The Original Bardstown Road Farmers' Market Inc. — Attraction in Louisville

I do not normally post reviews, but I felt it was important to voice an opinion here: I have visited the market several times, finding the produce generally to be of excellent quality at acceptable prices. "Poor Quality", however, is how I have to rate the meat and eggs I purchased. I bought meat from two different vendors. Both had large thermos boxes with frozen meat. I understand the necessity of freezing farm-fresh meat. Neither producer had a website or any further information as to who they were or anything detailing the production. Pulled from a large blue thermos box, the chicken legs with thighs I bought from the one were tough and tasted old and that at a price far exceeding supermarket prices. The other vendor provided me with a pork shoulder roast -one of my personal favorite cuts- from one of his orange thermos boxes. At home, having thawed it and removed the very large bone and the excess fat and waste, I was left with meat which, when cooked shrank to 1/2 its size! The meat was extremely tough and had a dubious, musty taste. I was appalled at the result and that, all in all, at an exorbitant price. The eggs - a dozen "large, brown eggs" - came from a woman who explained that she held 1500 chickens. The dozen was only a little more expensive than the supermarket product, but I found the "farmers market" product not to taste as good even as the industrial version. In contrast, the eggs that I buy from a man around the corner who keeps a couple dozen chickens are simply to die for. In my opinion, that is how "farmers market" eggs should taste. In summary, I will never again buy any meat from this market. Finally, yesterday, I bought a nice bibb salad for $3.50 from a vendor. I paid with exact change and said thank you. The young man took the money and counted it into his till. Again, I said thank you, but did not receive an answer. The other person behind the counter never looked over from the conversation he was having on his cell phone. I left in silence. Next week, I will try out the Douglas Loop Market for...

It is the original. They are open year round. Fruit, veggies, meat, bread, baked goods, honey, breakfast cooked right there in front of you, music to entertain, and great people selling and shopping.

It's right across from the fire station (kids love fire trucks), in the church parking lot. Dogs aren't allowed so bring a friend to hold her while you shop. You can eat your breakfast together at one of the tables right there at the church outside of the Farmers Market.

Parking is available on the street or across the street at another church.

It's a great place to hangout for a bit, let the kids explore, eats farm fresh, literally, breakfast, get some great goodies for the week, and RELAX (it's the weekend).

This Farmers Market is large enough to give you everything you need or want, and small enough to walk around and still keep an eye on your kids or quickly find a friend to compare your treasures.

I love the breakfast omelet, the music is always good and sometimes really, really good. And the people are always friendly and fun. I walk there, but it is worth the drive, and then you can walk...

NO DOGS ALLOWED - Really frustrated with this market. Got there and there are signs that dogs are not welcome which is very unusual for a farmers market and put me and my group in a weird position because we had my puppy with us. Tried to do a quick sweep and other shoppers were extremely rude and making comments about the dog forcing us to leave and find another dog friendly market. Looked back and the only way to know ahead of time that it was not dog friendly was a small print section on a downloadable document on the website. The mere rudeness from shoppers and inability to take my dog based on a previous bad owner incident makes me plan to never return. How unfortunate because I enjoy supporting...