Heart Of The City Farmer's
(415) 558-9455
1182 Market St Ste 415
San Francisco,
CA
94102
37.7792
-122.4144
Neighborhoods: Civic Center, Northeast
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In Short
Twice a week, produce stands representing farms from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz sprout up in this windy Civic Center triangle between the New Main Library and Market Street. At this scruffy but busy market, growers hawk their garden-fresh goodies for pennies on the pound. Most days, live entertainment sprouts up as well, adding to the bustle. While the prices are low, quality can be spotty, so pick your veggies with care.
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susan555
December 29, 2007
The Heart of the City Farmers Market on Wednesays and Sundays is wonderful. There are a lot of great bargains on Vegetables, Fruits, and Flowers as well as good falafels at one stand. The falafels at Art of the Falafel Catering are cooked right there and are delicious. I have had a lot of them, and these are some of the best I have ever tasted.
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yardena
September 09, 2007
I love the Ferry Plaza farmer's market and I go there every Saturday for the Acme bread, Golden Gate meats, avocados, the Brentwood corn (in summer), and the Ciao Bello Valrhoma or Scharffenberger chocolate gelato (when I go late enough). But on Sunday mornings I get up early and head to the Civic Center for my real produce shopping. Tomatoes cost a third of what they do at the Ferry Plaza, lettuce and most other greens and fruit no more than half. If I'm willing to gut, scale and clean my own fresh fish (and I am), it goes for half of what Whole Foods or the fish guys at the Ferry Plaza charge, and if you're into fish or shellfish, you'd be doing the cleaning anyway. The produce is mostly just fine--I mean, come on people, eggplant is eggplant. The fish has never disappointed. And most weekends I find lemons for 25 cents, so if they're a bit smaller and more beat up than the ones going for 3 for $2 at the Ferry Plaza, well, I can live with that. Yes, the area is a bit funky (but never dangerous-feeling), and you don't get the variety the Ferry Plaza offers (the farmers are more local) but so what? I'm heading there right now.
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Anonymous
September 29, 2006
Located in the middle of downtown San Francisco. Fresh produce, fish, flowers, plants, and specialty items like olives (all types) all the eggs you can think of (brown-organic-balut-duck eggs with the embryo) My mom use to go here on her lunch breaks on thursdays then I would drive to her work to pick it up. it would of been easier for me to go myself!! LOVE IT!!
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Fresh fish and live chickens are also available.
