Columbia Pike Farmers Market — Attraction in Arlington

Generally love this place (I live down the street and go at least twice a month), but I think the quality of some of the stands is slipping. The place that sells salsa and tamales sold me fully FROZEN GUACAMOLE today---didn't realize until I got home. Who puts expensive guacamole in a freezer????? If I had time to wait for guacamole to defrost, I would just buy some avocados from the store and make it myself. Also, some of the produce at the bottom of my baskets was quite damaged---again, didn't see it until I got it home. and I didn't buy them but I saw some obviously inedible tomatillos (waterlogged and blackened) in a tiny basket with regular ones, being sold for around $5 a pop. $5 for 5 tomatillos---and 2 of the 5 are totally...

I stop at this local farmer's market almost every Sunday. I love the fresh produce from farms around us, including seasonal items like pumpkins and apple cider, and other goods, such as baked items, jams, sausages, and soaps. Farmers bring produce from WV, PA, and other nearby states. The market is small, but I always find something. I think it closes around 2:00 p.m., and you can park in the Rite-Aid lot behind the...

Pretty small farmers market, a lot of it being businesses advertising vs actual produce places. The produce that is there is very good, we got some fresh apples that were better than anything you can get at a grocery store. We also bought a few small decorative pumpkins and apple cider. What we did get was great, but it doesn't compare to the amount of options at the falls church farmers market, where we...