It’s opening weekend at Northern Virginia, DC and Maryland seasonal farmers markets! Head out early to score the best asparagus and strawberries and give a local flair to your Cinco de Mayo fiesta. (It’s the perfect excuse to blend up a batch of our strawberry horchata! Or perhaps a rhubarb margarita.)
Some of our favorite family-friendly markets are reopening this weekend, including Alexandria’s West End Market (Sundays, 8:30am to 1pm at Ben Brenman Park) and Reston Farmers Market (Saturday, 8am to noon at Lake Anne Village Center). (All Fairfax County and Loudoun County markets are now open for the season). And a brand new market is opening in Arlington’s Westover neighborhood (Sundays, 8am to noon on N. McKinley Rd.).
(Psst…are you on Pinterest? I’ve pinned a few Mexican-inspired recipes for Cinco de Mayo.)
3 responses so far ↓
1 Erica Price // May 5, 2012 at 2:42 am
I do love visiting farmer’s markets. I always seem to find something new or different & people are friendly too.
2 Jessie // May 8, 2012 at 9:18 am
I wish we had local farmers markets, 2 hour drive to the nearest regular one 🙁 we get some that come into town for special events and they’re great!
3 Lexy Vu // May 9, 2012 at 9:34 pm
I love this! I love being able to see extra fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers! They taste SO much more delicious (or at least so I’d like to think..) On top of that, one of the vendors at the Dallas Farmers Market sells double yolk eggs. YUMM!!! IF you have a farmers market and you haven’t been, it is definitely one of the best treasures of ANY city and you should REALLY go!