Walled Lake Market Place — Local services in Walled Lake

PARKING PRO:Beautiful... recently paved... generously sized parking lot. Lots of signage. CON: One entrance. If you miss it you get into the Library and City Service Lot and it does NOT connect to the Farmer's Market. You'll need to circle out and re-do your entrance approach. So stay alert for the entrance which is also the exit so there's usually cars there waiting for traffic to clear to move out to Maple.

PORTA-JOHN PRO: It's there and so is a delightful hand washing station. No cons here.

PRODUCE: PRO: Lots of variety. One very large vendor and one smaller one. Enough to make most folks happy and fill their needs. CON: Seasonal items so not everything all the time and sometimes they do run out of stuff.

TIMING PRO: Great for early risers...7am....and right smack in the middle of the week. That's pretty perfect for me. CON: Closes too early in my opinion....1pm...and some folks would probably prefer it open on the weekend. (Go to Farmington.)

OTHER VENDORS PRO: Maybe around 7 other...give or take...specialty item vendors....jewelry, salsa, breads, eggs, honey, etc. and free bug spray and pleasant conversation at the little house in the middle. CON: Could use more vendors and you can't count on the same ones every week. It's not a craft show. No music either.

ATTITUDE PRO: Everyone seems happy to be there and the vendors are chatty and polite and delighted to engage while they fill your multiple plastic bags and they don't over crowd things so items get crushed. They are great at bagging things up for you so you can loop lots of bags down your two arms. In fact I'd say they are professionals at it. CON: None at all except for the time I dropped a cucumber on a lady's leg and she gave me a look. So be careful. Use a plastic carrier with metal handles provided there sitting on the ground for you to temporarily fill up or better still bring a wagon. I saw several of those. Best idea ever.

FAVORITE FOOD THERE Without a doubt it's the cantaloupe for me. Tastes like candy. It's so soft and ripe and ready to eat. It takes a bit of waiting for them to come around but it's sure...

A good place to meet local growers and crafters. The prices are some times quite high, but often it's organic produce or home made crafts - which is often fresher or superior to mass production items we buy at the store. I hadn't be able to go most of this year and one day just got up real early and drove over there. Best part is many vendors don't mind if you are just looking. I always try to visit every stall - often there is a different vendor every week. I was able to get a great deals on Raw Honey, fresh Pickles, and sweet Carrots. I hope I can get back again. They are open May to October, every Wednesday from 7am to 1pm. Right over there next to the Walled Lake...

This cannot be considered as a farmer’s market since there are hardly any fruits and vegetables available. There were only 2 vendors with some vegetables (zucchini, radishes, squash, cilantro, cabbage) and some fruits (strawberries and blueberries). Of course they are bit expensive as compared to Kroger and walmart but because they are local vendors such high price is expected. There were vendors selling accessories, bread, popcorn. There was nothing more i found in this market. Huge parking...