I am a huge fan of Farmers’ Markets. The granddaddy of them all is the Alexandria Market at City Hall/Market Square. It opens at 5 each Saturday throughout the year and those in the know go really early to get the best flowers. Joseph squeezes fresh orange juice and sells his homemade mozzarella and there are crafts and baked goods and produce for sale around the fountain. Also on Saturday mornings is the Arlington Market at the Courthouse and the Del Ray Market at the corner of Oxford and Mt. Vernon Avenue.
And Sundays, the largest and most diverse market is at Dupont Circle. I like the small market at the corner of Columbia Pike and Walter Reed from 9-1 on Sundays. Free range and grass fed meats, produce, coffee, baked goods, soaps and folk music! And the newest market is across from King Street Metro on Wednesday afternoons – produce, Hispanic treats, baked goods and hand made soaps. Nothing can beat sun warned tomatoes, juicy melons, ripe peaches and sweet corn right from the farm that morning!!
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