You can get more information on farmer's market around the city here. Also obtained from the city website is the Seaway Bank farmer's market which is listed under independently run.The weather finally has turned. My sweaters are in storage. And the Green City Market is open for the summer season.
And now, a confession: I rarely go to the market. It runs on Wednesdays, when I am at work downtown, and on Saturdays, when I try to avoid Lincoln Park traffic gridlock.
Indeed, I'm always a little bitter about this. But this year, while I'm on maternity leave, I vow not to miss out.
If you've never been to the market at the south end of Lincoln Park, go. Now. (For our guide to all of the Chicago area farmers markets, turn inside.)
It is a community unto itself, a bustling, happy place where farmers offer you bites of peaches dripping with juice, where dairy vendors wax poetic about their cows, where you might discover you actually like Swiss chard. You'll spot chefs doing cooking demonstrations and musicians strumming guitars.
It may sound hippy-dippy, but even if "sustainable" and "locavore" aren't in your vocabulary, who can argue with a perfectly ripe, truly red strawberry?
My alternative in recent years has been the Thursday farmers market at Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington, a brisk 10-minute walk from the office. There are fewer vendors, and the vibe is different than at Green City, with workers on their lunch hour, many of whom seem more into getting a little sun than perusing baby arugula.
But the market works for me. I need my produce fix, especially in the summer. And I'd much rather talk to the farmer who grew the imperfectly shaped but juicy tomatoes than bag a bunch of waxy, tasteless ones at my supermarket.
Seaway Bank Farmers Market
Seaway National Bank Parking Lot
87th & Langley (8700 S-645 E)
In ChathamWednesdays
July 16-October 1, 20089 a.m.-2 p.m.
Markets and Date are subject to change without notice.
There's also a website listed on the page I got this info from but of course all you got to do is look in the local business links section in the sidebar to know how to get there.
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