Local Take: A marvelous mid-week mid-day medium sized Farmers Market in the great Northern…read moreSB/"almost" South SLO area. As some of you who follow me well know, I am totally a fan of all things Farmers Markets or Farm Stands, so it is surprising that I took so long to check this one out. It's direct competitor is also on Weds., but is in the morning in Arroyo Grande at 8AM. As far as I can tell, this is mostly a local relatively unknown FM by SLO County Standards. It was definitely COVID safety aware, has good spacing between vendors & the open air helps alot. It was not too busy when we went the other week. In terms of relative costs here, they are fair for what you get, especially considering much is fresh picked that very morning. At least a few of the same Farmers do the AM one in AG, and then drive down to SM to do this one. A marvelous one, from the Central Valley grows quite a few Asian Veggies, which are hard to get, such as Sweet Potato leaves & more pedestrian Bok Choy & such. A newer vendor grows some nice mushrooms, but they are not the kind for "Microdosing". Even though it is close to X-mas, the selection of local Farm Fresh Veggies was impressive. For those who have not tried beautiful, rare, & yummy Yellow Squash Flowers, they were plenty at one stand. Squash Flowers are delicate & need to be made the same day. Sautés with butter & garlic. Some Italian restaurants ruin the delicate flavor by stuffing & deep frying them. There are some Mexican Food trucks & stands, crafts, flowers, Honey, Lavender, Swap Meet style goods, & a good selection from various Farmers. Everyone was in a good mood, vendors & customers were quite friendly, & it was a nice place to stock up on great eats. All this action takes place in the parking lot on the opposite side of the Central Large Mall in Santa Maria. While it happens in the parking lot, the parking lots next to it, have tons of room to spare, which are next to the Rite Aid in this older outdoor strip mall. This Rite Aid also does COVID & Flu shots...they have a walk in from 2-3PM. There are a few other shops & eateries here as well. You can take a trip up to the walkway & also check out the main Mall for other shopping needs. We use a trip to events such as this as an excess to shop at the largest Mexican Supermarkets in the area, which sadly has very little local products...but they do have some harder to find ethnic foods, like Taro. Demographically, most local Farm Workers really cannot afford even what they pick, let alone the "organic" price premium. The question is, is it worth the trip? Please check out my pics & see for yourself. Overall, the Veggies here are far fresher, healthier, & cheaper than Whole Paycheck market. If you happen to driving on the 101 for other reasons, this is a nice diversion, & a great way to load up on all kinds of goodies on a trek North or South. It is close to the corner of Broadway & Main St. Please support our local essential Farmers & other small buisness vendors.

It's smaller in scale but there are some great finds here. Especially the deal you get at the…read moreSkyline Florist truck with all those lilies and stargazers. Great deal. The value on the other offerings are ok. Nice selection of local produce, fresh kettle corn, and elotes (roasted corn).

Update! One month in, and Blosser's CSA box delivery continues to rock my socks. Everything has…read morebeen fresh and delicious. Knowing it's all grown locally makes it even better. All produce is organic, so sometimes there are quite a few little buggos to rinse off (fill a large salad bowl halfway to the brim and wash veggies in it, transferring them to a colander as you go. Then repeat. This is the best way to save water! A running tap is no good.) One head of broccoli was pretty full of aphids, and if I'm going to eat bugs I want it to be with informed consent! But a good wash solved that. Thanks, Blosser! You brighten my pandemic kitchen. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely love our vegetables we have been receiving. It is only 2 of us, we buy the whole share…read moreand eat everything all week long. Add a little meat, pick up a few extra veggies at the market. Since doing this my husband and I have collectively lost over 50 lbs since last fall when we started. Easy to put a bag on hold if we are gone. Beautiful produce and lots of it! Love love love it!

Wonderful Filipino market! This place has custom items for Filipino, cooking and hard to find…read moreingredients at the regular supermarkets. They also carry Filipino brands. I purchased some items from the frozen food section just to try them out. Prices are reasonable on hard to find items. There's a wide selection of gluten-free flours which might be cheaper than going to the regular supermarket to get the item.

Everything you need to curb your Filipino cravings, from snacks to ingredients to make all your…read morepinoy cuisine dishes !!! And reasonably priced !!

Under new ownership. Service was good and friendly. The waters were really good before with old…read moreowners, it's preference. This may be a typical way it's prepared by new owners, but we did not like. THIS REVIEW IS FOR MAIN ST. & BLOSSER LOCATION. other reviews I've noted were for the mall and Enos locations.

Went to the location in the mall, had a terrible experience. The fruit was fine and all, but the…read moreservice was horrible. The workers seem like they don't want to be there, all they're doing is laughing and playing music in the back room. Your fruit was just fine, but the services need to be improved.

Kem Farms brought an assortment of Berries to the Divisadero Farmers Market San Francisco…read more Today Black, Straw Blue, and Raspberries graced the farmers market via Kem's.

I bought a red bell pepper, strawberries, a medley of cherry tomatoes, and nectarines. Very…read morereasonably priced. Just absolutely delicious. Just look at the pictures! I wish I lived closer to this cute stand and not 3 hours away!

It's a really great farm stand with more produce behind the store front. Just walk in further to…read moreexplore! I am not sure why Yelp noted that this offers validated parking. You just park in the dirt so it's free to park! We were passing by and wanted to pick up some fresh strawberries. They were the best strawberries that I've had this summer season! I also saw that they had cherries but they were ripe and ready and I didn't know if we would eat them in time. We also enjoyed a bag of kettle corn for the road.

Great prices, very healthy plants and friendly service. Great selection of succulents.read more

Small venue. But excellent healthy plants!…read more I plan to return with my truck to get a few of the more mature plants. Helpful and friendly atmosphere.

Solid. The service was nice and the workers were efficient. Solid deal, you get bbq sauce, chips,…read moreand a sandwich. I got the BBQ tri tip sandwich. The meat was thinly sliced. Great establishment.

Wifey and I swung by to pick up a couple of things from Spencer's tonight. One of our stops…read moreincluded Spencer's excellent hot/deli counter and we were attended by Elaina. Both Wifey and I have historical, fond memories of our days in food service and Elaina is arguably the best person we've encountered in many, many years as it relates to product knowledge, customer service, customer interaction, & attention to detail. As silly as it my read to many, we're pretty particular on how our cold cuts/cheese are shaved/sliced and Elaina had no issues with our requests and actually complimented them. She made some on-point (for us) suggestions, could carry a conversation, all the while promptly handling what we ordered, then was prepared to engage the next customer behind us. On top of making as feel at home, she also shared with us some aspects of Spencer's that we didn't know; they are now baking their own bread rolls fresh, to include (apparently quick to disappear) jalapeño rolls! We've had some pretty cavalier deli personnel of late, but Elaina is a gem and Spencer's collectively has never disappointed us.