Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market
- Hours:
Thu 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Fri 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Sat 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. - Price Range: $$
6 Reviews for Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market
This isn't really a farmer's market -- more like a flea market of food. True, you can get some classic PA dutch staples, but the produce is standard supermarket fare. Not to mention the prices are the same or worse than Weis/Giant/Wegmans.
Try the Emmaus Farmer's market for REAL farmer's from the Valley selling their produce and meats.
Also, Quakertown Farmer's Market is the same only worse! A handful of food vendors and then a bunch of flea market crap (besides the wolf t-shirts which are great).
I guess I'll take the middle ground on this one. It's not bad, not amazing, it's a place I go for a few specific things.
My favorites here are...
Wittmans World Cheeses: Applewood smoked cheddar (Last time I asked Wegmans wasn't carrying this..), fresh ricotta, and cranberry Stilton. Friendly, no-nonsense, show them how big a wedge you want and they sell it to you. Not the cheapest but I heart cheese.
Baringer Bros: This place has amazing ham hocks and they'll saw them in half for you. Good for making split pea soup or Cuban black beans. Also good kielbasa and they've got pig ears for your dog.
Mary Ann's Donut Kitchen: tasty rugelach, I tried the cinnamon bun looking thing and it was okay but not dense enough.. maybe it wasn't really supposed to be a cinnamon bun.
Dan's BBQ Chicken: never had the chicken but they make a tasty corn pie.. corn, hard boiled egg, pie crust... yum. However, even when there are no other customers you will be invisible to them until you take a number.
Foods of the Mediterranean: lots of grain salads, chicken shwarma was good but a little dry, I liked their spanakopita.. it's a little light on spinach.
There's a Mexican stand that as far as I can tell has no name but you'll know it when you find it... pushy but nice woman, good guacamole and beef empanadas.
I've never bought meat from the Clover Farms stand but they seem pretty nice... the guy who is usually there threw a stick of beef jerky at me one day.. I don't really like jerky but it was pretty good.
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Well, good variety... but on a Saturday afternoon, it is crowded and chaotic, and faintly scary. Prices are very good, but I guess I don't have the patience to deal with the rather rude crowd. I prefer the Quakertown one.
A lot of variety and great prices!
I heard great things about this market from my physical therapist's office staff so I decided to try it out. I had a great time! I bought lots of fresh veggies to make pasta tonight and a phenomenal whole grain roll (which I scarfed down WHOLE before I got home). I found a big variety of bakeries to choose my dessert from - I got an apple pie from the Amish bakery in the end. I'll let you know how it goes!
It's not a high end place - in fact, it's far from it, but it seems very authentic, mostly family-owned stalls. There were lots of people there with long lines at several of the stands...I'm definitely going back!
I love this place. One of the few places I miss in Pennsylvania. All the shops are excellent. Great quality of mechandice and prices are very reasonable. If you live near hear or are visiting, stop in . It is worth the trip.
The best farmer's market in the area. You can pick up some staples here, as well as some great gormet foods.
Try some traditional PA German foods, and interact with the friendly store owners.
Forget Wegman's, this is the real market experience without the sky-high prices. Open Thursdays through Saturdays.
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