Fairgrounds Farmer's Market Reviews Summary

Selection and Variety

Pros:

• "So many amazing choices. Different cultures of food to try for lunch."
• "A collection of some of the finest local meats, produce, and products."
• "Great variety of fresh produce meats and baked goods."
• "Large selection of fresh produce. Fresh meats, cheese, seafood."
• "Nice selection of baked goods, meats, poultry, Polish, Italian, Cajun, Vietnamese foods, Coney Island hotdogs, produce, and seafood."
• "Fresh produce assorted variety of poultry, meats, dairy, seafood, bakeries, candies, snack, yogurt and coffee."
• "Variety of stands from Mexican, Chinese, Amish and Italian."

Cons:

• "They're only open a couple days a week. And limited hours during those days."
• "Most prices are on the higher end, but not all."
• "Some of the vendors weren't wearing masks. Gross."
• "We were told 'no one here sells local beef. It is all western beef.'"
• "Was getting top rate fruit. Now quality has diminished as prices increased. Things rotting in a day or two."
• "Not sure if I'd shop there again since some of the stands that were already closed had meats and cheese in the cases and the cases weren't cold/ refrigerated??"
• "Food vendors (pho, pizza, etc) prices are a bit pricey as well."

Customer Experience

Pros:

• "The help was so pleasant and friendly."
• "Such great hospitality, everyone is so nice and helpful!"
• "The people that work here have always been friendly."
• "Stand owners are very social and friendly."
• "Excellent customer service."
• "The security staff were extremely nice and helpful when I lost my wallet."
• "The owner is an amazing person that will sit there and talk to you."

Cons:

• "Honestly, sometimes too crowded but that might tell you something in itself!"
• "It can get very crowded which can be overwhelming if you are just looking to browse the vendors there."
• "The only thing that's a bummer is trying to find a parking spot close to the building."
• "But lately for some reason people are very rude and always in a rush."
• "Not Happy At All... im glad to know they have some Racist Staff & with that being said i never shop at the stand or another stand i see them specific people."
• "I find ppl very rude. Ppl cutting in front of u."
• "The management allow people to loiter in the food area and sit at the dining tables for hours at a time."

Accessibility and Convenience

Pros:

• "All with a convenience of a shopping cart and great parking."
• "Plenty of parking outside and conveniently located."
• "There are multiple entrances, it's handicap accessible and clean."
• "The aisles are wide, clean and well lit."
• "Plenty of parking."

Cons:

• "Says open to 4 on a Saturday but most of the stands really close down at about 2:30 on a Saturday."
• "They're always busy, but only open Thurs, Fri and Sat."
• "I just wish they had more hours during the week."
• "Went on a Friday when it wasn't very busy and wasn't happy because the stands were closing early due to not a lot of people."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Great prices, fresh fruits and vegetables."
• "Bought something at a very reasonable price at the stand outside diner location."
• "People don't be cheap, quality cost."
• "Everything is great and the prices are unbeatable!"
• "The market is a great place to spend less money than at a supermarket."
• "Nice variety of local Produce Meats & Poultry for reasonable prices."
• "Love the market. Everything is so delicious and not expensive."

Cons:

• "They have a few really nice stands but most stands are very pricey..."
• "Purchased from 4 different stands, spent at least $40 at each one with a credit card, one stand charged me an extra dollar to do so."
• "Wow this place went to hell in a handbag very very expensive food I used to love going there."
• "To me it is way to expensive any more compared to the store."
• "Some items were more expensive than you can get at a regular grocery store."