Top Ten Places to Visit at the Los Angeles Farmers Market

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The LA Farmers Market on 3rd and Fairfax is an institution. With its low roofs, winding alleys, and low-key advertising, however, it is also hard to know what food and shops are worth the money and effort, and what you can pass on. To fill that void – for tourists and locals alike – I give you: The Top Ten Places to Visit at the Los Angeles Farmers’ Market!

(with maps and more information here)

1. The French Crepe Company: These crepes are amazing, and it is worth a visit to the Farmers Market just to eat them and only them. I love both the dessert and entree crepes. One word for you: nutella.

2. Loteria Grill: The Mexican food here is fantastic, which explains why the lines are always very long.  This is a great place to eat at off hours. My suggestion: try the soups.



3. Moishe’s Restaurant: Stall 336 has some of the best Mediterranean food in Los Angeles. Period. The entire menu is absolutely delicious. If you have crepes for lunch, stick around and make this your dinner.

4. Farm Fresh Produce: While other stalls sell great fruit and veggies, no one sells it for the combination of high quality and low price that you will find here at stall 816.

5. Puritan Poultry: Stall 216 has both high quality produce and highly entertaining butchers who know their products. This is what you go to a farmers market for: the authentic experience of getting good advice from real specialists.


6. Huntington Meats: The meat counterpart to Puritan Poultry, Huntington Meats is home to Dan and Jim, butchers with a capital “B”. They know meat. And they sell lots of it, all of which is tastier than any meat at any grocery store or specialty shop that we have tried in the LA area (and we have tried a lot, as YTP Spouse is a serious carnivore).

7. Sticker Planet: No, this shop is not some weird kind of food. It’s a sticker bonanza. The crafty part of my personality loves Sticker Planet. It is a sight to behold, even if you don’t want to buy any because neither you nor your kids nor your niece nor nephew nor cousin nor friends like stickers (and let’s face it, the odds of that are slim).

8. Mr. Marcel Pain Vin et Fromage: Stall 236 has an amazing menu, but really, it is all about the fondue. Oh, fondue. Where have you been all my life? The wine list is perfectly matched to the cheese extravangaza that awaits you. 

9. T&Y Bakery: Stall 222 is a Turkish bakery shop whose desserts and breads taste as good as they look. Indulge in one if you haven’t already hit the crepe stand (or even if you have!).

10. Kip’s Toyland: Stall 720 is a blast from the past. The games and toys here are what childhood is all about. There is a special emphasis on toys that require imagination and of love of construciton (or deconstruction).

p.s. I was not paid or given any incentive to write these reviews. In fact, I only gathered this information the hard way: by spending by own dollars here over and over and over again. But it was some tasty spending, that’s for sure.

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