Morningside Farmer’s Market

I love the Morningside Farmer’s Market! I live close by and can walk there on Saturday mornings to get great coffee and a nice selection of all-​organic produce. The prices can be somewhat steep, but for local, organic produce, I’m willing to pay more. I am new to the neighbourhood and the farmers market makes me feel at home. It’s my favourite thing about Morningside!

Love to visit this place. Always refreshing and nice finds!

Get close to 90% of my fruits and veggies here. It’s helped me become healthy, it’s introduced me to interesting people and experiences, and it’s been good quality time with my wife. Environmental, too!

Just a friendly Public Service Announcement: Contrary to popular belief, Highland Avenue is STILL A ROAD even while the farmer’s market is open, so please look both ways before darting dead into traffic. Right of way or not, you’ll be doing your litigation from a hospital bed if you’re not careful.

The Morningside Farmers’ Market is one of the best markets in town because of its:
a.) convenient location
b.) more stringent vendor regulations (must be certified organic)
c.) variety of vendors present
d.) chef demonstrations.
While prices are indeed more then a grocery store, you have to understand the POV if farmers’ markets and Morningside in particular– to deliver the highest quality, freshest, organic and local food to the consumer with the highest amount of transparency (buying from the actual producer!)
I love Morningside because there is always time to relationship market, or speak to the people who are growing you produce, curing your meat, baking your bread, and churning your dairy. The chef demos are always great, and you always learn something, if not try a delicious morsel from one of Atlanta’s première chefs. My favorite demo was by Carvel Gould of Canoe, who showed us how to make her famous smoked salmon on crispy potato cake. YUM. Plus, even after you’ve shopped, you have the whole day ahead of you since it is only open from 8:30 — 10:30 am!
LOVE this place.

Wow, this is my second Saturday going to this market and it still amazes me how many people show up! The market is great, the selections are amazing and the prices are fair. It is nice to know that what you are buying is good for you, good for the environment and good for the local economy. Well worth getting up early on a Saturday morning. If you have not had a chance to experience this Atlanta gem, please check it out!

Love that it’s year round and that everyone is so lovely. The farm fresh greens, sprouts, root veggies, and breads make it hard to go back to conventional supermarkets.

The best all-​season farmers market in Atlanta. As a native Californian born and breed on Farmers Markets, I take them very seriously. Every weekend at least once a month, I was my sanctuary of fresh foods for reasonable prices (especially when Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods are practically your only options) down there. They did convince me finally to purchase fresh butchered meats and I struggle now to return to the mass-​manufactured. They also have a email list that gives you a heads up on what will be available the weekend of to plan ahead.

Walk your dog, bring your bag, support the local organic food movement, enjoy the demos and really start your weekend right! I love the vendors and bringing home fresh food and flowers! If you go once, you will go again and again!

I love coming here on Saturday mornings. The variety of food is fresh, local, & organic. They have a large variety of lots of veggies, greens, and herbs and they only have fruit/​berries when they are in season. The veggies are very fairly priced but the eggs are usually $ 6 a dozen.
There is also usually a bread stand and a soap stand (random). The bread runs around $ 6 a loaf and tastes phenominal. **Note: They dont use any preservatives in the bread so it goes bad much faster than store bought bread. So make sure you freeze the amount that you wont use in the first 3 – 4 days.
They have chef demonstrations from organic restaurants. The last one I saw was a chef from Serenbe and she made some delicious brocolli soup.
This place is also very dog friendly. I usually bring my dog and he loves to sniff the other dogs and get attention from the kids.
I wish they were open more than just Saturday mornings. But it is definitely worth it to wake up early.

One of the reasons we decided to move back in town was access to stuff like this.
We get to walk, buy stuff that’s good for you and get out of the same boring routine.
What else do you need?
It’s year round so we are now experiencing all of the cold weather stuff — very cool (no pun intended!).

Since my last review about this market sucked ass, I wanted to update you in case you have never made it to a Saturday at Morningside Market. This is one of the top local farmers markets in Atlanta in my opinion. It is open Saturdays morning year round, which is rare in the Atlanta local market scene. All vendors have to sell organic products and they all have to be local. They have a mix of veggies, eggs, fruits, meats, flowers, granola, honey, and handmade items. There is always good music and the market is always bumping. plus you can walk across the street and grab some delicious food from Alon’s after you do your shopping. The chefs demos are always packed so you are lucky if you get a bite, unlike the green market at Piedmont, but you still will walk away with some new techniques and a tasty recipe. Go now!

Now *that’s* more like it. This is a market where you can get food. Fruits, veggies, eggs, beef, pork… Good variety and good prices. Not large by any stretch, but the variety and size work well together. Don’t expect too many exotics; these are local farms.
Picked up a wonderfully fragrant cantaloupe, purple bell peppers, thick juicy tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots this week. Be sure to make a full tour before deciding. I’m kicking myself because I missed the purple carrots, although those didn’t have the greens attached.
Even if I turn to CSAs for weekly produce, I’ll likely stop here for extras and to try the meat. Yeah, meat at a farmer’s market is pricey, but you’ll find you need to eat about half as much to feel happy and satisfied. Seriously, real meat is that much better. I didn’t see chicken, alas, and only one stall carries meat that I saw, but they’re wearing shirts extolling the joy of pig. What possibly could go bad starting from there? Will definitely work some into my menu next week, and get here earlier.

The only reason I will get out of bed at 6:30 am on a Saturday is to find what delectable goodies await my week’s meals from Morningside. The people are great who attend and sell. Our first stop is always Magnolia Bread’s stand to get our bread for the week– we usually do one loaf of something sourdough: whole wheat or plain. We’ve had their garlic loaf before and I think a few others which I can’t remember.
This farmer’s market is great because they email what the farmer’s expect to have every week so you can go knowing what to sniff out and what your week’s menus are going to look like. This is the only place we get our fresh produce unless they have something else not offered here at Piedmont Park’s Green Market; we hit both on bike– Morningside then green.
It is nice to have your money stay within the community and support those who have a passion for farming. Get up early for the best stuff. Things like Strawberries (the best in the city are right here! Not even Whole Foods has them this good!!) go fast so you better be prepared to get up early, early to beat the crowd. Pick up a drink, coffee, at the market or head across the street to Alon’s for more good eats and yums to drink.
If you like Dynamic Dish you may catch the owner/​chef perusing here as well for Saturday’s lunch and dinner.
All I have to say is thank god for Morningside and Dynamic Dish for making our eat local dreams come true in so many colors and varieties.

My boss and another colleague religiously arise on Saturday mornings to go to the Morningside Farmer’s Market, and I finally pulled myself out of bed to go around 9 a.m. – at that time, it was already hopping. (The market is open from 8:30−11 every Saturday, year-​round, according to the website.) Parking was plentiful, in the lot across the street beside Alon’s Bakery on North Highland.
I didn’t know what to expect but was surprised by how small the market turned out to be – maybe 10 or so vendors with their own little tents. The produce was pricey, of course; I purchased a couple squash, some green bell peppers and onions to make a veggie broil. The squash and peppers were especially fresh and devoid of pesticides or other toxins.
I understand the concept of paying a little more to support local farmers, but one tent was selling a small carton of blackberries for $ 7. The price wasn’t listed, and since the berries looked so plump, shiny and juicy, I asked the cashier for the price. When he said 7 dollars, I felt sort of embarrassed to say «Okay» and walk away. All of the other vendors did a good job of posting the prices, though.
The handmade soaps, lovely flowers and organic breads were tempting, too.
I’ll definitely return to the Morningside Farmer’s Market, when I’m able to get out of bed. Plus, spending a little extra cash on local produce is well worth it.

I’ve been hearing about the Morningside Farmer’s Market for years, but it took my hubby doing a chef demo there this past Saturday to get me out of the house that early! Every Saturday from 8 – 11:30 local farmer’s and other vendors gather to sell their goods in the parking lot across from Alon’s bakery. You can get lots of fresh veggies, handmade soaps, flowers, etc. There is a chef demo every Saturday at 9:30. A very cool thing to do on a Saturday morning!