TLDR: Excellent Farmers market with a great variety of vendors. Come for the pizza truck, hand rolled cigars and empanadas.

Vibe: 5/5. Located in downtown Sarasota on Saturday mornings (7am-1pm), the Sarasota Farmers market spans across several city blocks. The variety of vendors is excellent, ranging from local produce to fresh cut flowers to brick oven pizza. During the peak hours of 10-12am, the market can get pretty crowded, which can make parking challenging. During our visit, they had a local school's music department set up adding lovely background music to the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.

Service: 4/5. The vendors and people in attendance are extremely friendly, making it an overall great way to spend a Saturday morning. My only gripe, which is aimed more towards the market security and Sarasota police department, are the amount of panhandlers that solicit inside the market. On several occasions, we were solicited for money as we were in the process of receiving our change back from vendors. Market organizers should add more security/police presence to thwart this problem.

Food: 5/5. Amazing selection and quality of products from all the vendors we tried. During our trip, we ate at the Il Petraro Pizza food truck, the Caribbean Pie Company, The Empanada Girl, Kurtos Chimney Bread and Haraki Golden Tea. Overall, everything we tried was yummy, however the must haves of the day we're the margarita pizza from Il Petraro and the iced red tea from Haraki. The margarita was perfectly cooked well done, with the taste of fresh basil cutting through the creamy mozzarella. It paired perfectly with the slightly nutty, yet super thirst quenching taste of the red tea from Haraki. As expected, prices at the market are a little elevated compared to dining at a normal restaurant. However, the quality of the product you are receiving in a lovely outside atmosphere 100% makes up for it!