Broadway’s Farmers Market Opens for the Season

SEATTLE, WA – This past Sunday behind the Bank of America on Broadway, the seasonal Broadway’s Farmers Market opened its doors to venders from the Puget Sound area all the way to Eastern Washington to come out and set up stalls. Capitol Hill residents crawled out of their winter caves to embrace the locally produced and grown goods… and they weren’t alone. Many brought their furry pals along for the ride as well.

The weather was more than accommodating as an assortment of cut flowers, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, jams, nuts, dairy products, honey, eggs, poultry, mushrooms, meats, fish, shellfish, nursery stock, pasta, breads, preserves, wine, pickled relish and baked goods were put out on display.

The most popular haunt was Little Prague European Bakery, a bakery based in West Seattle, that was selling Czechoslovakian fresh baked goods for as low as $3-$5. The most requested item? A delicious cream-cheese Danish.
As a local musician came out to provide entertainment and the sunshine was sending good vibrations throughout the market, I decided to try a baklava from Ahiska Turkish Lavish Co. for $3.


“I was here last year, and I am excited to be back,” said Mahoumand, an employee that the company had sent to represent them. “You think the baklava is good? Try the bread!”

As I walked around the market, eating baklava and reaping in the environment around me, I stopped by one of the many flower stalls to pick myself up a bouquet for only $5. The little boy selling them to me called them ‘a primary flower arrangement” – which consists of two colors of the same flower (in my case, red and purple tulips). Beautifully arranged and professionally cut by Chao Garden located in Snohomish, WA.

A farmers market is all about boosting Washington State farm produce and processed foods only. It is environmentally friendly and buying local means “less resources are wasted and less pollution is generated in getting the food from farm to table.” The market aims to strengthen the community and help gain support for local agriculture.

“Supporting your neighborhood farmers market can only do good,” says Sarah David, a volunteer who helped set up the market. “I try my best to only buy locally grown food – and a market like this just makes it easier for people like me to help the environment as best as we can.”

So come on you urban folk of Capitol Hill, come out and support your local farmer! Try a cream-cheese Danish, eat a baklava, buy some flowers for your significant other and help the environment along the way. A market aims to help make it easier for people that live in cities to come to a central location to buy locally – so help your local farmer by coming out this Sunday and supporting him in return.

The market opens its doors on May 10th and is located on Broadway Ave. E and E. Thomas and is open every Sunday until December 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.



For a sample list of venders from the 2008 year, click here.
For more information on the Broadway and other markets around Seattle, click here.