Oak Park Farmers Market — Local services in Sacramento

The Oak Park Farmers Market is a brand new small market located at McClatchy Park on Saturdays from 9am-1pm. There are only a few vendors right now but all of them are great! There was fresh and dried flower bouquets, locally grown strawberries and veggies, homemade teas and pound cakes, aqua frescas, beautiful plants and a handful of family owned restaurant tents.

I bought some lemon drop tea from Tea Amo, it smells and tastes delicious!! I also got 3 beautiful new plants from the Plant Demon, that guy knows SO much about every single plant I was super impressed. My mom and I enjoyed our lunch at Meza, an Arab and Mexican combination restaurant where we had a vegetarian quesadilla and a chicken wrap with garlic sauce, they were both insanely good. As well as their mint and orange blossom lemonade and tahini chocolate chip cookie that happens to be vegan! The cookie was so good that I bought two more for later. I recommend stopping by this small farmers market even for a few minutes if you're in the area, you are highly likely to see something you will want to buy and supporting small local businesses is one of the best things you can do on...

Smaller by far than the Sunday market under the freeway, but a good selection of vendors, including some esoteric small operations selling Hummus, Sourdough, Artesan Vinegars, Smoked Fish etc. There's enough F&V stalls to make it worth going and the extra stalls add some interest. 'Drunken Loaf' sell their bread there, which is the best in Sacramento. Also the lady selling the Salmon and Halibut - we love her smoked fish! Ok, it's in 'Da Hood', but it's really nice going there. Mostly there is a musician playing and stalls with information on WIC, Jump Bikes, EBT and other things. Parking isn't a problem, less oppressive than the Sunday market and you can be in and...

I hate, hate leaving a poor review of a farmer’s market, but I want to leave honest feedback. There are very few vendors at this market and the ones there are way overpriced. Last weekend I was buying nectarines and Peaches at Denio’s Farmers market for $1.50 lb. They were charging $4.00 at Oak Park. I could justify paying $2.00 or $2.50 but $4 is just too much. Farmers markets are great because there are no middlemen and very little overhead. In theory they should enable good prices for customers at fair profits for vendors but alas this is not the case and whoever runs this market needs to address and...