Culver City Farmers Market

Best small farmers market. Bernard ranch oranges are the best in the United States, but shhh, don’t tell anyone. Summer has a bounty of top produce.

Every Wednesday. Free 2 hour Public Parking .the place to be. Live n popping. great food choices. and an array of booths.samples.exotic fruit.lotions.clothes, jewelry, bread. empanadas to die for.literally. Corn and platanos Fritos. prices are decent so you get your money’s worth.

Best deals are for the late birds when they’re trying to get rid of everything. Come at around 5:30−6:00 (they close at 7).
Probably not my favorite farmers market but they have the essentials.

A really nice 1 block Farmers market.
Vegetable and fruit sellers, with 1 or 2 organic sellers.
In addition, they have fresh Cactus Tortillas, Grilled Corn, Korean Vegetables, Grass Feed Beef, Fresh Fish, etc.
Fresh Flowers (usually 2 vendors), Fresh 1″ pot live vegetable plants.
5 to 8 hot food vendors.
Soap, Baskets, etc.
Only issue is parking is hard on Venice or Washington.
Rush Hour Traffic can be thick at times.
Otherwise great small market

Nice farmers market with a handful of vendors. This is located right across the street from trader joes. We parked at the same parking structure that is attached to trader joes: free first two hours. Prices seem reasonable for organic. They even had grass fed beef, organic chicken, bison and veal all organic stand, food vendor stand (the Hawaiian chicken was delicious), produce, Raw organic honey, seafood stand, fresh oyster bar, clothing for sale, pies, bread (their cheese pretzel bread was delicious), juice stand, fruits, kettle corn stand, etc. We got lots of vegetables for under $ 20, free from pesticides and chemicals! We also got grass fed ground beef and chuck for stew since winter is here lol for $ 23.

Fresh flowers, berries, mushrooms, plants, and herbs. Oh and great handmade soap and delicious hummus. This place has it all!
I went for the first time this past summer with a friend and really enjoyed it.
One of my favorite stands was the mushroom stand. The man was very nice and his selection of mushrooms was impressive! I also really enjoyed the herb stand that had a very wide selection to choose from.
I ended up walking out with some fresh hummus and sunflowers and have looked forward to going back ever since.

Great produce, good vibes, a little pricy but for quality and location you gotta pay. Try the little cakes at the end. The pineapple one is the best

The BBQ stand became a regular spot for lunch when I was working in the area. It’s terrific and you get a lot of food for the price. The fruit and vegetable stands didn’t seem to match the quality, freshness, or price of other farmers markets in LA. The BBQ is well worth it and highly recommended though.

I love this market! I go every Tuesday like clockwork. The produce is very fresh. Interview the whole market before you buy anything for some prices are cheaper the deeper you get into the market. I wouldn’t visit the roasted chicken vendor though. Its $ 10 for 1 chicken breast. No chicken breast should cost that much whether it was grass fed or diamond fed. $ 10 for one part of the chicken is insane especially when you can make the same or better at home and it maybe a lot more moist. I wish I knew the name of the vendors with the shea butter. I left my product and I want to call them. One thing I don’t like about the market is you can’t find a list of the vendors anywhere just in case you want to follow them around. I’m so disappointed that I won’t be able to use what I bought.

TUESDAY’S GROCERY SHOPPING
It’s small but it’s cute. AND bring cash so you won’t be a**ed out. There are two main tents that have struck my attention and both are at the end close to Venice Blvd. love sharing my farmers market finds… It’s like hunting down the randomest things.
1) One tent ran by an Asian couple sells the Asian vegetables. Fresh vegetables! They sell malunggay leaves here when in season may — nov). This product is hard to come by and you really have to search for it to get it. I also purchased fresh mint, lemon-​basil (smelt so good), and Chinese long beans (not one brown spot on the beans). FYI, this tent is also off the La Cienga farmers market on Thursdays and the malunggay leaves are available until supplies last.
2) Tent across from the tent above that’s ran by Arnett Farms. They have like 15+ different plums to choose from and all had different flavors. I wish to have chosen them all but selected only what my belly can handle. Flavor Queens, Ruby Cat Plutos, Bella Royals (apricot, peach, plum combo), forgot name of one of the fruits but has a sign ‘Kids Love Them’ (well, now adults too). I think those plums were my top picks.
The rest of the tents… Typical same ish at any other farmers market kind of tents.
Until the next review…

I recently visited Culver City Farmers Market during my lunch hour, and after much hype, excitement, and anticipation, I found it to be quite the opposite. Every stand had the same products on display to sell with difference in pricing. Honestly, the «fresh» fruit was just as expensive as your neighborhood market. The only highlight of going was the lotion I purchased from Boots Brothers Grow which smells AMAZING! They have several different fragranced lotions, but my favorite by far is Butt Naked and Body Right, although I purchased the Jasmine as well. Other than that, I could have spent my lunch hour snoozing. It was very meh…

The Culver City Farmers’ Market on Tuesdays (3−7pm) is one of the best outdoor markets in town. While the produce and goods are beautiful and incredibly fresh, the thing that really sets this market apart from the rest is the food and craft vendors.
We sampled fresh oysters from Shucks (flown in that day from Washington state), bought dried papaya and lemon almonds from The Fruit Patch, learned about South American-​style chocolate at Chocovivo, and tasted daikon at Dave’s Gourmet Korean Food. A must-​visit in the neighborhood!

My best friend and I are here almost every Tuesday! We always go to the coffee stand he always has a delicious fresh brewed coffee of the day only $ 2 its so good you dont need sugar or any kind of creamer/​milk. My favorite is the pirate chai made with matcha soooo good! There is also a vegan baked goods that have amazing vegan croissants!!! Yummmy! Everything we buy there is always great quality. We love supporting local farmers and businesses! It starts at 2pm. All the vendors we have bought from have been friendly and very knowledgeable and ate excited to educate us on their products. I wish it was bigger and there were more vendors. But its pretty great and i look forward to tuesdays just for this market!

Terrific.
But BEWARE for the Roasted chicken vendor… he’s doubling prices for tourists… and/​or not serving what is ordered. C’mon Culver City let’s clean up his act. It is embarassing when everyone else is top notch

Culver City, CA: Whoa! Let’s stop and park the car!
We were on our way back from Venice Beach when we passed Main Street and the Farmer’s Market in full swing. Had to stop to take a gander and I was not disappointed. Some organic, some not, but all farm fresh! Fresh hummus, fresh strawberries and blueberries, honey, root veggies, assorted greens, vegan bakery goods, fresh cooked to order Hawaiian plates, slow roasted ribs, fresh fennel bulbs for less than $ 1.80/lb! And the live herbs and orchid plants, as well as beautiful fresh flowers, were all just heralding spring’s coming!
I could utilize many of the wonderful fresh offerings were I not just passing by the area. Found a nearby spot on the street to park just as someone was leaving.

AWESOME farmers market. Pretty much every booth gave out HUGE samples! We were going to go to lunch after but we ate so much we couldn’t! I wish I knew the names of the places! But DEFINITELY go to the two guys selling hummus. They were SO nice and gave us so much food. The $ 20 we spent on hummus and pita bread we pretty much got for free with how many samples they gave us.
Also the pumpkin flatbread… GO THERE!!! It’s expensive, but so worth it.

Hawaiin chicken is crack. Whether I’m hungry or not, one bite will be enough to make me want to eat a pound or two.. . But i’m good and i don’t.
By the way, you can buy the chicken by the pound. 1 pound:$ 16 and it feeds my family of four when I serve it with my own veggies and rice.
Roasted peanuts are the best! Took a couple bags to a baseball game and they were a huge hit. Much better than the ones they sell at the stadium. They are also at Torrance fm on Saturdays in case you miss them and really need those nuts.

Samples samples samples!
Be careful where you buy, it’s expensive! I suggest doing a round first to kind of «feel it out» before making purchases.
Cool lotion stuff, jewelry, BBQ, kettle corn, clothing, plants, herbs, spices, and all sorts of produce.
The BEST things about this market:
Free, easy parking.
For those of us that have 9 – 5 jobs, they are open till 7!
The fruit stand with all the samples right when you walk in
The spinach bread with the sweet jalapeño sauce along Culver Blvd (same block as Native Foods)
The bundt cakes
Best tip– if you think you’re too late, you’re NOT. Come at 6 pm and you can find some GREAT deals. Right at the end of the sesh, come on by. Pre-​packaged produce starts to pop up with deals such as $ 2 bag/​3 for $ 5, I even saw $ 1 bags. The 6 o’clock hour is when they start to try selling everything produce. Keep your eyes out for these– cheaper than many supermarkets!
If you miss any of your produce, there’s a Trader Joe’s right across the street.

«Know your food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.» Joel Salatin*
A Tuesday farmers market (3:00 PM — 7:00 PM) like this one is the perfect way to do all three. Park in one of the city lots (first two hours free), grab some locally sourced grub, stash it back in your ride and catch a happy hour at one of the many pubs on the boulevard.
Several years since I visited, this market has totally improved with an interesting vendor mix to please cooks and non-​cooks alike. Plenty of useful products, plants, crafts and prepared foods!
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Within a couple short blocks the CC farmer’s market provides an awesome array of fruits, veggies, breads, desserts, seafood, and specialty food like oysters, bbq’d ribs/​chicken, hummus, jams, jerky, olive oil/​balsamic vinegar, and the typical jewelry and candles. They jam pack a ton of vendors on Main but talk about a good representation of homegrown edibles to choose from. Oh, must not fail to mention, their lettuce, herbs, and grains you can buy here as well are freshhhhh and will help you complete your dinner pronto. You won’t have to wade through a ton of artsy goods or companies offering up services.
Like many of the markets, sampling and BYOB (ags) are encouraged. Open late and 2 hour free parking in the garage at corner of Cardiff/​Washington make the trip to this market worth being a regular appointment on your to-​do list.
Need some things that the CC market doesn’t have? Trader Joe’s is just across the street. So no fear.