Chelsea Farmers Market
Down to Earth Markets runs this one on the north sidewalk of West 23rd Street, off Ninth Avenue. It stands there every Saturday from April to December.1
Why go
It is small-scale farmers and food makers on a pavement.1 Down to Earth has been putting regional growers in front of city cooks since 1991. It runs as a B Corporation.1
SNAP EBT works here. The market adds matching Health Bucks, two dollars for every two you withdraw, up to ten a day. You claim them at the manager's tent. WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks work at the farm stands from June through November.1
I haven't found anyone writing about this market.
Order this / avoid
- Order: at the farm stands first if you are using WIC or Senior FMNP checks, because that is where they are accepted.1
What locals & experts say
- Ruth Rogers of the River Cafe names a Chelsea market beside the Union Square Greenmarket and says of the pair:
They're not really shops in the traditional sense, but they're places you go to understand what people are eating.
She gives no street and no day, so I cannot tell you she means this one.2 - Down to Earth Markets, on its own brief: connecting cooks and eaters to New York's local food producers, at community farmers markets, since 1991.1
Good to know
- Parking: limited on the street.1
Verdict
could-visit — Cook something with what you buy. This is a grocery run, and it earns a Saturday only on those terms.