NEW ORLEANS – Making groceries in the French Market has just gotten twice as nice.
If you’re looking for fresh produce and seafood, baked goods and preserves and ready to eat items like crepes, coffee, popsicles and juices, you can now visit the French Market’s farmers market pavilion on Wednesdays from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The French Market hosts local food vendors and eateries daily, and will now offer two weekly farmers markets all year long.
When visiting on Wednesdays, lagniappe includes a cooking demonstration at 2:30 p.m. with live music from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This Wednesday, March 25, 2015, catch Chef Jason Goodenough of Carrollton Market and entertainment by The Little Things.
On Saturdays, there will also be cooking demonstrations at 11:00 a.m.
This Saturday, March 28, 2015, catch a demo with Chef Matthew Kopfler from L’enfant Terrible.
Saturday market vendors include:
• French Truck Coffee: Locally roasted coffee offering pour overs, iced coffee and bags of whole beans
• Market Seafood: Fresh gulf seafood
• Lilly Jane: Preserves, herbs, and more
• The Crepe Cart: Fresh made French crepes
• Port Street Garden and Farm: Locally grown produce
• Challah at Me Bread Company: Fresh artisan breads
• Girls Gone Vegan: Vegan and gluten free pastries and treats
• Portera’s Panetteria: Classic Sicilian bakers
• Michael Dickerson: Produce
• Meltdown Pops: Locally made fresh popsicles
• SPROUT Nola: Locally grown produce
• Aunt Deb’s New Orleans Original Products: Handmade organic preserves
Free 2 hour validated parking is available for market shoppers in the French Market’s Riverside lot with a market purchase.
In May of 2014, The French Market Corporation Board of Directors approved a cooperative endeavor between FMC and Market Umbrella to create a year-round weekly farmers market featuring local growers and products, data analysis of community needs, census of market visitors, mentorship of current daily Farmers Market operators, as well as a new food incubator program to train local culinary entrepreneurs.
Market Umbrella currently operates three farmers markets throughout the city. A 501c3 nonprofit corporation, the organization is devoted to cultivating the field of public markets for public good. Crescent City Farmers Markets was established in 1995.
The French Market Corporation is a public benefits corporation that operates six blocks of property in the lower French Quarter, including the iconic farmers and flea market, open daily.
