Heirloom Farmers Markets | Rillito Park — Attraction in Tucson

Went to the informational booth to get info about vendors. Spoke with the guy who had long hair about the vendor's sea moss situation with me. He clearly said, "well I dont know what you want us to do. You can call the police." The ultimate: shut down a customer and undermining the situation because he thought it was pointless to address my concerns. Then hesitantly made an offer to go talk with Living Immunity and restated that he doesn't know what we want him to do. Well here's your answer: Retrain your compassion (if you had any) for the community to help us understand the vendor policy or reclaim a policy for vendors to show proof of pricing and publicly stating that there is tax or a card fee on products. So you wouldn't have to deal with someone you thought was invalid, and not just tell us to call the federal bureau and police to handle it. If I wanted to, I would have. But to save Heriloom the hassle and drama that's why I went to the informational booth first. Smh. Well Living Immunity charged me $45 on sea moss when she specifically said it was $40. Then charged a tax rate of 8.7 = 6.96. We got our $45 refunded after asking her what the initial price was and asking how much tax was. She couldn't give an answer and just said the iconic employee line of "I DONT KNOW, I JUST WORK HERE." Knowing the fact the its a family business and I've bought from them before. She then proceeded with giving us a discount after refunding us. But at that point I wasn't feeling the vibe. I get it, you gotta make due, but to be dishonest shows the truth in your business's morals and values; I will not be purchasing from them again.

The whole point in local businesses is to be honest and whole with their products.

Please reinstate tax and card transaction fees on vendors and have it displayed or verbally announce the fee to customers in that way you wouldn't have one of me addressing concerns about your vendors. This will be my last time. I spoke with a nicer lady after the other nice lady was ignored by the long haired guy about my situation. Thank you for just making me feel validated...

My favorite Sunday breakfast spot in Tucson. Large variety of local vendors and local farmers selling produce, meats, prepared foods, honey, olive oil, fresh made pasta (see pic below) and much more. The best burritos and other Mexican food is at a stand called Del Cielo. The tortillas are homemade. Some weekends, a lady is at the stand making the tortillas fresh. If they have extras they will sell them by the dozen. Their fresh squeezed OJ is hard to find but delicious.

The best churros in Tucson (and maybe all of the southwest) are Churros Inzunza, found in the middle of the market. They are fresh made and perfectly crunchy on the exterior and soft on the inside. I’m a churro fiend, not a connoisseur but they are better than most churros I’ve had in Spain or Mexico.

Definitely a Sunday must stop for groceries or...

I have an "Ask a Master Gardener" booth there as part of our outreach for the Volunteer Pima County Agricultural Extension Agency. We entertain a lot of gardening questions from Farmers Market goers and people are welcome to bring an ailing plant sample for use to diagnose. It is so nice and so much fun to be enmeshed among people with a morning carnival attitude. The real human experience, I like to say! I often sneak away from my booth to buy gluten-free churros. Yep, you heard that right. Along with a lot of other gluten-free tasty treats. Not to mention certified small-farm fruits, vegetables, cheese, meat, eggs, and fish. There are pleasant surprises at almost every vendor booth! So, why don't you wake up a little earlier and wipe the sleepers from your eyes and go. You will not be...