Does anyone here ever visit the Farmer's Market? I've started going quite frequently over the past few months, but have never really heard much discussion about it.

Definately not the best farmer's market around, but not bad by any means.

9/25/2006 12:04:48 AM

"Definitely not the best __________________ around, but not bad by any means."

Its cool because that statement applies to everything in town.

9/25/2006 2:10:59 AM

well, except everything that IS bad

9/25/2006 2:29:35 AM

OMG RALEIGH SUCKS LETS ALL MOVE TO NYC

9/25/2006 2:50:44 AM

Where is it? I've thought about shopping there, but haven't really looked into it.

9/25/2006 3:07:22 AM

Now I can't remember the name of the road it is on. The main road that goes by the Centennial park and ride (or what used to be the park and ride - I hear it's a permit lot now), go to the end of that road, it's on the corner. It's the only thing there and there is a big sign, so it's hard to miss.

9/25/2006 4:15:57 AM

Technically, the Farmer's Market is on Agriculture Street...but it's off Lake Wheeler Road.

9/25/2006 5:45:49 AM

Get the seafood. Its greasy, but good for the price.

9/25/2006 6:15:35 AM

yea that seafood restaurant is a heart attack waiting to happen

but for the price, you can't get more fried stuff

a shrimp plate will cost you 6 bucks, and you'll get enough fried shrimp, french fries, hushpuppies and cole slaw to last you two or three meals!

and the country restaurant on the other side isn't half bad for breakfast stuff, and also pretty cheap

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 7:25 AM. Reason : .]

9/25/2006 7:24:46 AM

The seafood restaurant is overpriced, and the food is mediocore at best, its own by Kemp's, so no shocker there.

9/25/2006 7:54:30 AM

Farmer's market is awesome to get good fruits and veggies that are in season. It's far far cheaper than a grocery store. We got a sugary baby watermelon... holy christ that was good.

9/25/2006 8:02:13 AM

yea veggies and fruits are always fresh and cheap there. i like going and just grazing on a sunday on all the free samples they have

9/25/2006 8:12:11 AM

i went yesterday and got 8 golden delicious apples for $3.00 and two mums, a flat of pansies, daisies, and "pumpkin patch" flowers for $28.00

yeah the farmer's market rules

9/25/2006 9:03:56 AM

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"OMG RALEIGH SUCKS LETS ALL MOVE TO NYC"

nyc's "farmers market" [probably] blows

9/25/2006 9:23:21 AM

we're regulars at the Farmers Market Restaurant every weekend for brunch ( for a year now). Every server and the manager and owner know us by name. Its like 2 miles from my house so i get all my produce there.
it gets way too crowded on the weekends so i shop during the week.

the Seafood restaurant is okay.

9/25/2006 9:24:24 AM

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"it gets way too crowded on the weekends so i shop during the week."

indeed


the restaurant is kickass... bfast ftw

9/25/2006 9:42:56 AM

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"...but have never really heard much discussion about it."

You know that your town has the best farmer's market in the world when it is being discussed regularly in the local college community.

9/25/2006 9:53:19 AM

I miss it already.

I loved to go on a Saturday and get some of the La Farm bread and the goat cheese from the "In the Red" goat farm... mmmmm

9/25/2006 12:14:48 PM

^^ I haven't heard much talk about it among any group of people...didn't specify college students. I know it's not the best around because I've been to others that were much better.

^ Yeah their cheese is awesome. Good eggs too. You have to venture to the upper building to find meats, cheese, canned goods, whatever isn't a fruit or vegetable.

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1201+Agriculture+St.+raleigh,+nc&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 12:30 PM. Reason : ;]

9/25/2006 12:17:58 PM

If the one in Raleigh is not the best around, and I am assuming by around you mean other farmer's markets located in this geographic region, I would like to know of the better ones please.

And if you mention that sad collection of hippies that gathers in Carrboro on the weekends and puts up a farmer's market sign, then you are an incorrect person.

9/25/2006 12:56:04 PM

It's probably the best in the state. When I said "around," I didn't really have a specific region in mind.

Never been to the one in Carrboro.

9/25/2006 1:03:35 PM

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"And if you mention that sad collection of hippies that gathers in Carrboro on the weekends and puts up a farmer's market sign, then you are an incorrect person."

You can say what you want, but the Carrboro farmer's market is very nice. I also like the one in Hillsborough when I'm in that area.

9/25/2006 1:06:34 PM

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"The seafood restaurant is overpriced, and the food is mediocore at best, its own by Kemp's, so no shocker there."

The farmer's market restaurant was their first restaurant. They opened Kemps later. It doesn't take a gourmet chef to fry seafood, but that doesn't mean it isn't good food. I approve of it at least.

I shop there on occasion. You can get some really good food there, but I wish it were cheaper. It doesn't really seem to beat the grocery store prices usually.

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 1:28 PM. Reason : s]

9/25/2006 1:27:34 PM

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"The seafood restaurant is overpriced, and the food is mediocore at best, its own by Kemp's, so no shocker there."

Where in the hell can you get a better deal on seafood than that?

9/25/2006 1:28:44 PM

It's about time for apples and collards to come into season. Also they'll be having huge barrels of pecans and other nuts. What else is coming in season soon?

9/25/2006 2:10:41 PM

There's already a good bit of apples out there. Last year about this time I made a batch of hard cider with some cider I bought there.

Not really sure what is coming into season. Hopefully some acorn and butternut squash will be around.

9/25/2006 2:13:41 PM

^ How did you make hard cider? recipe?

9/25/2006 2:27:38 PM

does anyone know if they still have watermelons? i think i waited too long.

9/25/2006 2:52:08 PM

^All I saw yesterday was seedless, but I wasn't really looking for them so I could have missed it

^^There are a few ways to make hard apple cider. All involve fermenting some amount of preservative free apple juice or cider. This may be done with either the organisms naturally present in the juice (so long as it is unpateurized) or with added yeast.

Most all involve adding some type of sugar, and some recipes include raisins, honey, spices, etc. It can be made either still (flat) or sparkling (carbonated). The one I made turned out to be more of an apple wine, since I let all of the sugars ferment completely, and it turned out pretty dry. To make a sweet, carbonated cider, you have to kill the yeast to stop fermentation.

An easy way would be to take the cap off a 1 gallon glass jug of juice/cider (maybe add brewing yeast), attach an airlock, and let it go for a couple months. Not sure how good it would taste. There are many recipes to be found on google.

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 2:55 PM. Reason : ;]

9/25/2006 2:54:44 PM

9/25/2006 3:02:00 PM

that chart seems ok as a guideline, but there are many things still available that it lists as out of season (butter beans, cantaloupe, eggplant, okra, peppers)

9/25/2006 3:06:16 PM

Pumpkin time!!!!

I walk there on the weekends some times.

9/25/2006 8:29:39 PM

Haven't been in a couple of weeks, but I love to walk or ride my bike there and enjoy the foods and such. The reason it's cheap is it's the "Farmer's" Market, few 3rd-parties between you and the food adding their cost to the price. The booths in the main open-air building there by the big parking lot are all farmers who grow most of their goods, just buying a few items at wholesale from other farmers to supplement their stands with other crops.

During the day is when all of the booths are open, but at night during the summer is the cheapest time to go because that's when all the wholesalers are there to sell to people running produce stands all over the state (and some in VA). If you ever get a chance to go to the market on a weeknight around 2-4 am, you'll see a much larger crowd of sellers and buyers than you would expect. I used to work at the market ~4 nights a week helping my uncle sell and unload watermelons and cantaloupe. I love the restaurant on the hill for its HUGE breakfasts and especially for the biscuits they have in take-out when we didn't have time to sit down and eat.

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"nyc's "farmers market" [probably] blows"

Actually, it's not that bad, product-wise, just in a sketch part of town. No way in hell I'd go to it after dark...

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 8:42 PM. Reason : If you've never been to the market, you must go this weekend and enjoy!1]

9/25/2006 8:42:04 PM

2 little watermelons + 7 apples + 1 tomato + 1 sunflower = $10

i love the farmer's market!

9/29/2006 3:13:36 PM

i'm going this weekend to pick out pumpkins
least that's the plan

9/29/2006 3:14:12 PM

they had TONS of pumpkins! all really pretty, too!

9/29/2006 3:32:21 PM

i was going to pick out pumpkins as well, but my mother informed me its too early, and they will rot. she told me to wait until mid oct esp if you are using them for carving.

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9/29/2006 3:33:58 PM

Good Morning America was there live this morning. So the market cant suck that bad.

9/29/2006 3:35:43 PM

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"The seafood restaurant is overpriced, and the food is mediocore at best, its own by Kemp's, so no shocker there."

kemp sold it a few years ago to open his own restaurant off of 70

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"The farmer's market restaurant was their first restaurant. They opened Kemps later. It doesn't take a gourmet chef to fry seafood, but that doesn't mean it isn't good food. I approve of it at least."

they have nothing to do with that restaurant

9/29/2006 4:06:49 PM

i visit seldomly.
i dig the seafood place too.
outside shopping has its southern allure.

9/29/2006 4:47:37 PM

the Raleigh Farmers Market is also known as the STATE farmers market, as in the State of NC... it is the largest farmers market w/ the largest selection in the whole State, and the one that all the other large farmers markets are modeled after. i worked there for 2 years part-time driving a forklift... i don't see how anyone could say its not as good as others around, b/c it has the biggest selection of any market in the state, and probly ranks pretty high elsewhere as well... and as for the one in carrboro, the stuff they actually do have there is way overpriced b/c everybody labels it as "organic"

9/30/2006 11:12:57 AM

when I said "around" I didn't really mean in NC

just want to make that clear, again

I like the Raleigh farmer's market

9/30/2006 12:17:31 PM

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"The seafood restaurant is overpriced, and the food is mediocore at best, its own by Kemp's, so no shocker there."

Where in the hell can you get a better deal on seafood than that?

9/30/2006 7:42:54 PM

That is a great market, I miss the hell out of it.

9/30/2006 9:29:36 PM

i just ate my last apple, really want to go to the Farmer's Market.. but doubt anyone is there

10/6/2006 2:37:57 PM

i used to go all the time but now i live in florida and i haven't found one near my house

10/6/2006 2:59:33 PM

Has anyone seen fuji apples at the farmers market? I can't ever find them

10/6/2006 3:13:08 PM

Shrimp Sandwich at the seafood building FTW

10/6/2006 3:15:06 PM

do they have boiled peanuts?

10/6/2006 4:55:40 PM

last weekend there was one vendor (that I noticed) out there with boiled peanuts, on the west end of the front building

10/6/2006 5:33:09 PM