The Bed Stuy Greenmarket (Lewis Ave/MacDonough St, Saturdays) is an extension of the Cadman Plaza/Ft Greene farmers markets and carries a variety of fruits & veggies from different farms throughout the metropolitan area. They also have free-range whole chicken, chicken parts (some already marinated) and sausages. In future weeks, they will be adding milk and eggs and no doubt much else. Like many of the smaller greenmarkets throughout the city, it will be open to the end of November, so you’ll be able to shop there till Thanksgiving. This is its second year.
There wasn’t a massive amount of stuff available, but they certainly cover the basics. I wish there were more exotic items, like, I don’t know, mushrooms, or heirloom tomatoes, or goat cheese, but what there was, was choice. Of course, as the season progresses, it will be different every week.
Simple pleasures: Jewel-like red onions.
Friendly Greenmarket staffers will answer your questions about how to prepare anything they sell.
First corn of the season!
Good-for-you-greens include collards, kale and swiss chard (the end crate holds freshly dug carrots). There’s also heads of lettuce and fresh tomatoes for making salads. There were also red and white potatoes.
My personal bounty (counterclockwise from lower left): beets ($2/bunch), free range chicken–boneless thighs marinated in oil and rosemary ($3/lb), kale ($2/bunch), peaches ($2 for 4), sweet corn–is there any other kind? (5 ears for $2, 50¢ an ear). We had the chicken, corn, peaches and kale for dinner Saturday night. Yum!
I plan to go back every weekend!
If you went to the greenmarket this weekend, what did you buy?
Peaches (so juicy), yellow squash, kale, potatoes. It’s small, yes, but so very nice. And the staff seemed to be having a good time at it, too.
Challenger, I am so happy to read your blog everyday. You go about each day to enlighten your readers about the best of Bedstuy and show the people that beauty does exist within this vast community. A few of the other blogs tend to criticize everything past Bedford Ave. Thanks for spotlighting on the farmers market at Lewis and MacDonough. Keep up the excellent work.
Heirloom tomatoes? Goat cheese?!? BOOJI ALERT, BOOJI ALERT, BOOJI ALERT…
Let he who is without sin cast the first heirloom tomato! Urqhardt, I know for a fact that you and your girlfriend purchase NINE DOLLAR BAGS OF RAINIER CHERRIES. Booji indeed.
Thanks for the compliment, Clinton Hill/Bedstuy Res!
I don’t even know what rainier cherries are!!! Heirloom tomatoes are just the kind your grandma used to grow … different colors, irregular shapes, not the round red plastic things from the supermarket.
Ooo, so glad I saw this. My puppy and I will visit tomorrow instead for going all the way downtown. I just came across your blgo tonight, thanks for listing all of the great things to do.
delicious raspberries, and tasty bacon, if a little on the pricy side.
love the site!
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