Green Street Market

The Best Produce at NYC Farmers Markets This Week | Eater NY

"I've been visiting the network of Greenmarkets that reaches across all five boroughs and can attest there is probably no week with a broader range of farm-grown edibles — you can make one of the year’s best salads with the tender lettuce and purple snow peas available. What’s at your local Greenmarket varies tremendously by market size, the mix of farmers, and where they come from: early-summer produce arrives from upstate, while South Jersey farmers are already offering midsummer items (even blueberries and cherries). Prices vary widely (strawberries, for example, range from about $6 to $9 per quart), and if you go later in the afternoon farmers are often willing to bargain or discount bulk or overripe items (perfect for gazpacho). Right now expect hothouse tomatoes and heirlooms at relatively high prices (look for soft ones hidden in a box under the counter for sauces), lots of lettuce (about ten varieties), an end to spring alliums, dwindling sugar snap peas, shelling peas and snow peas for about another month, and the exciting approach of stone fruits like sour cherries and apricots." - Robert Sietsema