SIZE

Small. Around 8 stands.

VENDORS

Vendors are honest and down to earth. Delightfully passionate about food.

Samples: One can only get samples if one asks or shows keen interest in a food item.

QUALITY OF FOOD

Good quality food. Fish is so fresh, it tastes like it’s straight from the sea. Much of the produce is organic. If produce is inorganic, only mild sprays and fertilizer used.  All baked goods are organic.  Fish is never farmed. Caught in nets, filleted and brought to the market.

VARIETY

Vegetables: 

Whole: Basil, Bok Choy, Cabbage, Carrots, Corn, Eggplants, Jalapeños, Kirbys, Lettuce, Mesclun Greens, Okra, Onions, Peppers, Potatoes, Scallions, Sorrell, Spinach, Squash, String Beans, Sweet Potatoes, Wax Beans, Zucchini.

Vegetable Products: Scallion Sauce.

Fruit: 

Whole: Apples (McIntosh), Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Tomatoes (Plum, Low Acid, Beefsteak, Grape), Watermelons (Red & Seedless).

Fruit Products: Apple Cider (and Apple-Raspberry Cider, etc.).

Bread Products:

Baked Goods: Quiche, Assorted Pies, Cookies, Brownies, Lemon Squares, Various Crumbles, Croissants, Granola, Brownies, Muffins.

Pasta: Fettuccini (Carrot, Beet, Whole Wheat, Spinach, Plain), Ravioli (Cheese, Spinach).

Breads: Rolls, Sandwich Breads, Baguettes.

Seafood (Seatuck Fish): 

Scallops, Tuna, Flounder, Blackfish, Bluefish, Calamari, Clams, Mussels, Fluke, Swordfish, Skate.

Animal Byproducts:

Knoll Krest Farm: Eggs.

SEASONAL CONSISTENCE

The only produce in season that the market did not offer on this day was beets, broccoli, garlic, leeks, radishes, turnips, blackberries and currants.

WHAT’S UNIQUE?

The most unique aspect of this market is that it sits right in front of a church: St. Mark’s Church. This quaint little market provides nourishment for a cobblestoned, serene and pious scene in which people come by and sit during their lunch breaks or tired from a walk. Although its food selection is fairly limited, it does offer carrot pasta, which has a fine taste and is worth a try, as well as red seedless watermelons. At every other market I’ve been to, the watermelons have been yellow. “Seedless” simply makes the fruit seem more appealing, for it’s all the more easy to eat!

PRICING

Regular prices for a farmer’s market.

Quiche: $7.00 each

Nectarines: $2.50/lb

Sweet Potatoes: $1.25/lb

Red Seedless Watermelons: $7.00 each

Strawberries: $3.00/box

Apple Cider: $2.25/lb

Scallops: $15.00/lb

ACTUALLY LOCAL?

Food is as local as it gets. The farms from which the food arrives range from locations like Long Island, New York Bridgeton, New Jersey.

CONVENIENCE

Because the market is beside a church, one would think that the business would flourish. However, not much business reaches this market on a Tuesday afternoon, perhaps because most people are at work, and most visit church on Sundays (if at all). The small park surrounding the cobblestone area does help allure the eye to the natural ambiance, but the market should attract more business.

NAVIGATION

Very easy to navigate – there are only around 8 stands.

EBT STAMPS Not Accepted.

FINAL COMMENTS

This market could use some meat and dairy!