Reviews for: Bloomington Farmers Market

The size and selection of the market is just right and the venue, the Bloomington Civic Plaza, is great - especially the Arts center. The market gives me a chance to be an active part of the community and meet other Bloomingtonians!

Very pleasant to shop. Love the live music! Nice wide aisles. PLUS you have Bob's Bluebird Orchard with the best donuts in the world.

It is close, has a great variety, and the prices are in most cases very reasonable.

You get great brats, it feels like a small town and can visit with neighbors and meet new people.

This market is fun to go to, there is always lots of people and many things to pick from.

It is so wonderful to have this market right in the heart of our community. Supporting locally grown produce is essential, and I for one feel wonderful having this market just minutes from my home.

Great meat and produce with a splash of flowers and always a little something special each week. Love the small town atmosphere.

Bloomington needed this for healthful food, support of local farmers, community building and identity. Global market day was perfect with music, arts, crafts and the good number of local purveyors. Had a nice fresh lunch that day.

I think is the most organized Farmers market and you want to select quality of products for people in the are.

It's great to have access to fresh, local food right here in Bloomington. The Farmer's Market is also a fun family experience for us, and it's FREE! Doesn't get better than that!

Our family anticipates summer Saturdays. We head early for the market...people coming and going smile and hold open the doors to the Civic Center, the entrance to the market plaza. We stop for a couple of minutes to see what's on display in the gallery. Lst Saturday it was woodcuts. On a lucky day, the gift shop featuring the art and objects of Bloomington and MN artists is open. We move into the open air and see the market spread out at the bottom of the stairs. Hmong vegetable vendors' produce as artistically displayed as the pictures in the gallery; the Sisters Sludge cofffee purvors where anyone of three identical triplet sisters serve, along with multi-generations of their family who greet old friends and talk of children and politics; the berry guy and the organic egg guy with his young son; and more...music and mingling enhanced by brillant bursts of the Hmong grown and artistically put together bouquests for only $5.00...who can resist! We've lived in Bloomington for 37 years and this is the closest to a sense of small town America that we've found.

I love being able to wake up saterday mornings and run to the farmers market to get some fresh foods. It's nice not having to drive far away and to get to socailize and meet people locally.

The Bloomington Farmers Market is a wonderful community builder! As well as supporting local farmers it encourages our community to shop locally, which has so many benefits. We're all really proud of the Bloomington Farmers Market!

Having a farmers market in Bloomington was a long time coming. Every Saturday is an adventure for great and fresh produce and flowers.

The Bloomington Farmers Market is simply the best!It's just the right size: not too big and not crowded. The parking is close-by and plentiful. The setting with its small pond, trees, lawn, and sculptures is simply beautiful. But the best part is the wonderful variety of produce and other great products: fruits, vegetables, nuts, honey, breads, pastries, coffee, maple syrup, meats, fresh-cut flowers, and more are all superb. My favorite part? Strolling along with my children to the sounds of the local musicians who entertains us at the market each week.

We love to walk there on Saturday mornings with our 2yo and buy things for dinner that night.

It's the best one for miles around! It's not too big (no overwhelming crowds, easy parking) and not too small to have what I need. Great variety of fresh picked fruits and vegetables, and the flower bouquets are outstanding and very reasonably priced. You can get organic meats, honey, maple syrup, handmade soap, and plants for your garden - all in one stop.

It is a beautiful setting where strangers become friends and old friends meet. It is a safe, fun place to buy fresh produce and to find "surprises." Something new and interesting is always being added. - art, music,meats,flowers, etc.

Not only is home grown food much better for you than food with all the preservatives added but local farmers need all the support they can get to continue in a dying career field.

The Bloomington Farmers Market has great food,entertainment, and location! It is an asset to our community and the vendors.

Great food and great people producing the food. I feel a real let-down when I'm out of town and can't make it to the Bloomington Farmers Market. It makes my week!

Fresh products, friendly service, and a great facility to provide such a wonderful event!

The blueberry/raspberry jam I received from the Bloomington market is among the best jams I have ever tasted. Also enjoy the nuts and homemade soaps.

The vendors are fantastic, and we have enjoyed special events like the recent Global Celebration -- thanks to all of the City of Bloomington staff who make this farmer's market possible every week!

All the produce is local and fresh, and the growers are friendly. They have other fun local vendors, live entertainment and great flowers!

This market was a great experience all the way around. The staff are wonderful and the vendors are friendly with great products.

I love to get up on a Saturday morning, ride my bicycle a little ways and enjoy local food grown and harvested by friendly people, a fresh cup of coffee, and baked goods.

Terrific selection of food from local producers, great coffee and treats along with a wide variety of vendors - flowers to fans! Beautiful setting just outside the city hall and great staff to help you find what you are looking for!

I really like the Bloomington Farmers Market. THe people are so friendly and its not horribly crowded.

The Bloomington Farmer's Market has friendly vendors with great produce and great artisans also!

It is local, more intimate and accessible than other farmers markets. Beautiful setting as well.

The Market is of the perfect size to make it worthwhile for the vendors who sell here. The variety of produce and hand-crafted items draw me back as well.

The Bloomington Farmers Market is great because it is an easily accessible fully stocked market with a wide variety of fresh produce, meats and flowers and more. Fun to see what is there each week!

What a great way to support our friends and neighbors than by buying directly from them. You know that home grown produce is lovingly cared for and brought to our market with pride - no mass production here. The variety of things to do here makes this Farmer's Market a fun place to be on Saturday mornings. Not much else could get me out and about on a Saturday morning.

The location is great for us! That coupled with a variety selection of goods and foods make it a fun place to shop on Saturday morning. Especially like the musicians and strolling acts that perform.

It is great to get a bunch of local vendors in the parking lots at Civic Plaza. Not only is it great local product, an amazing opportunity to engage citizens and neighbors to see the cool things that their government does for them.

Like the variety and the entertainment. Would like to see more of the Bloomington arts groups who reside onsite participating in the entertainment.

We love the music - our 3 yr old can't wait to go to watch the musicians. We also love the location - we load up the stroller and walk there every saturday morning its so convenient to our home. Also love the sense of community it fosters - we almost always run into at least one of our neighbors there and its a chance to chat. Its a great start to our weekend. thanks!

Great products at great prices. My 4-year-old granddaughter loves to visit those nice people.

Friendly people selling wonderful produce, etc. at reasonable prices and a nice location!!

The flowers!! And my husband loves having fresh home grown veggies all summer long!

It's close and on Saturdays in the summer it is the best place to be to run into friends and neighbors. Helps all of us in this community to keep good nutrition at the forefront and helps the local farmers and merchants.

It's a great family activity. It's close, convenient, and the produce is always fantastic! We also got our favorite Lily there. (Thanks Summer Chase Gardens)

THE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS AND QUALITY. JUST A FUN ATMOSPHRE AND GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. WE TRY TO GO EVERY SAT

The produce is the freshest and prices are in line. Vendors are very helpful and friendly. Also it's very convenient to my location.

It's well laid out, friendly, has variety, good products and entertainment, It's also handy.

The Bloomington Farmers Market is easy to get to, the vendors are helpful, and there is a wonderful variety of items to choose from. It is a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

I love the fact that they are local vendors and there is such a wonderful variety of items (foods/produce etc.) to choose from.

I like that they have a wide variety of items, including fresh meat and vegetables, baked goods, pickles, honey, and soap.

It's a wonderful opportunity to get fresh local food that supports our community & our health. Each year since it opened, it has got bigger & better! Very well organized.

I love the Bloomington Farmers Market because there I see Nature's wild citizens--a rich profusion of fruits and vegetables in their impudent array of shapes and colors--stacked neatly in rows, no mess, meekly, it appears, waiting to be carried home to my pots, where, as soon as I turn my back, they conduct riots. Sharp, recent memories of the soil will do that to a vegetable.

I have lived in Bloomington for 62 Years and it's great to finally have a Farmers Market located in Bloomington. It's convenient, clean and a great selection and many rich flavored products.

We really like the fresh grown vegetables and this is so conveinent and close to home. So much better than the store.

I Injoy going for fresh veg. and friut every week and to see all the Different venders every week.

It is a convenient location with many vendors includin g but not limited too bread, meat eggs as well as fruits and veggies. it is a beautiful parklike setting that makes an excursion to the farmers market almost like a special outing. Outdoor music adds to the enjoyment.

Great local food plus flowers, coffee, bread, soap, jams with music and fun events. It is a marvelous market.

It's great to have the market so close by, and we love that all of the produce is grown locally! My children look forward to waking up early on Saturday to go to the market.

I believe everyone should buy local products as much as possible. The market is close to home and a good variety of produce and products, easy parking and beautiful setting!

My 2 year-old daughter loves to see all of the people and to eat a delicious donut at the Bloomington Farmers Market. We never miss a Saturday!

I believe that we live healthy lives by eating fresh produce locally grown and my farmer's market offers that.

We are totally delighted with our farmer's market. The food is great and nutriitious, the selection is wonderful, it brings our community together as we see many neighbors and it gives us a sense of a strong community. It allows us to eat far more nutritiously and encourages organic farming.

It is close to home; parking is adequate; vegetables are fresh and locally grown; there is something just plain good about being among a throng of happy people.

Great variety; locally grown;really friendly; very fresh; great enthusiasm by those who put it on.

Shop fresh/organic local products! Great coffee from Sister Sludge and a great place to listen to music and visit with friends!!

It's fresh, it's local, it's accessible and the atmosphere is always fun. What a great way to start the weekend!!

It is so close to my home, the vendors are friendly and helpful, the produce is phenomenal, and the price is right!

locally grown produce and products, small enough to navigate, large enough to have what I need. plus, you can check out the Bloomington center for the Arts!

They are easy to get to by bike, and they have great vendors with wonderful products.

I love that all the products there are locally grown and made. Plus, many of the vendors are organic or pesticide free. My son really loves the different music groups that play every week!

It is more important than ever to have access to fresh, home-grown foods.Just saw the movie "Food Inc."

Great variety, excellent vendors and easy parking. Live music and entertainment is an added bonus.

Fresh produce, friendly vendors, fun homemade products, gorgeous bouquets, live music, easy parking. It's like going downtown in a small town used to be.

It is fun and friendly and set in a convenient and attractive location next to a pond and grassy hillside. The fruits and vegetables are so colorful, fresh, and tasty. I greatly enjoyed fresh homemade jam and handmade rhubarb strudel recently. There is even musical entertainment! It's such a great place to visit!

Good selection, convenient location, park-like setting, live music/entertainment.

I love our market because there is a great variety of items, at great prices. It's not just about the products though going to the market is a fun family activity for us. Our market often provides live music and free samples too. My kids would be upset if I went without them!

It is a great location. The produce is fresh - and there is a wide variety of merchandise beyond food. Great way to spend a Saturday morning

This is a wonderful community meeting place as well as a way to support local farmers. It's such fun to get fresh, organic and local food items close to home.

It is great having a market in our town. There is everything you need, entertainment, great food, pleasant people, lots of room, parking is convenient...over all it is a huge success!!! They deserve to win!!!

friendly vendors, wonderful produce, lots of variety, great music, clean, open environment, convenient location.

I love the variety offered, the gorgeous flowers, the bread, the master gardeners, and the friendly atmosphere. It is an enjoyable experience each Saturday morning.

Great place to spend a Saturday morning with the family and we are always able to find everything we need for the week, from eggs and steak, onions, potatoes, and even flowers for the table.

This market has everything I am looking for. All the vendors are friendly and extremely helpful and it is close to home!

It is close to my home and most everything is home grown. It is just fun to go there early in the morning.

Great blend of plants, produce, crafts, and other goods. Excellent food that can be eaten at the market while you listen to musicians perform from the area or walk through the market.

Our market in Bloomington is very close to my home and I could even walk there if I wanted. The vendors always have a good selection, and everything sold is grown locally!

large variety of great produce, plus a variety of other activities like music and performances, events master gardeners, recipes, etc. & their email newsletter keeps everyone apprised of whats going on

It's close to home, it's locally grown, it's a community of great people and it ROCKS!

We love the fresh produce each week and we can walk to it from our house. All the vendors are the friendliest and willing to give advice or samples and all reasonably priced. We have a very large variety of products and vendors setup this year which is great. Something for every one.

I enjoy the park-like setting of the farmers market, the wide variety of produce and products, the entertainment and seeing my friends and neighbors in this friendly setting. I get nearly of all of my produce there and a whole lot of other stuff too!

It's right around the corner from my house and it is PACKED with awesome variety all summer long.

It's wonderful to buy locally grown produce and other products! It's also very entertaining and educational for my kids.