.
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