SIZE

Medium-sized – around 7 stands.

VENDORS

Pleasant vendors, a bit cynical. Eager to sell their food and passionate about good-quality food. 

Samples: No samples displayed; only when asked.

QUALITY OF FOOD

Sophisticated and interesting food. Chocolate is especially delicious. Cherry Lane Farms offers all natural vegetables.  Bread Alone has hand made natural and organic baked goods. American Seafood offers unfarmed, wild seafood. Samascott Orchards’ fruit is fresh, crisp and minimally sprayed.

VARIETY

Vegetables (Cherry Lane Farms): 

Beans (Green and Wax), Beets, Broccoli, Carrots,  Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Eggplants, Garlic, Kirbys, Onions, Potatoes, Squash, Swiss Chard, Zucchini.

Fruit: 

Whole: Apples (Geneva, Lodi, Empire, Mutsu, Vista Bella, Jonagold, Fuji), Apricots, Blackberries, Blueberries, Cherries (Sweet, Sour), Gooseberries, Peaches, Tomatoes (Jersey, Heirloom).

Fruit Products: Apple Cider, Apple Sauce.

Bread Products (Bread Alone):

Baked Goods: Scones, Pastries, Danishes, Cakes, Muffins, Cookies, Breads (Sliced, Baguettes, Rolls), Paninis, Pastries.

Seafood (American Seafood):

Lobster, Scallops, Mahi Tuna, Swordfish, Monkfish, Hake, Clams, Oysters, Sole, Haddock.

Animal Byproducts:

Goat Cheese (Hard and Soft).

Miscellaneous:

Honey

Wood Homestead: Maple Syrup, Maple Candy, Maple Sugar, Sorghum Syrup.

Organic Chocolate.

SEASONAL CONSISTENCE

The only produce the market did not offer on this day but that was in season was cabbage, lettuce, peppers, radishes, spinach and turnips.

WHAT’S UNIQUE?

The 82^nd Street Greenmarket is one of the only ones I’ve seen to offer organic chocolate.  The chocolate itself is delectable – it has the perfect sweetness, yet retains its strong cocoa flavor. In addition, the Maple Candy and Sugar that Wood Homestead offers is extremely useful; many people have sweet teeth, and maple candy is one of the the most amazing, least processed candy one can find out there.  In addition, maple sugar is a refreshing twist to regular sugar.  Lastly, the 82^nd Street Greenmarket offered every fruit in season at the time, a feat I have seen no other Greenmarket achieve thus far.  

PRICING

Relatively high prices.

Wood Homestead Maple Syrup: $6/half pint

American Seafood Lobster: $9.99/lb

Blueberries: $4/box

ACTUALLY LOCAL?

The food offered at the 82^nd Street Greenmarket is very local; farm locations range from Ulster County, New York to Cumberland County, New Jersey. 

CONVENIENCE

The 82^nd Street Greenmarket is shaped like a “T:” one segment of the T is on the sidewalk of 82^nd between 1^st and York, and the other is inside a park tangent to the sidewalk. Gated and lush with trees, scattered benches and people, the park is a great hang-out and eating area for all who enjoy the outdoors.  The Greenmarket is not very near the other markets, so it is essential in its place, and hoards of people visit it every Saturday up until it closes.  Some loyal customers come religiously!

NAVIGATION

Easy to navigate.

EBT Stamps Not Accepted.

FINAL COMMENTS

If the market had meat and more dairy, I think it would thrive even more in the community, and the residents could also rely upon it for all of their groceries.  Because almost all of the food is gone by 3 PM, the vendors should stock more food at the market if possible, so that people aren’t disappointed if they sleep in on a Sunday. Otherwise, the market is brilliant!