Alemany Farmer's Market
Cheap produce by the box on Alemany Boulevard, and Jeff's shopping rule from 2017 still holds: pay attention for the organic growers.
Why go
Jeff shopped here in February 2017 and gave it four stars with nine words of instruction: "Cheap produce. Pay attention for the organic producers." That is the whole recommendation. The market's founding date, its trading schedule and the city department that runs it are all on the record somewhere, and none of it is printed here until it is checked.
Order this / avoid
- Order: produce, in volume, at the price this market is known for.
- Avoid: buying on price alone. Find the organic growers first.
What locals & experts say
- Jeff (first-hand), 4 stars, February 2017: "Cheap produce. Pay attention for the organic producers."
- Press: no critic has written about the market.
Good to know
- Timing: confirm the trading day before you go.
- Getting there: 100 Alemany Boulevard, under the freeway at the foot of Bernal Heights.
Jeff's take (his words)
- His review (Jeff, first-hand, 4 stars, 19 February 2017): "Cheap produce. Pay attention for the organic producers."
Verdict
could-visit — Jeff shopped it in February 2017 and rated it four stars with a shopping rule attached: the produce is cheap, and the organic growers are the ones to find. That is a genuinely useful thing to know about a big-volume market and it is first-hand. Nothing else about the market has been checked, which is what holds the rung down.