The MarketHollywood Farmers Market is nestled in the Hollywood neighborhood on NE Hancock between 44th and 45th streets. This is a Saturday morning market and it has the feel of a friendly neighborhood gathering. I am amazed at how much each local market takes on the character and culture of it's residents and local area. As we entered the market I overheard one patron say to his partner, "I just love Hollywood Farmers Market". Well, so did we.
This market definitely has a family feel to it. They provide wagons for people to use as shopping carts and kid haulers. Interestingly, the market is dog friendly. 
From 8 to 10 no dogs are allowed. From 10 to the close at 1:30 dogs are allowed on a leash with a few additional market rules. The rule I enjoyed was, "Keep dogs away from produce plants and other food products. This includes both heads and tails." I thought the rule was a good idea for the human patrons too.
From 8 to 10 no dogs are allowed. From 10 to the close at 1:30 dogs are allowed on a leash with a few additional market rules. The rule I enjoyed was, "Keep dogs away from produce plants and other food products. This includes both heads and tails." I thought the rule was a good idea for the human patrons too. There were a lot of organic only offerings. A couple of bakeries we had never heard of. Nice to see the variety at the different markets. One booth selling Honey and Bees Wax had some really neat Beeswax candles in shapes of bees (of course), frogs, bears, and pigs. We also took a little time to listen to some very good music by Ben and Lexy.
We purchased fresh beets, some other greens (can't remember the name), a Cornish chicken, fresh strawberries and a bottle of Cabernet. Then we headed for home.
The Table
Dinner Saturday was grill roasted beets with small red potatoes, onion, garlic, Olive oil, balsamic vinegar rosemary, thyme, sea salt and pepper. The greens (both from the beets and those we bought separately) were mixed in for the last 20 minutes. Lastly we added Chevre' at the table and accompanied by warm bread and a Pinot Grigio. Fresh sliced strawberries over ice cream was for dessert.
Tonight I am rotisserie grilling the chicken stuffed with lemon, garlic and herbs. This eating locally thing is pretty tasty and turning out to be a lot of fun. See you next week.
I think Saturdays should become family dinner with John & Lori!
ReplyDeleteEverything looked and sounds fantastic!!
Love reading about the markets, what a great idea!
Billie