You are very kind, JBlaine
Thanks

Soulard Farmer's Market in St. Louis.

Farmer's Market at the Corner of Fairfax & 3rd in L.A. ^ As a matter of fact it has turned more than just an ordinary open air produce facility as Barnes & Nobles, brand name clothing shops, and many others have popped up in the territory just to name a few.

There's a really lovely farmer's market in downtown Olympia, WA. Everything is WA grown and much of it is organic. They're also open most of the year, Th-Su. Probably one of the better farmer's markets I've been to, at least relative to the size of the town. Johnson Berry Farms (which also has a stall up at Pike Place) has some of the best raspberries you'll ever have. I've seriously just eaten an entire 1/2 pint to myself at one sitting.

Here's an old thread for reference:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=308251

cordelli, not everything in Union Square is organic, but the people who work at the stands are usually happy to tell you if it is or not.

While Union Square is the biggie of the NYC markets, there are many others throughout the city--you can see the schedule and map here:
http://www.cenyc.org/site/

Santa Barbara Farmer's Market in downtown SB. Saturday morning from 8 or so to 12:30pm. Until late Fall I believe (and late Fall in S. Cal is sometime around Thanksgiving)

And the good thing about Union Square, is most of the vendors will be more then happy to tell you which of the others is not organic, and how to tell.

Forget my absolute favorite - Arles on Saturday mornings

Campbell and Los Gatos on Sundays just outside San Jose, CA. fresh produce, organic produce and eggs. Great seafood. All brought in fresh from the fields/ocean.

Thanks for the previous thread ... very useful!

Borough Market, London. Open to the public only on Fridays and Saturdays. The usual outstanding array of meats, fish, and veggies....plus phenomenal cheeses, breads, sausages, etc. from various points of the UK and elsewhere in Western Europe.

(And if you get bored with the market, there are several pubs within a block or two!)

Napa. I bought some white peaches from the woman who grew them. Three years later I have yet to find any that compare.

Sunday morning Hollywood farmers' market (intersection of Selma and Ivar) and Wednesday morning Santa Monica farmers' market. Each has great seasonal produce (plus bread, pastries, etc.) all year round.

Seattle - Saturday morning - U District Market - at 50th NE and University Way. Go early for best parking or take the bus from Downtown.

Wednesday - Columbia City Market - South Seattle. Yum and full of great restaurants for dinner afterwards.

Sunday - West Seattle is very much like U. District - don't forget to check out Eats or Cupcake Royale. Lots of free parking around and much less hectic than U. District.

The Seattle Markets are well run and mostly all organic. There are very strict rules of what can and cannot be sold, so no gack or crafts.

In E. Bay --
I am partial to the Oakland Farmer's Market and lunch at cafe 817 and if we can't make that, Berkeley Saturday market, but a bit too, well, dogmatic.

France and beyond:
In Paris, I'm fond of the Sunday Raspail Market on Boul. Raspail (all organic). The one up by Batignolles on Saturday is also good. I like the little markets everywhere as well. Some are not so little...

The Marylbone Farmer's Market on Sundays behind the Waitrose is great and not touristy like Borough. You can actually walk around and feel like you are about to get trampled.

I am never going to recommend the Seattle Pike Place Market, because very little of it is locally grown and its aimed at tourists.

As usual, I'm going suggest you all go to egullet.com and look up farmer's markets.

They know their stuff.

lala

I second the Borough Market (although I do understand lala's feeling of potentially being trampled...somehow the yummy chorizo sandwich makes up for that!).

I am very partial to Portland's Farmer's Market, particularly the Saturday market at Portland State -- great produce, cheese, meats, oysters, fresh fish & food demonstrations!

I agree. I adore Seattle's Markets. Worth the trip.