Amish Country Farmer's Market — Local services in Easton

Nice selection of meat, prices are not ridiculously high. Shop for the selection and quality, not for the price. Their sausage and bacon are wonderful.

They also sell commercially produced baked goods and pastries, these are NOT "home made" or cottage industry products. They may own the bakeries, and Amish may work in them, but they aren't straight out of an old fashioned Amish kitchen as you might think.

The selection is extensive, but prices can be on the high side. Since they are open Thursday through Saturday only, be sure to get there on Thursday for fresher baked goods. If you buy them Saturday, they're at least three days old.

I’ve only seen a few items at the end of the day on Saturday set aside and marked down as "day old" or discounted. Just be aware, you are not necessarily getting the freshest product, although in most cases (depends on the preservatives used) the items should be good for a couple more days after that. Pay close attention to the date on the label, (if there is even a date or sell by date, much of it does not!) that pie may be close to a week old...although it is probably still delicious.

Most of the cheese there appears to be packaged from commercial sources, and the selection is very good.

They have the best soft pretzels anywhere, at Ruthies'. They twist the dough and bake it right there. Absolutely not to be missed! Skip the lemonade they sell though, it tastes like powdered mix stuff in the dispenser.

The stuffed pretzel pockets are relatively inexpensive compared to the price of a single pretzel. They are offered in ham and cheese, buffalo chicken, cheese steak, pizza, and other varieties including “crab dip”. They are cheap, and taste like it. Ruthies Pretzels are absolutely fantastic, and it’s disappointing to buy a pretzel roll stuffed with the lowest quality filings possible. The ham and cheese...expect a slice or so of cheap chopped and formed “ham product and what appears to be generic cheez whiz. Same with the “cheese steak” pretzel roll. It tastes like it has some kind of barbecue-ish sauce on it, with plasticky generic cheez-whiz out of a 55 gallon drum. The pizza roll was better, with plenty of what seemed to be real, gooey, stretchy mozzarella cheese. The more expensive “crab stuffed” pretzel roll, was ok, but I’m not sure where they get the “fresh picked” crab from. Just don’t expect anything great. A real shame, because Ruthies Pretzels are absolutely first rate, and it’s disappointing to discover the filling is mediocre at best. I’d gladly pay more, to have quality fillings in them rather than cheap, over processed “food product” inside. The pretzels deserve so much better!

Next to Ruthies' is the ice cream stand, where they sell Hershey's ice cream by the scoop.

Not sure about the ready-to-eat hot and cold foods, sold by the pound. Definitely not made "at home", though. Some looks straight out of Sysco, and into the pan.

Other than Ruthies, the hot food offerings and sit down cafeteria style food is, in my opinion, subpar in every way. Nothing special, not home made, more like what’s left over at the end of the night at Golden Corral.

I can tell you, the buffet and walk up restaurant food ranges from abysmal to decent. People seem like the can’t get enough of it, for some reason. It’s generic, straight from the can or frozen wholesaler bag, in most case. Meatloaf and pot roast were pretty good, but the gravy was obviously the pre-made just-add-water powdered mix, or the restaurant supplier half-gallons of generic gravy. I would have expected “real” mashed potatoes, with some lumps, but unless they have a serious industrial mixer that is homogenizing it, that tasted like powdered instant potatoes, to me.

Definitely worth a stop, just be aware what you're buying is not "home...

Largest bakery around, wide variety, including commercially produced traditional Amish style products such as shoofly pie and bee cake. These are not home made items, they are produced at elsewhere at a commercial facility.

Prices run relatively high but quality is good. No sell by dates on the products, so be aware what you purchase may be a week old or more. They are only open Thursday to Saturday.

The only 'markdowns' I've ever seen, are a few hours before closing on Saturdays, and what saw was not actually marked down despite being less than fresh at that point. For example, they sell individual lemon bars out of the glass case for $1.50 each (actually one of the few bargains there, they are large and delicious). They were cleaning out the bakery cases, putting the leftovers in plastic containers, putting an inflated price on them then marking them as if discounted.

I bought a box of three lemon bars, which were obviously at the end of their shelf life, for $4.50, however the box was marked $5.95 then immediately scratched out and repriced to $4.50...full retail price. They stand right there and do this as they are preparing to close. Very deceptive. You can watch, they pull items out of the cases, repackage them, and write the fake price then 'reprice' at the same time.

So avoid the pies and bakery case items that appear to be 'marked down' on the table between the glass case and the pie shelves. That"s the least fresh, and you will be paying FULL PRICE.

Very good selection of high quality meats, from relatively reasonable to rather pricey, but not ridiculous. Still not inexpensive.

Food is generic buffet quality, and out of a can. Do not recommend...with one exception. Ruthie's Pretzels are fantastic!! But don't bother on a Saturday 10 or 11a, they make a bunch and they sell.them until they are gone. So they aren't that good then because they won't be hot out of the oven fresh, which is when they are unbelievably good. Not so much when they have been sitting under a heat lamp...

A nice adventure!

I saw this market on Yelp and honestly I just wanted some Amish friendship bread (I could smell it in my mind) and fish (I saw the pic of fish on Yelp).

I arrived here right at lunchtime and it was busy, nice flow of traffic.  I was surprised at the selection.  They had a lot of things.  This is a flea market setup with a bakery, fresh produce / meats, and prepared foods.

I didn't find fish or friendship bread!  Well, I found fish but not what I was looking for.  They had rockfish or cod fish (never had rockfish so I said why not).  welp, check out the pics on that - it's basically the same texture as cod). Although they didn't have friendship bread - they had cranberry orange walnut bread (and lots of it - maybe a best seller).

Everyone was so pleasant.  The only thing is although I was hoping to find very fresh, made to order things - I was shocked to find many major brands like sour patch, bobs red mill, and pretzel crisps. Also things were pre-made and pre-wrapped.  I was hoping for made right then and there.  I was thinking what is the difference in shopping at the local Whole Foods Market.  Maybe just for time because it's closer.

I will go back for hard to find items but not often.  I picked up some turkey bacon to try, so I will see if there is a difference in whole foods bacon.  The sign did say most meats were gluten free ( I never knew meat had gluten -...