Menlo Park Farmers Market — Attraction in Menlo Park

When it comes to produce, the farmers market will have the freshest fruits and vegetables. It is in the farmers best interest to sell nothing less than A GRADE produce so they can pay their bills. To support small farmers is much more genuine, than buying C GRADE produce from big corporations. Big corporations can get away with selling C grade produce because they sell it at most times of the day, every day of the week, to your convenience. With the farmers market you can GUARANTEE that the produce you are buying is local (meaning the farmers come from just outside the bay area), picked the day before the market, and organic. With large farming you have little to no clue as to where it comes from, how fresh the produce is, and if it has pesticides or not. The farmers market is the old way of obtaining your produce, and is the correct way to obtaining...

The vendors are rude and don't seem to care about customers. I have heard couple of them yell at customers. It is quite small and there is not much variety. Same farmers there for years and seem to take their place for granted. Also, I am not sure if anyone checks their farming practices. Some say they have organic produce, some say they follow good practices... Oh and since there is not much variety, the pricing is too high for certain products. Overall, it is not worth going there for a farmers market experience. Started going to the bigger farmers market in Palo Alto and fresh produce stores,...

Pretty good selection of the usual farmers market faire (fruits, veggies, flowers, with a selection of organic produce as well). They usually have one meat vendor, one seafood vendor, and a pastries vendor as well to round out the mix.

Pretty much covers all your basics and the produce is generally high quality. Not the cheapest or largest selection (compared to Mountain View), but not bad and nice place to go on a Sunday morning with a good range of other shops nearby for...