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Just received this email announcement from the City of Alexandria:

The City of Alexandria and the Upper King Street Neighborhood Association proudly announce the opening of the 2008 Upper King Street Fresh Farmers Market on Wednesday, August 13 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The market will be located at the King Street Gardens Park (1806 King St.) just a few steps from the King Street Metro. It will be open rain or shine every Wednesday through October 29.

The Fresh Farmers™ Market will offer area residents and commuters the opportunity to shop for fresh, locally grown produce, home made goods and bakery items. It will be an exciting addition to the hugely successful weekend farmers™ markets at Market Square, the West End, and in Del Ray.

For additional information, call Debra Monahan, Upper King Street Neighborhood Association at 703.683.1696.

http://www.upperkingstreet.org/farmersmarketfrontpage.htm

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Just received this email announcement from the City of Alexandria:

The City of Alexandria and the Upper King Street Neighborhood Association proudly announce the opening of the 2008 Upper King Street Fresh Farmers Market on Wednesday, August 13 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The market will be located at the King Street Gardens Park (1806 King St.) just a few steps from the King Street Metro. It will be open rain or shine every Wednesday through October 29.

The Fresh Farmers™ Market will offer area residents and commuters the opportunity to shop for fresh, locally grown produce, home made goods and bakery items. It will be an exciting addition to the hugely successful weekend farmers™ markets at Market Square, the West End, and in Del Ray.

For additional information, call Debra Monahan, Upper King Street Neighborhood Association at 703.683.1696.

http://www.upperkingstreet.org/farmersmarketfrontpage.htm

Thanks for posting this. A while back, I spoke with the gentleman who oversees the Old Town market on Saturday and he told me that they were trying to get a market up and running during the week at the tri-corner hat :lol: . Glad to see it's happening!

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Just a reminder for those interested. The Farmers' Market begins today, Wednesday August 13, 2008. Per the press release, "the market features locally grown produce, baked goods and dairy products as available. The market will run rain or shine Wednesdays, August 13 through October 29 from 3 to 7 p.m. It is located at the King Street Gardens Park (1806 King St.), just a few steps from the King Street Metro. "

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Just a reminder for those interested. The Farmers' Market begins today, Wednesday August 13, 2008. Per the press release, "the market features locally grown produce, baked goods and dairy products as available. The market will run rain or shine Wednesdays, August 13 through October 29 from 3 to 7 p.m. It is located at the King Street Gardens Park (1806 King St.), just a few steps from the King Street Metro. "

Thanks for the info.

And Go Blue! :lol:

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I like the "as available" disclaimer in the press release. I was wondering how they would come up with vendors this late in the season, but they have a few good produce options with Bigg Riggs and D&S Farms. Greenstone Fields was new to me, with beautiful flowers and tomatoes from a neighbor's farm as theirs aren't quite ripe yet. A nice little stop and it's nice to have so close to home, but I do hope they can beef it up with some other vendors!

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The N. Old Town market had a nice little crowd today with some being folks wandering in from nearby offices. Four vendors today:

Bigg Riggs (WVA)

D&S (Southern MD)

Shlagel Farms (Waldorf, MD)

Greenstone Fields (Wheatland, VA)

There was plenty of beautiful produce, flowers and canned goods.

I bought a couple heirloom tomatoes. The sign said that they are heirloom yellow stripe. They look like "hillbilly". Large yellow and red on the outside, with the inside looking like a blood orange. The taste was very sweet, and the flesh was meaty. A magnificent tomato worth every penny. I paired it with leftover chevre.

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The Upper King Street Fresh Farmers Market reopened yesterday. Got in before the monsoon and was pleased to see quite a few more vendors than last year -- particularly excited to see Cibola Farms has joined. Breadline, Vera's Bakery, Maribeth's Bakery, Tom the Cheese Guy (of Del Ray & West End), Shlagel, Bigg Riggs, and a new favorite, Long Hollow Ecological Farms. Photos here.

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Just FYI - this market is closed/non-existent, as I learned yesterday afternoon.

As an alternative....keep walking a block or two, and you can take advantage of the Old Town Whole Foods Winesday event. $5 the first time, $4 after that (if you bring your glass back), will get you 5 wine tastings with paired hors d'oeuvre size food tastings. For about a glass and a half of wine and a reasonably filling amount of food, it's not a bad deal. 5-7pm every Wednesday.

(not it's not a farmers market... but there's wine!)

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