This coming Wednesday, Heart of the City, the best farmers' market on Earth, will celebrate its 30th year of bringing an impressively wide variety of affordable, high-quality produce and other farm-fresh items to the under-served Civic Center population. more ›

Glen Park, San Francisco's hidden neighborhood of unabashed charm and twee, might finally get a farmers market. And it'll be extraordinarily accessible via BART. "After a year of debate about where to put a Glen Park farmers market, the neighbors may have finally found a spot," reports The Examiner. "The nonprofit Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association is trying to secure the Glen Park BART Station parking lot on Sundays since it’s not really used by the neighbors." Now all they need is BART to agree. Fingers crossed. [Ex] more ›

With assistance from La Cocina, MEDA, Mission Merchants Association, the creative-yet-bubblesque Mission District will, at last, get a farmers' market this week. On Thursday July 22, the Mission Community Market will open on Bartlett between 21st and 22nd, from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Expect a slew of artisan cheeses, tables full of fresh food, youth and arts programs, and an abundance of Mission-based online writers reporting/snarking live from the scene. more ›

Did you know that Crocker Galleria, downtown's most shy and misunderstood shopping center, has a farmers' market? It's true. They do. Each Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the former home of Versace hosts approximately 20 certified growers and food producers. more ›

It was nice and warm today at Heart of the City Farmers Market. We got there around 2 p.m. and scored three pints of strawberries for $5, so the vendors could go back home to Watsonville. (It must be a berry-lover's dream there.) more ›

Way back in the day when your editor lived in the Upper Haight, we had to trek up to Real Foods to get some decent produce. Now Haight and Cole Valley residents can find a tasty leek or a fistful of peppery arugula at a new farmers' market slated to open on Wednesday, April 28, at Stanyan and Waller. This is also the same spot where a skate park is in the works. Which: rad. more ›

At yesterday's Heart of the City Farmers Market, we more ›

On Saturday night, scores of people waited in a long line at 9 Langton (near 7th/Howard) to get into the members-only SF Underground Market. (SFist Style Editor Chloe Harris, who was queued up with an estimated 1,000 hungry shoppers, received a dirty look from a line-mate after dissing kombucha tea. Tough crowd, these gastronomes.) more ›

This Week at Heart of the City Farmers Market, we encountered a Wiener Wagon, picked up some Hickory BBQ pistachios and Chile Lime pistachios, which are much easier to open than the Jalapeno Garlic pistachios (the powder acts as a seal on those), bought Fuji and Pink Lady apples, blood oranges and Mandarin oranges, sweet potatoes, and brown eggs, and were approached by a panhandler who asked whether we were a sir or ma'am (not a good way to get money out of us). more ›

At this Wednesday's Heart of the City Farmers Market, located at the United Nations Plaza in Civic Center every Wednesday and Sunday, we more ›

The US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has officially declared this week National Farmers Week. Farmers markets are "important nationwide outlets for agricultural producers." What's more, thousands of farmers markets offer "consumers affordable, convenient, and healthful products sold directly from the farm in their freshest possible state," which benefit people tenfold, economy- and health-wise. Most of us already know about the bigwig farmers markets in the Bay Area (e.g., Ferry Building, Civic Center, Noe Valley), but there are more of them out there. To find the farmers market nearest you, visit apps.ams.usda.gov. more ›

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We shamelessly stole today's photo of the day from SF Metblogs. It was reportedly taken at the Ferry Building's farmers market. And while we can imagine such a gruesome display occurring in more parts of the city, we always thought this kind of scene was better hidden at downtown's farmers market. Tsk, tsk. Shameful. more ›

Hi, guys. What's up? Great. So...huh, how do we put this delicately without hurting anyone's feelings? Ahem, the next time there's a truck in the middle of Civic Center selling nothing but delicious waffles, and no one mentions it to us before said truck sells out of said waffles? We will go Carrie on all of you. (With you in the Betty Buckley role, of course, because you are the most caring readers.) Why,... more ›

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! more ›

This Saturday at the San Francisco Embarcadero Hyatt Regency from noon-4 p.m., you can join KGO Radio and the Mendocino Wine Growers Foundation in celebration of the wines and other good stuff from Mendocino County. The event, called "Wine By The Bay 2007,", is $35 if you buy your ticket now; it'll be ten buck more ($45) at the door. What's exciting to us is that Friend of SFist, Destination Dinners' Lisa Diamond, is scheduled to be interviewed by KGO's Gene Burns during the event for his "Dining Around" program. more ›

We had a good time going through the recipes and eating stories in Street Food, the new book by wunderkind Tom Kine - that is, when we got over the insane jealousy. He got a book contract to travel for three months and eat all he could! How do we get something like that? We're excited to try his takes on bolani (Afghan flat bread) and Kadu (roast pumpkin paste), which he got from Bilal, who runs a stall at the Kaiser Farmer's Market in Oakland. Kine even includes party ideas at the end...fun! more ›

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Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt, who has completely covered her house in mosaic tiles. more ›

Our favorite Bay Area foodie starchild, and Omnivore’s Dilemma author, Michael Pollan, was at it again Wednesday night. He moderated a panel to discuss the 2007 Farm Bill on the UC Berkeley campus. The Farm Bill -– which gets reviewed about every five years – has been under the spotlight this year. more ›

When visiting your republican parents in Ohio for the holidays, it can be hard to have a satisfying conversation over the dinner table. Worry not, we found a fantastic ice-breaker at the Alemany Farmer's Market. more ›

On Thursday morning, we bent our self imposed no-drinks-before-noon"guideline" and attended a fun food and wine event. What made this invite stand out was that the wine tasting, Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2006, was tied to an important cause, the San Francisco Food Bank. Had we known we would be able to witness and talk to a good natured young woman dressed in a gigantic Beaujolais Nouveau costume we would've RSVP'd even sooner. Oh, and did we mention we dig romantic French accordion music by Odile Lavault while we sip and nibble? more ›

You won't find jujubes at your average farmer's market stall. If you want to buy the olive-sized, black and brown fruits, hunt out Asian-themed markets or tables selling Asian ingredients. more ›

Last week we were shopping at a local farmer's market and overheard two women discussing what to buy for dinner. "How about spinach?" said one. The other greeted her suggestion with a smirk and they both nervously chuckled before moving on to other vegetables in the stand. more ›

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Tomato crops haven't fared well in California's recent heat wave, which might explain why market stalls aren't overflowing with the iconic summer vegetables. We spotted some recently, and took some home for a tomato tasting in the SFist test kitchen. Honest, we came up with this idea before the New York Times ran an article about a similar tasting . more ›

As much as we enjoy planning dinners, sometimes we just want to assemble a quick meal from fresh ingredients at the farmer's market. How often do you get to the many markets here in the Bay Area? If you haven't been in a while, we'd like to urge you visit your neighborhood market and taste the treats on display. Scrumptious stone fruits such as cherries and nectarines are at the peak of their flavor right now, and we've seen the first ears of corn. Even tomatoes have begun to appear, though they're still a little wan. more ›

We geeked out on garlic last year, so we instantly recognized the twisty garlic scapes at the Grand Lake farmer's market last week. A scape is the stem that shoots through the middle of a bulb of hardneck garlic, the more flavorful subspecies of that aromatic bulb, which we'll cover a bit more in July or August. more ›