Farmers Market — Attraction in Rochester

The Rochester Farmers Market really went down hill imo. There are some great vendors there and all about supporting local HOWEVER, we went last Saturday and felt beyond taken advantage of. The prices were SO RIDICULOUSLY HIGH that we literally walked out disappointed and disgusted. We bought produce without prices marked and assumed they would be fairly priced. NO. We bought a quart of strawberries, a bag of egg noodles, a dozen eggs and they charged us $26.50!! None of it was organic either. We also bought ridiculously priced baked goods from Great Harvest vendor also in which everything was stale. $9.50 and $10 for 1 pack of each and they were stale! I understand prices are higher all over and for them to bring it to the market but come on, this is RIDICULOUS and now we won’t go back. They need to get it...

Okay this was a hilarious event. They had a singer playing the guitar, kind of annoying. Not sure why they had this I guess to add to the experience. I love that there was some place to get coffee and donuts even though they only had one kind. But the line was so long good luck. There really wasn't enough vendors, and the ones that were there were just kind of fair. This was opening day, I thought it would be better. And frankly, considering I wasn't at a store that was beautiful air conditioned Etc but that I'm buying something off the ground with no shopping cart, you'd think the prices would be better. They were not. I guess somebody has to pay for...

Great Farmer's Market! It is definitely up there as one of my top faves because the Rochester market has a great variety of vendors, takes Bridge (EBT) cards, and also participates in the double up food bucks program. We went there on the very last day for this year which happened to be this past Saturday, on Halloween. It was so much fun! There were so many good vendors! My friend & I had a great time trick-or-treating there! My favorite produce vender was Sharkar Farm because they had the biggest & best produce stand and they accepted the last of my project fresh coupons. That Saturday, Oct 31st was when my project...