Rita K.
Yelp
Solid farmer's market in downtown Hayward every Saturday morning up to 1pm. Next to the Hayward public library and Buddy's coffee shop. We would go in the mornings but then we started to go after noon now given some vendors provide discounts to rid of their inventory and there's less people. We usually find parking on the streets but if there aren't any, there are tons of parking in the garage which is right next to the farmer's market. There's a good amount of vendors with variety of vegetables, fruits, and food stands (e.g rotisserie truck, coffee, bread, etc). You can find hard to find Asian veggies here too, such as the ones that you can only find in the Asian markets, but fresher and for the most part, pretty affordable. There's a stand that has tons of Asian veggies with usually a long line, next to the parking garage. Chinese broccoli for $2, bok choy, radish, etc. I found a stand that had a fat napa cabbage for just $4, it fed us well for a whole week! Love the tomatoes variety, and the grapes are SO sweet. There's a strawberry stand that had the sweetest strawberries I've tasted. My other favorite stand is the fruit stand that has plums, pluotes, grapes, etc for $2/lb. It's a good price since other vendors charge $3 or higher.
They try their best to ensure everybody follows COVID precautions such as no touching vegetables (with or without gloves, you still can't touch them), standing in line 6 feet apart, wait in line, etc... but I always see people cutting, touching vegetables, etc. Happens quite often but the vendors for the most part try to politely warn the customers to not do it. Some vendors take card, some don't. Just gotta keep your eye out for them. It's a great market for the town of Hayward, I just wish it happens more often because I run out of veggies during the week or they get too old by mid-week and I have to rush to eat them. Love how it is open rain or shine year-round!
