Hillsboro Farmers’ Market

One of my favorite farmers market. I was s big early in the season but still plenty of vendors here. One thing I felt was out of place were the couple selling Xfinity Cable service. Kinda felt it would be nice to not see corporate America at a farmers market so I totally ignored them when they attempted to talk to (sell) us.

I usually go to the Orenco location. It’s got a great variety of produce, crafts, and baked goods! I love the Pie guy, mini doughnuts, and Great Harvest stands especially, while my friends like the ethiopian and BBQ stands. The only reason I can’t give this place 5 stars is because the breakfast/​lunch food stands are a little lacking ever since they lost a few of their regulars. I miss the sausage, burger, and smoothie vendors!

Love the Orenco market. Lots of food and shops. Close to New Seasons and Kitchen Kaboodle.

Hard to judge on one day alone – I’ll update later – but I was very impressed with this little market. It has a little bit of everything, from the produce to baked goods to spices to booze to flowers. The music and picnic tables are a great touch, and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for allowing well behaved dogs! We appreciate it.

I like Orenco Farmers Market so much better than Beaverton Farmers Market — no really, I do and here’s why:
— parking: this one is a biggie for me. Lots of parking either at the New Seasons or lots of shaded street parking around.
— crowd: I go at 10am when they’re just opening, so I haven’t had any over-​crowd issue here.
— vendors: it’s definitely small, but there are only a few vendors I frequent anyway and they’re at this market, so I’m perfectly okay with the choices.
— dogs: yes, unlike Beaverton market, this one allows dogs. I thoroughly enjoy petting all the dogs :)

I like the fresh produce over here. Some of the treats and crafts tend to be a little pricey but it’s a nice way to spend your afternoon out.

It’s close, but there really is only one both that is from the farm that has a variety of vegetables. There are a couple of food boths, and there is usually a band playing which is nice. I just wish there were a couple more farms represented at this market.

Somewhere in the 3 star plus range, our first visit to the Hillsboro Saturday market was good enough that we look forward to visiting again next season.
This little market deserves a big round of applause for effort and we thought the location in downtown Hillsboro, along with the Civic Center, was charming.
But the range of and quality of vendors there made this market come in at less than four stars for us. Maybe that’s because we had just come from the Beaverton Saturday market which is a «Woohoo Plus» effort.
As a good thing, parking was pretty easy to find on the street within a couple of blocks of the Hillsboro market location.
There were other things to like about this Hillsboro market too. Including accessible street location. Including some vendors who seemed to be offering truly homegrown or home created products.
For Market shoppers who like to have craft vendors included, worth noting there are craft vendors at the Hillsboro market. (Some markets, like Beaverton, Hillsdale, and the Portland PSU market are purely food and agriculture centric.) So in many ways the Hillsboro market seemed more like a community street fair market than a serious Farmers Market.
Most of the shoppers seemed to be congregated at the Civic Center location, enjoying the fountain and the music and not actually buying much from the vendors. The (very nice) Starbuck’s at that location was the only seller with a line.
Which leads me to a tip about the Hillsboro downtown Market. If you need to use the loo. No need for porta potty here, as in many other market locations. The Civic Center building, which is open on Saturday mornings, has public bathrooms on the second floor — just hike the stairs or take the elevator and there you are. Nice.

You are cordially invited to the Hillsboro Farmer’s Market at the Orenco Station
What: run your errands and enjoy your Sunday! Happy shopping!
When: Every Sunday from May — October
Where: Orenco Station Parking lot adjacent to New Season’s Market
Time: 10am — 2pm
Why: Fresh farm produce, baked goodies, candles/​oils, boquets of flowers, plants, jewelry, honey, mini-​doughnuts, crepes, Thai food, Mexican food, Mediterranean food, German sausages, live band music and much more!
NOTE: Not as big as the other Farmer’s Markets in downtown Portland. Some vendors from the Sat Downtown Hillsboro Farmer’s Market are here too.

Excellent! Great food, fun, and overall wonderful! Go every Tuesday night, and try to go Saturday morning!!! Mini donuts, Unger Berries, and sooooooo much more.