Reviews for: Riverdale Park Farmers Market

This is a great small market that offers a nice variety of options, including super-local produce from Eco Farms, amazing preserves and fruit from Blades Orchard on the Eastern Shore, plus burritos and Indian food to go if you're just looking for dinner. Highly recommended!

Every Thursday, the quiet town center of Riverdale Park brightens up with the liveliness of old, when the Farmer's Market takes place from 3 to 7 between May and October. From local musicians performing to all sorts of different specialty vendors (gluten-free breads, smoked meats, recycled art), this town shines with all of the charm a quaint community can provide.

I run into lots of new people as well as familiar faces. It's great to see a normally quiet town center become so vibrant on Thursday afternoons.

Riverdale Farmer's Market improves the quality of life in the whole area. What a delight to be able to buy blue ribbon winning fruit from Harris Orchard--the best in the state plus quality fresh vegetables from Thank God It's Fresh and Mustachio Farms! You can even buy korean food while listening to live music and chatting with your neighbors--it's just great! The vendors are wonderful, full of information and recipes. Herbs, bedding plants, Fresh Eggs and Honey--need I say more! Where else can you buy home-made minted pear preserves or peach cobbler and pineapple upside down cake? The flowers from Red Chimney are just gorgeous from spring to fall, everyone is so friendly. It feels like Paris on thursdays-only friendlier! Thank You Riverdale Park Farmer's Market!!!

We absolutely love the Riverdale farmer's market. Having been born and raised in this area it is wonderful to finally have a true "local" farmer's market. Since starting my family I've made it a new tradition to stop by every Thursday. Sometimes i meet friends and family, sometimes I eat dinner there and other times I just do some shopping. With all the entertainment and food vendors, in addition to the great produce, it really is a great event to share with your kids.

My children and I enjoy this market very much. The farmers remember us from week to week. The hydroponic lettuce is amazing. Still crisp 8-plus days later! You must try the pickled red peppers! Add a little mayo, cheese and bread--a most delicious sandwich. The man at Miguel's Mini Donuts is incredibly kind to my children. Try the Wash Day Lye Soap--oh, the stains it can remove. The honest and humble man I buy my corn, beans, etc. from always makes the trek over to this market worth it.

I live in Riverdale Park and it's very nice to stop there on Thursday's to shop for fresh produce.

more than a market an eatery as well, a place for conversation, new ideas, recipes, learning the latest techniques with the best seeds for growing your own gardens. Fresh, safe meats of all varieties and a place that allows the children something to do while parents are shopping...a real town square. The only thing we would ask is that they be open more often.

In college, my "weekend" officially started on Thursdays (okay, it was a state school and I was an English major). I'm grateful I was able to continue the tradition through most of my 20s until adulthood got its claws into me.

Now that I'm officially old, my wholesome version of this ritual is the Riverdale Park Farmers Market on Thursdays. I get to bump into friends, there's great music, plenty of room for kids to run around, and that nice weekend-kickoff feeling, with no nasty hangover later.

It's a great market!

Visiting this market is so much more than just buying produce. The organizer, Jim Coleman, really makes it fun. There is something for everyone--always live musical entertainment, plenty of activities for kids nd a lot more than just produce. You can truly buy everything for a meal--wonderfuk fresh coffee, a Korean food sales trailer, crepes made from fresh produce ingredients, every kind of pickle you can think of from the pickle man, fresh italian meatballs, gnochi, sausage, a booth selling smoked food items and farmers selling fresh eggs, all kinds of meat, beef, pork, lamb, even goat. Love it, love it, love it !!!

Love the hours, the friendliness of the farmers, the great music and I feel good about buying local!

Because it is Organic mostly. The RR Rail fans set up their trains. The Elephant Art Gallery is there and great music, native flowers and plants. we have meat, eggs, cheeses and other daily, hydroponic lettuces, gourmet cofee, homestyle fresh french baked breads & gourmet pastries, good foods to eat right there and a few crafters.

Unlike many farmer's markets nearby, the Riverdale Park market has evening hours so that us who work can still enjoy the fresh veggies, flowers, dairy, eggs, etc. from local farmers. It is convenient to work, which also helps. The dairy stand has the best Italian cheddar and chocolate milk! In addition, the farmers are friendly, informative, and provide their favorite recipes.

It's a producers-only market, so all of the produce and merchandise is actually grown or made by the people selling it. There's lots of variety, fun activities for the kids, and the town sets up a tent and tables so people can sit and eat while enjoying live music: a very friendly market.

Love the variety of products available. Sellers are very honest and wonderful people. Very friendly, casual market.

Vendors provide local meat, eggs, dairy products and produce, and many of these products are organic. There are also numerous local artisans who sell jewelry, textiles, pottery, and handmade soaps at our market. Among these artisans, I'd have to include our pickle man, who has made an art out of creating perfection in a pickle. And who can resist "fast-food" items like Koh's Korean Bulgogi or Crepes at the Market, which uses local ingredients for their tasty concoctions? But I think my favorite vendor is the Circle C Oyster Ranch, with their fresh, sustainably farmed, eco-friendly oysters. Yum!

This is the best maket around IMHO. It's just the right size and has the perfect variety of grower vendors with delicious produce. On top of all that there is a pickle vendor! What more could a person want? Oh yeah ~ the bread vendor ~ the bread is delicous, not full of sweeteners, great crumb and chew. There are other interesting booths as well but I'll let you discover them on your own. The market manager does a creative job giving the community a fun and animated market full of healthy food choices.

This is my favorite farmer's market - it's big enough to have wonderful variety, but not so big as to overwhelm. I love the music and the hot food vendors, and the fact that I can sit down at a picnic table to enjoy both.

we've been visiting the Riverdale market since my first son was born - now nine years and two more sons later, we still make it a point to go every week. We love the friendly vendors who always make time to talk, the music and entertainment, and of course the wonderful produce, meats, jellies, eggs, and baked goods. Most of the produce has been picked the morning of the market - can't get any fresher than that! You don't need to drive out into the country to give your children an experience of farm life. Just talk to one of the farmers and try some of what they bring to market - it is the best and freshest ever.

My son and I drive down the street from his school on Thursdays every chance we get to stop in at the Riverdale Park Farmers Market. He gets an after-school snack like sweet nuts, pickle on a stick or fresh donuts. We listen to great music as we browse and then make our final selections from wonderful fresh fruits, veggies, breads, and jams, getting our shopping done in a warm, friendly atmosphere in the fresh air. Supporting local farmers is why we go; all the rest is what makes it so much fun.

Riverdale Farmers Market is everything a market should be and more. It's fun, it's healthy, it's friendly and it's a neighborhood event. The description of the market on this site is wonderfully accurate, but what is missing is the feeling of community that this market engenders. People look forward to seeing each other week after week. Smiles and laughter, handshakes and hugs - all of this is included free of charge at RPFM. Neighbors hold off grocery shopping because the offerings at the Farmer's Market are superior to anything at any grocery story. Kids go straight to the Market after school. The music is always fun. They even had a ribbon dancer when I was there! Vendors are chatty and personable. There is no downside here!

This market is a gem inside the beltway.