We had just went food shopping when the Cyclospira virus surfaced. I eat a lot of fruits and salad…read moreand consequently deep sixed all the fruits and vegetables we had just purchased. Today for the 1st time we went to the Raleigh Farmers Market and was absolutely shocked at their offerings. All the vendors are eager to serve and please so, we loaded up on fruits and vegetables. I'm so happy I'm back to my normal diet. From this day forward I will always support the local farmers and never again buy fruits and vegetables from the grocery store.

We LOVED this place. I've been to large farmer's markets before ( some bigger, some smaller) but…read morethis one is great. It has a lot to offer w\o being too big or small. Visited recently late on a Sunday ( maybe an hour before they closed) Great location with plenty of parking. Besides fresh produce, it also has fresh fish, a seafood restaurant, and a few other specialty shops. Open 7 days a week, I would go all the time if I lived in the area. But like most farmer's markets, "most" prices are no cheaper than your local grocery store, but the selecatiosn here are great. Espeially now in the Fall with tiomns of pumpkins & gourds, Saw stands with huige selections of plants & shrubs for home gardens & landscaping. Bought some fresh NC corn & honey. One stand had a HUGE selection of almost every pepper I ever heard off. Cant wait to go back. ( no pets!)

LOVE to support local businesses - and this spot has wonderful fruits and vegetables. The tomatoes…read moreand watermelon are awesome ALREADY!!! Lovely hanging baskets. Local honey, salsa, sweet potato butter and more. YUMMMM!!!

What a wonderful adjunct to Taylor's! I've lived in the area for 35 years and have watched Taylor's…read moremorph many times. I grieved when Gail passed unexpectedly. I have enjoyed seeing the transformation of a gas and bait store into a tremendously varied wine, beer, food, exotic tonic waters, and yes, gas and bait store :-) Now, during the growing season, you can get fresh, locally sourced produce! My absolute favorite is heirloom tomatoes. I almost hate to say that because the good ones are so hard to find! Trust me, add some basil, good balsamic vinegar, and virgin olive oil and you will think you're in heaven. So, I guess Crazy Lady's is not quite as crazy as you might think:) Between the two, you have an unbeatable combination. Cheers, y'all, Dr. Ray

short review for a short visit…read more Went a bit after Christmas 2025, and it was cold out, and all of the indoor venues were closed for renovations, and the outside vendors that they had were very sparce, and the same. They all had clothing or shoes for sale, of which, the quality was not as good as thrift shop. I will come back again in the spring, if the renovations are complete.

What a disappointment. This is basically just a junk/garage sale. Booth after booth of old faded…read moredirty stuff.

This place is really cute. The selection of locally sourced items is great, they range from pasta…read morefrom Melina's and Redneck BBQ Lab Sawse to fresh seafood and produce. I need to make it a point to visit more often to support local.

I passed by this cute little farm stand/market on my backroads way of taking my oldest son back to…read moreNC State and decided I would stop by on my way back into Holly Springs. I was very surprised to see all of the local sauces and condiments on display. I was pleasantly greeted and it was a very pleasurable experience. There's local beef, pork, and seafood along with some very beautiful and fresh vegetables. I was also taken back to my childhood when I spotted NEHI sodas in the soda case. I will definitely be frequently this to support local farmers. I purchased a watermelon, cabbage, local pork sausage, frozen field peas, and sodas.

If you haven't been GO !!…read more Fresh produce, great customer service and as soon as you hit the door it feels like home . This is just the place I'm super happy I was able to visit .

Staff was friendly and helpful! Store was clean and organized. Prices were fair and reasonable…read more Lots of good, healthy and holistic options! I can't wait to try the orange watermelon, mullein and nettle! If I lived local, I would come and get my produce here!! I'll be back!

I've generally been pretty pleased with Papa Spud's. I've been seeking to purchase organic and…read morelocal now for maybe about seven or eight years now. I switched from Whole Foods to Weaver Street Market back in 2012, and then when the Durham Food Co-op opened I started going there also; however, without a car the distance just got to be too much. It was nice sometimes to read the news on my phone while on the bus system, but I decided it just took too much time, energy, and effort to go from Raleigh to Chapel Hill or from Raleigh to Durham for food shopping. So the system I have now is to buy grains and other non-perishables from Thrive Market and then fresh produce via Papa Spud's. The first order that I made from Papa Spud's was in February of 2017. I like the newsletters that they include in every box and I read them when the box arrives. There's news about farms in the area and farming, recipes, storage tips and other content. So other than that a few times I was away and forgot to cancel the order in time. But I still remembered before the actual delivery. So I just let them know that far enough in advance and they could just donate the box to charity. I had to pay for the food, but I didn't have to deal with a box of spoiled food when I got back that could attract bugs, etc. And plus the box went to charity. Overall I'd say it's been good quality. In terms of quality I remember that Papa Spud's ran a newsletter piece about food waste and people's expectations of what food ought to look like. They pointed out that a lot of food that wouldn't be likely to cause a health problem in a human nevertheless gets thrown away (or possibly eaten by animals) because people don't want to buy it and eat it. Or when they are at a grocery store they decide to pick something else. Maybe say for example because it is oddly shaped. Or another example would be that purple carrots may not sell as well in a store than orange carrots. Looking in the history section of the Wikipedia article on carrot one can see that carrots actually can range in color. There is a photo there with carrots of all different colors arranged in a circle. In the article it talks about the question of whether orange carrots were grown in the 17th century by Dutch growers to honor the Dutch flag (which was orange as it was based on the flag of Prince William of Orange-Nassau). So I had heard that before. A person by the name of Jonathan Bloom who lives in Durham wrote a book called American Wasteland about food waste in the United States which made similar points to the Papa Spud's newsletter article. Even so I could comment that they provide a way for customers to let them know if food arrives in a damaged state. I could say that I have used that so far on one occasion when I saw some mold on a strawberry. Rob M. also responded in a comprehensive way to a question that I had related to the extent of tobacco farming in the area. I read a bit about organic tobacco farming some time ago. As far as I know there hasn't been any major finding that smoking organic tobacco doesn't have the same health effects as smoking conventional tobacco. One final comment is that there are other delivery services. So doing Google searches I landed on a website called LocalHarvest.org (my brother works at the University of British Columbia Farm and had heard of the site). There was a review of one of the delivery services which stated that this provider doesn't say the source farm for the produce. The review said that they didn't want to use that because of labor conditions at certain farms. Papa Spud's will report the name of the farm although there isn't any way to search for a particular farm. In my case I'm often just buying the same veggies from the same farms (sweet potatoes, collards, kale from Wise Farms and Cox Farms). I believe I also purchased from both of their farm stands when I used to go to the North Carolina State Farmers Market. I don't know the labor conditions on all the different farms in the area, but I think it was that review that led me to pick Papa Spud's.

customer service could use a lot of work. Not helpful and condescending when we were trying to…read moreremedy the situation, which was just simply giving them our new credit card information. Big bummer. We went with another local instead.

Unfortunately this farmer market has less than 10 vendors and quite small. Not a lot of optionread more

Five years after starting, this is still a great market. In fact, it just keeps getting better!…read more They have a new addition, a knife sharpner who does a terrific job. We had several knives done recently and they are nice and sharp now! He also does scissors and even garden tools. He's got you covered for sure! The produce is always fresh and the pastries are divine too! Supporting our local farmers, bakers and fishermen (and women too) never felt better!