Old Pasadena Farmers Market

Was not impressed. Very few vendors and not a good variety. I like the sat one at the school much more. Hopefully they recruit new vendors (maybe from the school?) To make this worth going too. We did show up at 9:30.I guess it is possible some vendors were late? I will say that I bought some delish spicy jams/​marinades that I can’t wait to try on fish.

On the small side, but wonderful fresh produce! Sweet people & fairly reasonable prices.

This farmers market is located near the intersection of Raymond Ave. and Holly St. I love that it is also by the Memorial Park Metro station (gold line) so if you don’t want to deal with parking and reduce your carbon footprint, take the train! It is only a block away from the market. Street parking and parking structures (free for first 90 mins) are available.
There is an array of vendors selling honey, flavors, avocado oil, seafood, jams, dried fruits, fruits and vegetables, teas, chocolates. They also have some vendors selling food. Many vendors allow you to sample their products which is great! As you can imagine at local farmers markets, majority of the food are usually healthy, organic, high-​quality and/​or vegan. You know you’re getting the good stuff even though some may be pricey. However, it’s great to support local farmers markets. In the end, I bought two jars of tea from Zen Teahouse which were amazingggg. Absolutely delicious. I will probably come back to buy my groceries and honey next time.
As other Unilocalers have said, this is quite a small farmers market. It is quite limited with the variety if vendors. I would technically give it 3.5 stars since the people here are really friendly and I just love farmers markets in general. I hope this market expands and bring in new vendors.
Bring your own bags and containers and support your local farmers market :)

Small farmers market. When I went during the summer it was very limited and there were more vendors than farmers’ booths. Very few organic vendors relative to other farmers markets. Must pay for parking.
If given the choice I’d stick with the one near the high school.

Got some fresh organic cauliflower. It’s good to tonight dinner. There was not too cloudy there. Maybe we went there late, most of the people were gone. The berries there were very expensive, more pricy than whole food and I m not sure if they are organic or not, he charged $ 5 for small basket, very tiny basket.

This is a nice little Farmers Market to visit if somewhat local to the area. It’s most likely not worth driving a great distance for unless otherwise visiting Old Pasadena, but that is sort of the point. This is a sideshow for Old Pasadena, something to visit while there on a Sunday. Local residents stop by from neighboring cities, and many of the businesses on Holly Ave are open during the market including a juice bar, a Subway, and Sanger & Joe’s Café. As well as Lula Mae, rated one of Los Angeles’s top gift boutiques. Indiana Colony is just a couple small blocks down an alleyway which features five businesses in one building that include The Pie Hole, Pressed Juicery, and Coolhaus for ice cream treats. And an Intelligentsia Coffee and Umami Burger sit right next door to the colony, as well as Romantixxx Adult «bookstore.» They still have video booths downstairs at Romantixxx. Not that I would know anything about that!
But back to the market. So, yeah. It’s a sideshow put on by the good people of the OPMD (Old Pasadena Management District) meant to draw you into the area, have a walk around, and brighten your day a bit. One of the main attractions for me is that it is small. You can walk it and see all you need to see in 10 – 15 minutes, buy some food, fruits and veggies, BBQ, nuts, or adopt a kitten. And you’ll still have plenty of time to visit Old Pasadena in full. Which itself is pretty small, charming, and very walkable. They have a friendly Old Pasadena «Guide» on standby at the Market for security and to keep the bums out, and to answer any questions you might have. Its a nice, casual way to spend some time on a Sunday morning. If local it’s worth a visit, and if not it’s worth a visit if coming to Old Pasadena otherwise on a Sunday between 9am-​2pm.

I go here for fresh frisée!
Parking: You can park on the 90 min free parking lots a couple of blocks away

We just finished a hike and were starving. This place hit the spot. One vendor had incredible home-​made chips and a hydrating watermelon mint tea. Another vendor had filling tacos and vegan cookies. Further down the line, I got tamales and my friend bought strawberries. It was like a picnic.

WAY too small. There was a very good hummus stand though that I ended up buying from and the Parmesan dip man is the nicest guy ever and always gives great samples when I see him at markets – but his product is way pricier than the hummus so I had to go for the hummus today.
Besides that I wasn’t impressed with many of the booths.

This review is for Osa at Kanel Bakery and her SWEDISH CINNAMON ROLLS. SIX STARS. Her cinnamon rolls are organic, and they’re perfectly sweet without being covered in frosting. They are amazing. I tried the original, vanilla (this one as a vanilla custard), and apple. ALL THREE ARE DELICIOUS. They’re soft, chewy, dense, light, cinnamony, and you could easily eat two or three. They are $ 3 for the original, and $ 3.25 for the flavored ones (vanilla, apple, etc.). Really reasonable price considering she uses good ingredients. She’s also really nice and lovely, so definitely buy a coffee and go find her on Sundays! or any day! SEE:

I think this is the smallest farmers market I’ve been to. They have some different and interesting booths here but the basic food booths are sort of overpriced for what you get. And last time I went there were afids all over the squash blossoms and cauliflower. And if your sensitive to perfumey tasting tea don’t bother with the tea stand with all the spices. The loose leaf tea there tastes like cheap dollar store body spray. If you like a laid back farmers market that you’re not going to really buy anything from this is your place.

Visited this little farmer’s market about a month ago. It was kind of a rainy day so not too many vendors. When we stopped by the booth which sells the hummas and other salads and dips, the young man at the booth gave us many samples… even though we did not ask for any.
We ultimately decided it wasn’t really for us and not to purchase anything. The guy threw a little «fit» and started verbally abusing us! Seriously? Totally unacceptable and very poor customer service. I won’t be back.

Me and my fiancée just moved to Pasadena a week ago, and we are very excited to explore the area. We moved from NYC, so the most excitement was about farmers markets in CA and fresh produce 365 days a year. Our expectations were definitely met!
Fresh produce, variety of vendors, a lot of organic options, wholesome, nice looking and delicious — this is all about Old Pasadena Farmers Market. Big thanks to Ryan who sells the sweetest (organic) oranges I’ve ever tried!
The market looks a little empty, because of how spread out it is, but it is just an impression, you will find a lot of everything there. Prices are decent as well, a lot of specials and discounts. I think if you go by the end of the market you can get really good deals on berries ($ 5 for a big box of strawberries). We left with three artichokes, one amazingly looking romanesco, brussel sprouts, broccoli, box of strawberries, oranges, avocados. All that was about $ 30. We are very happy campers, definitely coming back!

I’ve been here a few times and there are some really good vendors. My favorite is Isabell’s honey and Mom’s home made essentials. The spreads for Mom’s are amazing! All the ingredients taste really fresh and I love using them on my sandwich instead of something like mayo (yuck)
I’ve bought fruit from different vendors and they’ve always been good.
Yes it’s small but I’m confident they’ll get more vendors.

This farmers market needs some serious TLC. The vendors are just as sparse as the crowds which is unfortunate since the location is great.
I only come here for 1 vendor and that is mom’s specialty food. Great hummus and lemon garlic pita chips as well as other dips.
Whoever is in charge of the vendors here should really invest some time into getting more vendors, I feel like there is about 15 here so it’s never going to draw a big crowd which is likely what the vendors need to be able to keep coming here. This could be as good as the studio city farmers market if some TLC was put into it. Each vendor there is very different and unique and the place is always crowded because it’s the best farmers market in the area.
If not for this delicious hummus, I would never come back here.

I’m disappointed by this place. I’m so used to the Santa Monica Farmer’s market, where there are several blocks of venders and a lot of organic choice and food options. I came Sunday morning like 9:30am, there were less than 5 booths selling vegetables and only one booth selling some organic fruits.
So disappointed. I guess I have explore some other places.

Various visits, summer 2014.
Here’s the thing: this is a small market. Tiny. Teeny tiny.
I happen to like that, because I’m not a fan of navigating those huge markets (PHS, yuck!) filled with kids in red wagons and rabid foodies looking for basil grown on the north side of blahblah region.
Relatively easy parking (I’ve always found a space on the street on visits between 10:30am-12pm).
The superstar is the flower lady! Her energy is fantastic and her flowers have a magical lifespan, seriously. Otherwise, the vendors are few and the merch can be spotty. At least one of the produce vendors should be removed (you know who you are — man constantly on the phone, surrounded with old/​bruised fruit and veg).
This market is not an event, but it’s a good way to move quickly and get some flowers and a little produce for the house.
PS to the Market Chiefs: Do whatever you have to do to get the paella sellers back. Whatever. you. have. to. do.

I came here for the first time today and thought that it was going to be bigger. But overall I still liked it. Some of the venders accepted credit cards, which was convenient. They are open 9am-​2pm.
There were some flower stands, organic fruits and vegetables, nuts and nut butters, teas, jams, breads, vegan baked goods, pita bread and spreads, and a few food stands selling tamales and I think Asian food.
The venders were all friendly and willing to give samples. I tried the pita chips and almond butter spreads, which were delicious. I also tried the vegan cookies and had to buy the vegan chocolate spice cookies. And the vender with the pita breads and humus spreads were amazing! The almond butter spreads were wry good and had no added sugar, just pure almonds! I bought some kale and celery, which were $ 2 each! Pretty good deal;) Next time I’ll come back for the pita bread and hummus!

I follow Pasadena on Twitter and every Sunday my notifications constantly buzz about what’s going on at the Market. I had enough and had to see with my own eyes what all the hub-​bub was about. So on a beautiful Sunday morning I drove out to Pasadena, parked in the Schoolhouse Block Parking Structure and walked the block and a half to the Market. Pasadena closes off the one block of Union between Fair Oaks and Raymond Ave, just north of Colorado Blvd. They are open on Sunday’s from 9 a.m. — 2 p.m.
When I turned the corner onto Union, I was taken aback by just how small it was. There were approximately 15 – 20 vendors; Certified Producers, Pre-​Packaged Food Vendors, Prepared Food, knife sharpening, and impromptu hand-​typed poetry. Produce prices weren’t all that different than the grocery store.
Perhaps I got there too late, about 11:00 a.m., it seemed much of the fresh produce was picked over. On my way out I picked up some Messy Jesse’s BBQ — barbecue, which wasn’t all that messy, but was pretty good.
Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed at both the size the choices. Tweets made it sound bigger and better than it was. On the upside, it wasn’t crowded at all, so if you like purchasing items from a Farmers Market, but don’t like the crowds, this is one you may want to check out. I was done perusing in about 15 minutes.
I’m a citrus fruit nut, perhaps I’ll give them another try when the summer fruits come in.

Seriously, did it really take me an entire year to realize that the Farmer’s Market on Holly was this incredible?! Way more vendors than the Los Feliz Farmer’s Market (or where it was I went to) — larger turn out for sure (and I was there from about 10 – 1030?)
Variety of breads, spreads, pitas, olive oils, veggies, organic and non-​organic, beautiful flowers, desserts, pies, cookies, macaroons, crazy mushrooms of all kinds and ready to eat meals such as paella and tamales! I’m in love :]
Not all vendors accept credit cards, so please be sure to bring cash! If you’re a Wells Fargo customer, I know that there are a couple ATMs (both on Colorado Blvd. — one is between Lather and Mi Piace; the other near the Ralph’s at the end of the line of shops — closer towards the Norton Simon Museum).
One thing I would like to suggest is to maybe get in some tables, chairs, umbrellas for those who want to sit, eat, chill, relax w/​the friends/​family/​buds oh and where we can share all the goodies we’ve bought.