Milton Farmers' Market

Good local farmer's market with an assortment of vendors. Regulars include purveyors of fruit vegetables, mushrooms, honey, maple syrup, locally roasted coffee, breads, eggs, meats, and cheeses. (All vendors are not there every week.

While this farmers market may not offer everything under the sun (some have craft stuff etc. , the selections are great: fresh fish from Burkes in Quincy, Thatcher farm's dairy, cheeses, fruits, veggies, flowers, honey etc. All located in Milton Lower Mills (next to the Neponset River, the Milton Yacht Club, and the T station. Parking on site.

Cute little Farmer's Market located just behind Adams Street near 88 Wharf. It is small. Don't go expecting lots of offerings. It's definitely not SOWA, Copley or any major metropolitan farmer's Market like the Marche Jean Talon in Montreal. There's a good assortment of vendors, however. There were a number of people selling pies and other dessert items, several options for fruits and veg and herbs. There's a stand selling coffee, too. Burke's seafood was here as well as some farms selling cheese. I don't love that it's only open on Thursdays from 1-6. So, if you have a 9-5 job and a normal commute, well, guess you are SOL. Why can't they have this on Saturday or later into the evening?

I think this market may have improved significantly since the last reviews were written, and I'd recommend giving it a try. There were three separate farm stands selling produce the day I went, plus a nice variety of other items from cheeses to shellfish to fresh floral bouquets.

The selection at this farmers market is very limited. I've visited twice since its down the street from my work. It's only from 1-6pm on Thursdays. I found people were packing up early so consider it more like 1-5pm. It was pricier then I thought it would be. I know its great to support the locals so I don't mind shelling out an extra few bucks to have locally grown items. There were about 3 veggie vendors all around the same prices. I got a small watermelon for $3 and a melon for $2. The bakery items were limited to cookies at $2 each or bags of 6 for $7 at another table. Then small loafs of bread. The pie vendor had a huge selection, I found the sample I had a bit syrupy though. The jelly person let me sample some mixed berry jam that was very tasty. For $6 a jar I might go back for some when I run out. There was a nice couple selling potted herbs for cheap. They also gave me some great tips on why some herbs grow stronger then others. Other booths were honey, fresh fish, and some home made items. Plenty of parking near the wharf.