Mahauganee S.
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We spent about an hour taking a spin around the market on a Sunday afternoon. My pics are from a few of the vendors who I patronized. Check those out if you want to see and example of the items there. In addition to those items, we bought some frozen chicken sausage (from Lawton's Chicken Sausage), strawberry jelly, miniature desserts, and body scrub (from Off Grid Sis)
If you're a first-timer, you need to know that the market is in an empty parking lot (as is every other farmer's market I've ever been to that's not on an actual farm). Thus, parking is only on the street. It's free but it's also hit or miss. We parked on the next street over. The neighborhood is similar to any urban downtown, so I suggest keeping your heard on a swivel as you walk toward the market.
Once there, visitors are greeted at the welcome table and given a punch card that gets you a discount after so many visits...I'm personally curious about how that works irks with independent vendors.
The vendors are what you'd expect...mainly food and beverage items, mixed in with some health and skincare items. We probably bought from about half the vendors there and my pictures show some of those items. All of these people are in social media and you can also purchase from many that way.
As far as a farmer's market goes, I'd want to see more vendors, more fresh produce and more activity. To be fair, some of the food items I would've been interested in were sold out by the time we arrived. I don't live in the city, but I imagine that this market is one of the ways to get fresh produce and organic foods into an area that may be a food desert or food desert adjacent.
So far, I'm mostly happy with the items we bought. Luckily, one of the vendors had a DJ booth and was spinning music to help liven up the atmosphere. We don't live close enough to plan to be back here but if we're in the area, one of us may run in to grab something while the other idles in the car.
Other things to note: there's a portapotty available. I had to take my 3yo to it twice in the time there. It's clean enough and well stocked with tissue and had a container of Clorox wipes so you could sanitize to your mind's content. That said, if you don't usually carry hand sanitizer on you, you may want to grab some for the market experience.