Fort Street Mall Farmers’ Market

FORT STREET MALL FARMERS MARKT @FORT ST. BETWEEN HOTEL AND S. KING:
Located between Ross and Walmart, former Macy’s.
TUESDAY + FRIDAY 0700 – 1400
Nice small area, easy to get around. La Tour bread, almost croissant used to be my favorite.
I found my favorite cookie vendor ONO cookie here on Fridays!

Something about this Farmers Market that lures me to go and visit often. Unlike the Farmers Market at KCC or Pearl Ridge, this one is quite smaller in the heart of the Downtown Financial District. Mostly will see business office employees roaming around buying vegetables as well as the latest crafts and craze. Located in the Fort Street Mall strip so there are also lots of eateries near and around the area. Walmart, Fisher Hawaii, Longs, McDonalds are a few stores to name a few. I go to this Market to see one Vegetable Vendor who always carries an abundance of Sage, Rosemary, and Basil for just $ 2 a bag… and this is filled very generously. This is definitely a change of scene among other Farmers Market either planted in a parking lot or open field. I was able to stroll around Chinatown after checking out all the local businesses. Definitely a place to check out and see what the Locals are selling. You won’t be disappointed and you’re also supporting Local Businesses!

This Farmers’ Market runs along Fort Street Mall from Hotel Street down to Merchant Street on Tuesdays and Fridays. What’s nice about this Farmers’ Market is that you don’t have to wake up at the «crack of dawn» to get your goodies.
The vendors are open from 7:00 AM — 2:00 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays so the hours are perfect for the downtown workers to step out during a break and shop. There are arts and crafts, food booths, healthcare systems volunteers, fresh produce and plants or flowers.
We stopped by during a recent jaunt into the financial district on Tuesday. We were surprised to see so many vendors and people just roaming about. I came away with fresh kulolo (Hawaiian coconut-​taro pudding) and haupia (Hawaiian coconut pudding). The kulolo was so fresh and soft that it had a similar consistency to fudge. The vendor normally sells her kulolo and haupia at $ 6 a container but, she sold me the two items for $ 10. She recommended eating the two together as they sell a product called «Haulolo» but was temporarily sold out. I waited until I returned home to give it a try and it was sooo good! Not overly sweet and the consistencies of both kulolo and haupia were a «match made in Heaven».
Another vendor of note was La Tour Bakery with its Cruffins (hybrid croissant & muffin), assorted breads and other baked goods. There was a vendor selling locally made Hawaiian wear, t-​shirts with Polynesian prints and handbags. A jeweler featured beach glass set in 14K yellow gold or sterling silver. Most of the vendors price their wares quite reasonably and when you purchase items, you really support local businesses.
Oh, the shopping target is the downtown work force who already are parked for work but, you could usually find parking in one of the several nearby municipal parking garages.
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Fort Street Mall Farmer’s Market is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. It’s a nice place to stop by on your way to work or on your lunch break when you need to get away from being cooped up in your office.
They have a good but small variety of vendors to check out. My usual stops are the «Haulolo» and Waimanalo lemonade stands. I’ll also check out the veggies and fruit stands for when I’m in a cooking mood.
You can purchase breads, cookies, drinks, Filipino food, pastas and sandwiches. also plants and jewelry.
Don’t expect a huge set up but the essentials are there ^_^

Small but cozy. We managed to get some cheap lettuce and cheap cucumbers. It is very small, I wouldn’t spend time going here if I only had a week or two here.

This place is hard to find. You will have to find the Walmart that is near there. The google map will route you to the wrong place. Not too many vendors here

If you work in downtown, the farmer’s market here is a place you can take a short break from the madness of work and stroll and enjoy the products sold.
Ranging from breads, drinks and produce to orchids and crafted jewelry, it’s not as big as the windward, pearlridge or Blaisdell center’s FM, but you can find a few of the same and different vendors in one or the other.

The farmers market on fort street is open on Tuesdays and Fridays. I used the address on Unilocal and it routed me all the way to a zippy’s restaurant. I tried to correct and submit the right address, but with no success. Any-​who, I located the white tents which were in front of Walmart. I browsed each station and ended up purchasing a package of spinach, onion, and garlic. There was not a lot of venders and it was a relatively small farmers market. What I loved the most was the orchid I brought home from there. Overall not a bad place to grab local fruits and veggies on the go.

This farmer’s market runs every Tuesday & Friday.
Prices are reasonable and vendors are friendly.
Things you can buy at this market: organic veggies and fruits, breads, jewelry, plants, orchids, lemonade, sauces and pois.

I can’t ever wake up for the farmer’s markets on the weekend and frankly, they are way too busy for me. I enjoy our little farmer’s market on fort street mall. There are a couple of veggie vendors, bale, yummy lemonade in different flavors, chips and dips, jewelry, plants, cut flowers and more! I love that it’s another option for me and it’s a nice break away from my computer screen on a Tuesday or Friday.
If you’re in the downtown area, check them out! In fact, I think the veggie stand has everything you’ll need to make your own nabe as far as the veggies are concerned. Just a little tip from one nabe addict to another.

Always see this farmers market but never stopped to look.
First farmers market experience.
Here are the goods I scored
Enoki mushroom. Two big bundles in the bag. $ 2.50
Brussels sprouts. Six big ones. $ 2.50
Spinach. Stems cut off. $ 2.00
Snap peas. $ 2.00
Okinawan potatoes. Three in a bag. $ 3.00
Garlic. Already peeled and ready to go. $ 2.00
Spending under $ 15 for things I would’ve paid over $ 20 for… priceless.
If you need me during lunch on Tuesday or Friday. This is where I’ll be. I went at 12:30. I think I missed a lot of good stuff.
Tip: go before the lunch rush.

A small farmers market but they had a larger variety of fruits and vegetables than the KCC farmers market.
I found brussel sprouts, enoki mushrooms, eggplant, organic spinach, and bell peppers there.
Great!

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Love this little farmer’s market; every Tuesday & Friday!
Usual vendors are 1132 Café, Bale (mostly breads and baked goods)…there’s usually a fruit/​produce vendor and also a flower vendor. There are also «junks» vendors, but they vary from time to time. I’ve been waiting for the people who bring the Totoro merch around! haha
Anyways, now that Macy’s is gone I’m not sure if the crowd is still the same… it always seems busy though and is a nice visual break from the rest of the concrete jungle.
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Is it the best farmer’s market in the world? Nope, I’ve been to better (Chicago was the best I’ve seen). Is it the worse? Probably not.
Pro: convienent for the downtown crowd both in location and time (shop either before you head to work or on your lunch break)
Con: lack of variety (compared to the better farmers markets)
There are 3 fruits/​vegetable stands; 2 — 3 plants stands (1 is there in the morning but not during lunch time); several jewelry/​handbag/​crafts stands (sorry, I know there are several but I haven’t taken the time to count exactly how many stands); 1 bread stand; 2 stands that serve meals (salad/​sandwhiches); and occasionally condiment stands (peanuts/​jam).
I usually head over before work to pick up fruits to eat at work and the 1 plant stand that is there only in the morning to check out her flowers (I’m hoping with summer upon us she’ll starting carrying gardenia flowers so I may have something pretty at my desk).
Only certain stands accept credit cards.

This farmer’s market is perfect for me. I can get produce twice a week during my lunch break. Every vendor there is very nice and friendly. I also enjoy looking at the handmade jewelry at one of the stalls. There is a little bit of everything for you at this farmer’s market — food, jewelry, Hello Kitty knick knacks, etc. If you are downtown on a Tuesday or Friday you should definitely check it out.

For the busy downtown worker bee, like me, the Fort Street Mall farmer’s market offers a nice mid-​day retail therapy break. As other Unilocalers note, there’s a mix of booths here featuring everything from fresh produce and potted orchids to jewelry designs and ribbons/​crafts.
1132 Café serves up cold lunch boxes featuring pastas, sandwiches and salads. Bale has a huge tent with dozens of artisan breads, sweet rolls, croissants, pastries and cookies, and they offer free samples! Today’s nosh was an olive crisp — imagine a thin slice of bread dotted with kalamata olives and then it’s baked (or maybe it’s fried!) into a chip-​like crunchy goodness, yum-​meeee! $ 5.50 for a bag. There’s also chocolate crisp ($ 4.50), cinnamon/​cranberry crisp ($ 4.50) and garlic crisp ($ 5.50).
Fronting Macy’s is perhaps my favorite vendor that sells potted plants, occasionally orchids and seasonal flowers, succulents and herbs. While the produce vendors have packaged herbs, here you’ll find them still standing tall and healthy in pots! Fragrant basil, rosemary, mint, cilantro. I’ve bought many a green plant here that have lived a short life in my hot, stuffy condo, and also given a few endangered plants to the owner Ed in order to save them from my black thumb.
I can’t resist a green plant, and today I spent $ 7 on a two-​foot tall plant with thin frond-​like leaves. I have no idea what it’s called, but the lady standing in line next to me told me it should last a long time. She does not know my track record with plants.
As I headed out past the native jewelry stand, winding past the Filipino baked goods vendor and the potted orchids with gorgeous sprays of purple, yellow and white blooms, I paused to think how nice it is to enjoy the fresh air and blue skies on a sunny, nearly cloudless day. If I weren’t in heels, I would have thought it was a Saturday.

Fort Street Mall is home to more than a heavily traversed street, homeless people, and the smell of urine in certain spots. It happens to host a very nice farmers market on Tuesday and Fridays. Whoever came up with the idea of a true urban market in the heart of downtown is just a genius.
The market is open from about 8:00 am to 2:00 pm and offers a good selection of fresh produce, baked goods, prepared goods, and some other knick-​nacks. You certainly can find a good array if you need produce for dinner or that bite to grab and go.
It is nestled right on Fort Street Mall right between King and Hotel streets. Be sure to check it out… there usually isn’t the smell of urine. And the baked goods and other sweet treats more than make up for it!

One of the wonderful things about having a farmer’s market a couple of days a week just steps from my office, is the variety.
Of course I’ve had bok choy many times… in dishes prepared at restaurants. On Friday, I bought a bag of fresh bok choy from the market. Tonight I made a very simple meal of steamed bok choy. I just washed and microwaved it for about a minute. Added a little light butter and some seasoning.
It was still tender crisp and flavorful. I hope they are selling more of it tomorrow because I can see this being my new spinach :-)

Small market with just a few produce stands. We came cause it was one of two open that day.

FORT STREET FARMER’S MARKET located IN FRONT OF MACY’S
Tuesdays and Fridays 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
This is the market I go to when I’m in need of some Filipino dish ingredients. I grew up eating Filipino dishes filled with tons of veggies. I eat Filipino dishes, know how it looks like but never knew the official names of the vegetables, or maybe only know the Tagalog word for it. Now I can visit this market and tell the Filipina merchants what I want to make and they can direct me the correct veggies to use in my Filipino dishes!
NOTE: Some venders run out of products by 1pm.
Recommended for asian veggies, tropical fruits, breads, and jewelry.