Josephine F.
Yelp
This farmers market is soo busy. It's larger than others I have been to in the area. It's in downtown Campbell, which is a nice spot, but it makes parking/driving there HELL. Last time I went on a sunny June weekend, there was no street parking down any of the nearby streets I could find, so I foolishly entered a multi level parking structure thinking of COURSE there would be parking in there, but I was very wrong. It was totally congested, so it took a long time to even turn back to exit the stupid building. And as I was finally pulling out of the parking structure, having not found a spot, I witnessed two women swearing at each other and yelling over who had the right to the parking spot one of them had taken.
And separately, as I was turning the corner in one of the streets adjacent to the farmers market, another totally unrelated car with a male driver aggressively honked and flipped me off because I wasn't speeding down the damn street, trying to find a parking spot.
I realize my review is mostly related to the parking which technically isn't part of the farmers market, but it IS isn't it? Since you HAVE to park to access it, unless you're walking distance to it, which most people aren't.
The actually farmers market is, as previously mentioned, fairly large and quite busy. It's impossible to walk anywhere quickly, so if you're in a hurry, this is NOT the place to stop to get groceries. There are lots of strollers, ambling children, elderly and others walking slowly etc. Dogs on the sidewalks behind farm stands. It is nice on a sunny day if you have time for a leisurely walk, frequent stops, and are interested in local items such as honey and produce.
Everything is appallingly expensive. For example, nectarines for $5/lb. I tried some, and they don't taste any different from nectarines you can get at a normal supermarket.
Having to go through one of the most stressful parking situations I've had the misfortune to get into lately makes the farmers market, for me, not worth going to. The bad vibes outweigh the positive.