Playa Vista Farmers’ Market

Love this market! Each week is getting better and better! The fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs and flowers are amazing prices are great and you can’t help but love it (much better than whole foods in my opinion) lots of vendors with clothing etc and prices there are reasonable as well.

3.5 stars. Think ¹⁄₃ produce, ¹⁄₃ places to eat & ¹⁄₃ merchandise. Not the biggest farmers market, but it has grown since its humble beginnings.
A huge plus is the community it lies in. Playa Vista has only gotten better during its expansion. More options with more housing.
I can see it being a big hit with families inside the complex since it’s definitely not something you can see from the major streets.
I do like some of their food vendors, the produce can be more expansive and the clothing/​jewelry seems a bit out of place.
There’s a parking lot that fills up fast, plus plenty of street parking around. I would say I’d travel often to go here, but if I’m in the area is stop by.
To me the standard is set by the Brentwood Farmers Market just so you have context as to where I am coming from.

What a beautiful farmers market ! Love to go there every Saturday. The paintings sold by the Art Lady are fabulous. I moved here recently from the east coast and we bought 6 big paintings from her to do up our apartment.

Bring cash! several of the food vendors do not take credit cards or if they do, they charge you an additional fee (from 50 cents to $ 2). The ready made food options are really delicious and of course, so fresh. My daughter is obsessed with the pulled pork bbq sandwich and I thought the falafels were the best I’ve ever had!

Every month it gets better here. More vendors, and all take pride in their produce. Love the 3 for $ 5 deals and bags for $ 5 deals too. It’s so much easier! As the season change, the veggies and fruit change so I can’t tell you exactly are sold but every thing I buy there are great quality. Everything is right where you can park now! Get there early :)

As someone who lives in Playa Vista, I can’t give this Farmers’ Market anything less than ⁵⁄₅ stars. Sure it has some faults as pointed out by other reviews, but to such a resource so close to home is amazing. I don’t mind paying a little extra if it means I never even have to get in my car. The overall atmosphere is very enjoyable and is about as family friendly as it gets.
Hoping it keeps growing and with popularity the prices begin to drop.

I go here regularly. Really great selection of produce both organic and non organic. I was told today that they will be moving in the near future to the parking lot adjacent to where they are now so high rises can be built.
This is a family friendly farmers market and usually it’s not hard to find a place to sit and eat some of the prepared foods you may buy.

Best eggs! Look for the lily eggs and get the green eggs! So creamy and delicious. I promise! It’s pricey I think $ 10 a dozen but sooooooo worth it! Yes!

This one is a Certified Farmers’ Market where the farmers sell their crops directly to the public. Nice selection of products including some gifts such as children’s clothing and so forth. It’s a nice way to spend a couple of hours in Playa Vista.

Great weekend stop. They could use more vendors! Easy parking situation. The BBQ vendor and organic olive oil guy are two of my favorites.

This is a very quaint little farmer’s market with a nice balance of prepared foods, fresh produce and crafters. They also have a free dog-​sitting area where you drop of your dog while you shop! It’s just a really pleasant place to go.

I counted: less than ¹⁄₅ of the vendors here actually sell produce. It’s not so much a farmers market as it is a craft fair or food truck festival. The selection of available produce is paltry compared even to other small markets (Westchester, for example), but they’ve got plenty of Etsy-​approved arts and crafts. I can just go to Etsy for that, though. When it comes to things actually, you know, grown on a farm, they might have one vendor for each item– one guy selling peaches, one place to get cucumbers– at the very most. Consequently, the prices are noticeably higher.
Might be a nice place to hang with the kids. Not a good place to buy produce.

A smaller farmer’s market compared to others in the west side. It’s located in a parking lot close to the center of Playa Vista. The food options (while we didn’t try them) looked pretty delish. However, there were very few produce vendors and most of them charge an arm, a leg, and your first born for a pound of whatever they’re selling. There are stalls selling cute artisan jewelry and clothing as well. Parking is hit or miss (on the street). I probably wouldn’t make my way to this farmer’s market again, unless I’m in the area.

Smaller than many of the other Farmer’s Markets i’ve been too, but still nice and decent variety of items. Love the complimentary dog sitting service! *Be sure to tip! :)

Very cute and relatively small, but has the Farmer’s Market staples: fresh produce and flowers; handmade jams, soaps, jewelry; food vendors from crepes to Korean fare; even live music.
Is it a place to spend half a day wandering? No… But it is a fun Saturday morning stop for a relaxing introduction to your weekend.

Nice little farmers market with some neat vendors but WHERE are all the Organics? Seriously the last couple of weeks all I could find were organic apples and avocados.
The new indian food and raw food vendors are highly recommended, but it is sad to go to a farmers market for the cottage vendors and not the farmers.

This farmers market is really close to my place and is a great place to stop by Saturday mornings to stock up ion fresh veggies and other treats.
It’s not too big, but they have a nice selection and most the booths offer lots of samples. There’s a flower booth and several lunch and breakfast options with a seating area. There are also several booths at the beginning of the market selling clothing and artwork.
Once they had a booth that was putting dogs in high heels and clothing for pictures. I didn’t mind the clothing but seeing a poor dog in high heels was a bit upsetting to me. Thumbs down for that booth.
There is also a doggie sitter outside the food area to leave your pets.
It’s a bit pricey but if you go closer to when things are closing their prices sometimes go down.
There is street parking in Playa Vista.

This is a decent sized farmers market with all sorts of tasty goodies!
At one end of the farmers market there are a few booths with jewelry, clothing and artwork for sale. There is a booth with a huge selection of hummus, all of which you can sample. There are dried fruits and of course all sorts of fresh produce to enjoy. I thought the prices were quite reasonable. I got a huge container of apricots for $ 5, as well as large container of cherries and 3 baskets of strawberries for $ 5 as well.
One of the best features in my opinion is the booth at the entrance offering dog sitting services. They have several different pens so you don’t have to worry about any doggie scuffles while you do your shopping. They work for tips only. Really convenient option if you are on your way to or from the nearby dog park and don’t want to miss out on the farmers market.

Not only is this in a really cute community but its full of great produce vendors from all over California. I scored 2 maui sweet onions for $ 2, a head of broccoli for $ 1, 1 lb of carrots for $ 1! There’s a hummus guy, jars of jam, fresh pita bread and then all the lunch to-​go choices like mexican food, crepes, breakfast wraps with quinoa and egg whites.
I also entered in a raffle for a large bundle of produce and fresh flowers! A few days later, I received an email and I won! I picked it up Saturday afternoon and it was such a great win. Bunches of kale, carrots, artichokes, broccoli, onions, blood oranges, and bulbs of garlic. Plus, I received a lovely bunch of white gerbera daises. You know I left very happy :)

I actually prefer going to the Westchester farmer’s market more. There seems to be more fruits and vegetables there. And I guess someone who sells kettle corn.
There used to be a kettle corn vendor here but I didn’t see them this weekend. There were more ready made foods here though. Crepes, BBQ ribs, rotisserie chicken, tamales, fresh squeezed OJ, hummus, breads… There was even a food truck!
For the kids there is a little train they can get on that drives around. Not sure what the route is but it’s only $ 2 a ride. There’s face painting too!
Parking: There’s plenty of easy to find street parking.