Lake Oswego Farmers Market

The Market

The setting for the Lake Oswego Farmers Market is really nice. There was plenty of parking both commercial and on street. Since the weather was nice, (finally) we parked a few blocks away and walked the pedestrian friendly sidewalks of downtown LO to the market.

One of the first things you notice as you enter the market is the doggy daycare area. Here visitors sign in and leave their dogs who are eventually tethered to available trees, lampposts and anything else you can tie a dog leash to. Since dogs are not allowed in the market, it seemed nice to have a place to park Spot while visiting the market and not have to leave him at home on such a nice day.

The market layout lends itself be accessible, easy to navigate and with vendors arraigned nicely to provide a nice variety of experiences as you walk through. There were the usually types of booths offering produce, fresh cut flowers, homemade sauces and jams, artisan cheeses, breads, nursery stock and a few neat craft booths. One booth that stood out featured black and white truffles and fiddleheads. I couldn't conjure a way to prepare fiddleheads on the spot, so I opted for the more familiar bunch of fresh Asparagus instead for dinner.

The Table

We purchased the bunch of asparagus and a small marrionberry pie. One half of the asparagus was grilled after being marinaded in 3 parts olive oil and 1 part balsamic vinegar and some sea salt.

The other half is going into an asparagus risotto tonight. The pie was great warmed and topped with vanilla ice cream.