demandalicious Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Has anyone been to the Foggy Bottom farmers market on Wednesdays, and is it worth checking out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Has anyone been to the Foggy Bottom farmers market on Wednesdays, and is it worth checking out? I walked through before dinner at NB a few weeks ago. I wasn't impressed but I'm a regular at Dupont, Arlington, Takoma, Claredon and Penn Quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsadler Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Has anyone been to the Foggy Bottom farmers market on Wednesdays, and is it worth checking out? Usually there's 3-4 places selling fruits and vegetables, one meat vendor (pork, veal, sausage), and a guy selling greens (I haven't looked too closely at what he has). Not close to the variety of the other markets, but last week there was good peaches, corn, tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, and berries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentFresh Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Has anyone been to the Foggy Bottom farmers market on Wednesdays, and is it worth checking out? Yes. It's not big by any means, but it's great for stocking up on fresh greens, corn, fruit or bread. Between Dupont Sunday and either Foggy Bottom Wednesday and USDA Friday, there's always fresh stuff that I'm able to grab these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 From the FreshFarm email: Wednesday, April 2: Foggy Bottom FRESHFARM Market reopens for the 2008 season. Located on I Street, NW (New Hampshire Ave., and 24th St., NW), the market is open from 2:30pm to 7pm. At Market: seasonal fruits and vegetables, goat's milk cheese, yogurt, French pastries and breads, pastured-raised meats and eggs, cut flowers, fruit preserves and so much more! Nearest metro is Foggy Bottom (Blue/Orange). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 From the FreshFarm email:Wednesday, April 2: Foggy Bottom FRESHFARM Market reopens for the 2008 season. Located on I Street, NW (New Hampshire Ave., and 24th St., NW), the market is open from 2:30pm to 7pm. At Market: seasonal fruits and vegetables, goat's milk cheese, yogurt, French pastries and breads, pastured-raised meats and eggs, cut flowers, fruit preserves and so much more! Nearest metro is Foggy Bottom (Blue/Orange). *bump* today--2:30-7pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 It's great to see the news about the market at Olney and to see Mt. Pleasant added to the list. Anyone who misses Reid's at Dupont Circle should go to Mt. Pleasant on Saturday where you'll find the circuit's most savvy marketers when it comes to artful set-ups: Tree & Leaf. * * * Now, here's the announcement: According to a reliable source, there were STRAWBERRIES at this market yesterday!!!! Folks, the season cometh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marketfan Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 It's great to see the news about the market at Olney and to see Mt. Pleasant added to the list. Anyone who misses Reid's at Dupont Circle should go to Mt. Pleasant on Saturday where you'll find the circuit's most savvy marketers when it comes to artful set-ups: Tree & Leaf. * * * Now, here's the announcement: According to a reliable source, there were STRAWBERRIES at this market yesterday!!!! Folks, the season cometh. And we also have Reid at little Bloomingdale on Sunday as well. First and R Streets NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Dean Gold (of Dino in Cleveland Park as opposed to the other one) will be starring in the Chef at Market event tomorrow, June 10. Don't know what he's cooking, but he's on the calendar for a demonstration at 4:00 to 5:00 PM. Here's a link to the web site's list of participants, location (behind eponymous Metro stop), and hours (2:30 to 7 PM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola007 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I'd like to report on my visit to the Foggy Bottom market earlier today. It was the second time I've been there. It's a very small market, with a few fresh fruit & veggie vendors, two bakeries (Atwater's and Bonaparte Breads), and some other food vendors like Cavanna's which makes and sells pasta. Today I bought my favorite kalamata olive bread in the whole world, which is made by Atwater's (to say that I was psyched to find it again is a understatement!). Unlike others (Whole Paycheck and Marvelous Market), Atwater's uses whole olives in its olive bread. I swear, you need a microscope to find the olives in Whole Foods' version and Marvelous Market has significantly reduced the size and number of olive pieces it puts in its bread. So, Atwater's bread is fabulous. I understand that they sell at a number of local farmers markets (including the Dupont Market). Besides the bread, I also picked up some giant honeycrisp apples--very crispy and honey-ish (Quaker Orchards). There were lots of apples to taste, but the honeycrisp were the best by far. Tasted a few pears too (red and Bartlet), but wasn't impressed. Last but not least, I also bought some spicy salsa from Sunnyside Farm & Orchard (West Va.) and a couple of OK tomatoes and red bell peppers. On a previous visit, I bought some gnocchi from Cavanna's, and it was delicious. All in all, this is a great little market. It's not too crowded, as friendly vendors, and you can shop at a leisurely pace and taste a lot of good fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola007 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I got there around 6pm this evening--too late for my favorite kalamata olive bread from Atwater's! But I was in time to taste some a-mazing apples from Sunnyside Farm & Orchard (West Va.). And it is true that you learn something new everyday. I tried a Nittany apple for the first time. It was sweet and firm (not as crisp as a honey crisp) and is also good for baking. What I guessed (correctly) is that it was developed at Penn State University. Very yummy apple. I also bought some pink lady apples and a fuji apple too. Sunnyside's honey crisps weren't as good as the ones I bought last time from Quaker Orchards. I went by Quaker Orchard's booth, but didn't get any honey crisps as they were GIGANTIC (larger and heavier than baseballs) and I can only eat so many apples...I took a look at the pears (bosc and bartlet), but was indecisive. I could use a pear advisor. Quaker Orchards had several varieties of apple butter and also honey crisp apple sauce. I bought a jar of sugar-free apple butter for a friend who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. He claims that almost all sugar-free desserts are bad. I hope he likes the apple butter. (I'm not going to tell him about Copper Pot Kettle Company's peach & prossecco jam and all the other sweet stuff I'm buying and eating these days...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I tried a Nittany apple for the first time. ... What I guessed (correctly) is that it was developed at Penn State University. Nittany Lion ftw, right? I'll have to seek those out at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola007 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 What I guessed (correctly) is that it was developed at Penn State University. Nittany Lion ftw, right? I'll have to seek those out at some point. That's right. And it's worth checking out. Although the Foggy Bottom FM is a really small market, what I like is that it's never that crowded and you get a chance to taste a lot of different kinds of fruit. Sunnyside farm had at least 8 or 9 different kinds of apples available for tasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 That's right. And it's worth checking out. Although the Foggy Bottom FM is a really small market, what I like is that it's never that crowded and you get a chance to taste a lot of different kinds of fruit. Sunnyside farm had at least 8 or 9 different kinds of apples available for tasting. FB is my metro stop to get to work. Except I work from home on Wednesdays. Oh, the pain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can anyone tell me if there is a meat vendor at the market these days and if so, their name? I checked the fresh farm site and it doesn't appear that there is, but wanted to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can anyone tell me if there is a meat vendor at the market these days and if so, their name? I checked the fresh farm site and it doesn't appear that there is, but wanted to check. From web site:Farmers/ProducersAtwater's Bakery, Blueberry Hill, Bonaparte Breads, Cavanna Pasta (NEW!), Chris' Marketplace, Gunpowder Bison (NEW!), Haskins Family Farm (NEW!), Lynnvale Flowers, Quaker Valley F&O, Sunnyside F&O It requires one extra step, but after you read this list go to the Home page again and look at "Meet our growers and producers" to learn more about unfamiliar names. Two of the newbies sell meat: bison lots of different ways and at Haskins, poultry, eggs and ham. (You had to pre-order turkeys if that's what you're after, but you could try to find a web site and number to call.) Cavanna's stuffed pasta often includes meat. Chris sells meat-stuffed empanadas in addition to his crab cakes, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSic Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Can anyone tell me if there is a meat vendor at the market these days and if so, their name? I checked the fresh farm site and it doesn't appear that there is, but wanted to check. Depends on if you want Bison meat. There's a vendor that sells bison jerky and bison steaks - forgot what the name was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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