Great mushroom stand , the mushrooms were awesome and the women that sold me the mushrooms are very…read morebeautiful ....

I've been to a number of Farmers Markets throughout Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. From the…read moremarket in Daley Center to markets on the near west side, Lombard, Brookfield, Skokie, and now Riverside. While parking can be questionable at some locations the regular and handicap parking here seems plentiful within the the square and the entire area has both a true small town feel and also a big local park feel with trees and flowers. For an afternoon Farmers Market there was a full supply of vendors during each of my visits. Many have mentioned the knife sharpening and after I had a pair of scissors sharpened I'm also a believer. With many vendors offering multiple types of veggies and plants there is a lot to look at. While I didn't buy raw honey (not super processed or pasteurized so most people say it has better health benefits and and fuller flavor) here at Riverside yet, I expect to need some at the start of the next season. There are multiple Amish vendors and I was lucky to spend a while talking to one of the Amish families about their farm and some of their core values. I've worked directly with a few different Amish families in Illinois and Indiana and have found each to be an unique experience. If you have time to talk to some of them or buy your veggies or baked goods from them you'll love the experience. Some people I've spoken to treat a Farmers Market like a bartering flea market but I find the quality to be high and prices reasonable and don't think that it's appropriate to ask a farmer or baker to lower their price when they have put some high labor in to their products. Hard work should be rewarded.

The market has gone down hill in my opinion... there is limited space for vendors, but we're still…read morefed repeat booths at one market. Additionally, many vendors, including the village/market, use AI advertising and branding. Why should I spend my time at your booth if you can't spend time doing actual marketing?

Parking available on the street or in the adjacent commuter lot. Clean! Lots of vendors for arts,…read morecrafts, food and miscellany. Booths are spaced out a bit, so the shopping experience is not crowded and close, definitely a plus in the summer heat and humidity! There are a few picnic tables in a grassy area, with a bit of live entertainment. Nice!

Well, decided to bump this up one star because they are really trying to make this work and for…read moresome reason I am starting to like this Farmer's Market. Although it was not the most pleasant day weather - wise - - gray and somewhat drizzly at times AND my favorite vendor, Sputnik Coffee is no longer participating, I still enjoyed the market today. I really enjoyed chatting a little with some of the vendors: Pixie Dust Salts - sea salt mixtures like vanilla, lavendar, rosemary ; John Bailey Honey (Keisha is a delightful young lady that introduced me to the products) - not only honey, various fruit jams, applesauce ; two produce vendors : Steve Frank Farms and Cedillo's Fresh Produce. There's Running Mile Hot Sauce and Yvolina's Tamales. There was an info booth about using Link cards at farmers markets and another about the McKinley Park News. There was also a face painter. Not Just Cookies was sold out and gone by the time I got there slightly before 1 pm. According to the newsletter Broken K Ranch, Made a Mano and The Urban Canopy also participate. I noticed that from 10 am to 11 am there is "Yoga at the Farmers Market". Bring your mat, water, towel and optional blocks and strap. Suggested donation is $5. https://mckinleypark.news/events/full-calendar/event/9251-yoga-at-the-farmers-market On some market days, there is entertainment. You can check the news letter for weekly info on the market. https://mckinleypark.news/events/featured-events/event/9218-mckinley-park-farmers-market You can sign up to receive emails about McKinley Park that will update you weekly about the Farmers Market and other happenings in the area. This is a rather pretty location for a farmers market. Because it is in the park, it seems more relaxed to me. I really liked it last year when Sputnik Coffee was here. I heard they are trying to find another coffee vendor and I sure hope they are successful! I also would like to see another bakery vendor and hopefully both will be reasonably priced and well stocked also! Farmers Market - Review #1 McKinley Park Neighborhood - Review #1

3 stars for showing potential in an underappreciated venue: McKinley Park…read more Yoga in the park was well attended. Good deal for 1 hour at five bucks. Or was that the minimum donation? Take care of your instructor! There was a cool truck with free pizza samples. Cauliflower crust tho. My brother loves that but I'm old fashioned. A bakery had a wide array of cookies. Hot sauce table. Only one produce vendor that I can recall. The organizers need to step up their efforts to get farmers into the farmers market. That's the draw for city people: produce. How about herb vendors? Cheese? This is a great spot and this FarMar needs more attention.

This has been on my list for sometime, one of those I'll get around to it, I'm glad I finally did…read more I wish they were here years ago when I took Ogden Ave. to get to work. So be advised that this is a little out of the way, but really just a little or you can take the "L" and get off at Central Park. If you make your way to Riot Fest, you can find this easy peasy. The payoff, you get to support a jobs and teaching program. It's a partnership between Lawndale Christian Health and the Chicago Botanic Garden's Windy City Harvest. What else do you get, a bevy of freshly grown (most there) vegetables, tomatoes, lettuces, kale, radishes, peppers, beets on and on. If it's not grown on site they tell you where it came from. They had some pineapple and grapefruit, we know those weren't grown here. Pricing is very reasonable, better than you find at some of the neighborhood farmers markets. I bought a healthy bag of stuff for 16 bucks, and that includes one of their reusable tote bags for 2 bucks. So glad to see a worthwhile program that brings healthy food and a jobs program to the Lawndale neighborhood. Definitely repeatable.

I finally made it out to Farm on Ogden after contemplating a few times post completion of workouts…read moreat Lawndale Christian Fitness Center. Luckily, it was open until 6:00 PM the Saturday of my visit or I would have prolonged it until who knows when. Farm on Ogden stopped me while enroute to a restaurant the evening of my visit; offering me a much healthier choice to eat in comparison. I visited with an interest of purchasing a salad similar to one I had purchased days ago at Green Tomato Cafe, a cafe attached to Lawndale Christian Health Center. But more importantly I wanted to see what produce items were available for purchase. My introduction to Farm on Ogden was at the 2018 Lawndale 5k where it was mentioned that the proceeds from the race support the farm, which at the time I had no idea of. In time I learned about it after visits to Lawndale Christian Health Center - Fitness Center & Green Tomato Cafe. This visit felt like an adventure because rarely do I encounter or let alone visit an indoor farm. Highly intrigued by the presence of its greenhouse and aquaponics system which I will have to sign up for a tour in the future to learn about. As much as I wanted to ask questions about it at the time of my visit, the time was limited and I was quite positive that I would learn about it in the future eventually. Anything that contributes to the growth of a community by offering healthier foods, jobs, and education I am all for. And Farm on Ogden does so with its partnership with Lawndale Christian Health Center and Chicago Botanic Garden - Windy City Harvest. There are opportunities for anyone including veterans and adults with criminal backgrounds. If you drive, there are no worries about parking because it has its own private lot with street parking available as well. And if you do not drive, yet familiar with Chicago Transit Authority the farm sits right outside of CTA Central Park - Pink line making it an easy commute to-and-from. I made it no secret to one of the employees that I would be returning in the near future after what I discovered. Even though I live outside of the Lawndale community, it is heartwarming knowing that my contributions to not only Farm on Ogden, but Lawndale Christian Health Center are meaningful. ~Blessings~ Thomas G

If you're interested in a farmers market this could be your place. Many advertised farmers markets…read moredon't have much in the way of farmer's goods ... they are more like notions and candles and soaps, rather than carrots and peas and plants. But this one was a pleasant surprise. Many farmer vendors offering a nice assortment of farm goods and some vendors with bakery items. There were a lot of berries offered also, since it was close to berry season. There were probably two dozen canopies with vendors at this site. There was a lot of shade offered by the trees in the area, and there was room to move around - for your wagon or stroller for example. Easy parking right on the street, and the market location is very near downtown LaGrange. This is a winner, so give it a try.

Wow!!! Free trees…read moreand butterfly-attracting flower seeds, gourds and punkins and apples and amazing looking bread, pastries, dips, fresh flowers and vegetables and everyone happy and relaxed and friendly. ;) only open for three more weeks I thought I read somewhere. Go!

Wow this Farmers Market is truly a market, mushrooms, collards, pastries, fruit and many flowers…read more Street parking was not a hassle on Saturday morning. The crowd was manageable and we didn't experience no buffoonery. I'm going back because I had a greedy spirit and finished my treats from Pleasant House Pub and Royal pies. Shepherd pie Peach hand pie Spinach & cheese pie GONE is it Saturday yet?

I'm sorry, I really wanted to like this market. Don;t get me wrong, the vendors were great and we…read morebought more than we should have, honestly. But there are some significant issues. From outside in, the parking sucks. All very narrow street parking. Good luck. Then just finding the market is a challenge. An almost unmarked door just down from a coffee shop. What is this, some kind of speakeasy? Once you're in you're looking at two rooms of about 8 vendors per room. Kinda weak. And only maybe 2 of them were actual "farmers". The others had juices or baked goods or breakfast burritos or whatever. Not bad, just not exactly farmers market items en mas. The venue is...weird. It's like an artist coop or something. Really poorly suited to the market. The first thing I noticed was the smoke from cooking (burned?) breakfast foods hanging in the air. Less than ideal. The prices are stupid. Like stupid high. Sure, you expect that from "artisanal", "organic", "small batch", etc stuff. But this was over the top. $8 for a loaf of bread less than 1/3 of a loaf at any other bakery is stupid. The vendors are great, the quality is great. The space, both inside and out sucks, and the prices border on criminal. I suggest you look around for other venues if you are on a budget.

Now Yelpers, listen up, do you SUFFER from Hayfever like I do??…read moreHere's a secret to save you money and make you less miserable: Buy local honey at this market (a bottle is $10--way cheaper than OTC Zertec or Claritin) and eat a tablespoon a day. Before you know it, your allergies will be gone. Why?! Because the bees roam around the city and pollinate from the same plants that give your that runny nose and those itchy eyes. Think of it as a painless immunization. The beekeeper has her beehives right behind at her Carpenter Street house. If you really get into it, you can work a deal with the caring beekeeper to purchase a huge bucket for several months. And the honey is BEE-LICIOUS! (yes, that was lame). More Good News: Gosh, what a cute cultural market! The salespeople are so sweet and friendly. The love for what they specialize in or do shines through in their smiles. The market is like none of the others in the city due to its Latin American cultural roots and flavors. They have private, original art for sale (meet the artisans themselves), fresh vegetables, breakfast items, coffee/tea/mate, delicious-looking pastries, dog treats, and my favorite...local honey products. They even have a great looking website (listed above). The Bad News: While it is VERY small (10 tents possibly), they have a great variety of local products. Bring cash! :) The VERY Bad News: You'll have to wait until next year ;(. The market only runs (well this past year) on Sundays from July 27th until October 26th 9 am to 2 pm. ---- Featured in the Weekly Yelp-Chicago "Farmers Market Almanac" on June 2, 2009: http://www.yelp.com/weekly?editorial_id=W8Z6vofGex0KswvVq8Uxhw

Agreed, it's a small Farmer's Market but still worth a visit. I always feel great about supporting…read morelocal farmers and merchants and the bonus is I get good treats to eat. Today we stopped there after grabbing some coffee on 18th and Carpenter ;-). We picked up some juicy tomatoes, corn, onions, grape tomatoes, potatoes and garlic. I also grabbed some chicken and mole and ground beef and potatoes empanadas on the way out for our lunch. We reheated them on the panini grill at lunch time. I also scored some fun peach jam. Can't wait to go back next week and try the fresh bread, pastries, vegetarian tamales and tarts. I figure we will take our own "carry out" bags to do good for the environment and take a blanket with so we can turn our Farmer's Market walk into a Sunday picnic. Farmer's Market ends Oct. 28 for 2013. I'm sad I didn't start going sooner but I plan on grabbing some treats from now til then.

This Farmers Market is super manageable. There are only a couple duplicate vendors…read more All vendors are friendly. The products sold are all delicious I would highly recommend

Thank You Thursday Review…read more Evergreen Park Farmers Market is one of my favorite places.  Open Thursdays from 7 am to 1 pm -  May thru October, I sure miss them from November thru April! My favorite vendor is Dotson Farm, where I purchase herbs and flowers for my garden in May/June. A variety of vegetables are enjoyed throughout the season. The plants/veggies are healthy and the prices are reasonable.  Also,  among our favorite stops are the Amish vendor and the coffee vendor.  For more info on the farmers market,  please see my previous reviews.  Thank you,  Evergreen Park Farmers Market.   Looking for to visiting again next year!