FRESHFARM Downtown Silver Spring Market — Attraction in Silver Spring

This was a cool farmers' market to visit with family. While the balance tilts more toward prepared food, there is a great contingency of local regular, non-pesticide, and organic farm stalls offering a variety of produce. There were at least a couple Amish stalls, including dairy stalls. I saw two butchers present. One coffee shop and a small variety of brewers and a couple distillers.

Downtown Silver Spring is a pretty good melting pot too. You see a good variety of people in the crowd, from locals and Washingtonians to folks from the surrounding counties, all kinds of cultures, and humorous new-to-the-area yuppies who seem periodically upset/sad that they couldn't use Apple Pay at all the stalls. Immediately surrounding the market is all that Downtown Silver Spring has had to offer since it was finished in the early 2000's.

It's a cool scene and compares very favorably to most other pop-up farmers' markets that are actually in DC. Most of those are smaller and have less options and much less produce and actual whole foods, and are focused on craft...

See end for why only 4 stars. I have been coming here for over 10 years, and have always loved it! A great mix of farm and other vendors are here, several bake shops, distilleries, and more! I am glad that the market continues, and has restrictions for safety. At least half of the vendors from other years continue to sell here, and there are even some new ones. BUT they do not allow any eating anywhere in the market! There are tables around the edge of the plaza recently added, and they are 6 ft apart. Why can we not eat there? The rule is strictly enforced. The tables meet guidelines !! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 I hope they can change this rule to earn...

Bought tea from Pearl Fine Teas. Bought one packet and was told it would be $14. I was okay with $14. I get home and find out the charge on my card was $20. The other markets that I bought from were honest, stating the prices and charging those prices. I have tried to contact management to let them know about this stand, but no answer yet. I am hoping for someone to contact me as this is a scam and that vendor should not be allowed to participate at...