Category Archives: Farmers Markets

Week 5 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 6/10/2008 – Strawberry time!

Strawberries, rhubarb in full effect at the market this week and asparagus still around in profusion. Nichol’s Farm had the first sugar snap peas of the season. They also had some salad greens. Slowly we’re getting there…it’s going to be … Continue reading

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Week 1 – Daley Plaza Farmers Market – 5/15/2008

Same as Federal Plaza in that there wasn’t much to be had veggie-wise (no surprise).  Nichols Farm was there again and my friends at Labriola were there with their fantastic bread. I picked up a loaf of marble rye which … Continue reading

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Week 1 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 5/13/2008

Well, there wasn’t much to see but damn was it good to see the market back (not to mention it was a perfect day weather-wise).   Nichols Farm was back and one of the few with any actual vegetables.   They also … Continue reading

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Farmers Markets!

They’re back!  The city of Chicago downtown farmer’s markets started on Tuesday at Adams and Dearborn.  The season is under way!

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The markets are over

Never had a chance to write about this until now. October 31st was the last day of my favorite farmers market. I was fortunate in that it was a beautiful day. I grabbed the last batch of fresh wax beans … Continue reading

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Week 23 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 10/16/07

The season is really winding down. The number of vendors is shrinking. I’m becoming depressed that really soon there won’t be any farmer’s markets available to me for quite a long time. I didn’t buy much today, just heirloom apples … Continue reading

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Week 22 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 10/09/07

Back to the market for apples for making a pie (and of course some for eating). For pie: Northern Spy Idared For Eating: Ultrared Jonathon Regent

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Week 20 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 9/25/07

I’ve not bought anything at the last couple of Tuesday markets. I’ve been extremely busy at work and did not have the time to make it over the prior two weeks. I finally got a chance to get there this … Continue reading

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Week 17 – Federal Plaza Farmers Market – 9/4/07

Beautiful day for the market but there were lots of vendors missing. Not sure what the deal is. The standard response I got when I mentioned it to others was “yeah but its September” which is fine but the vendors … Continue reading

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Farmers Markets – Not this week

Ouch. I missed all of the markets this week because of work. I was out at a conference on Tuesday and today I missed the Daley Plaza market because of work. However I found out about another market that is … Continue reading

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