This weekend brings lots of food and music to DFW. You’ll find plenty of things to do in September, and your local markets prove no differently. Here’s a fun fact: a glass of wine a day may stave off depression. Just something to think about.
McKinney Farmers Market
Congratulations to McKinney Farmers Market for being voted “#1 Farmers Market in Texas” in American Farmland Trust’s Love My Farmers Market Contest. To celebrate, they will be hosting a “Taste of the Farmers Market” event next week at the September 21 Farmers Market at Chestnut Square. The event will offer tastings of 10 recipes from the McKinney Farmers Market Cookbook, Local Flavors made with ingredients from the farmers at the market.
This week, they will have Bud Rager from Rockwall on Saturday for your listening pleasure.
315 S. Chestnut St.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Grand Prairie Farmers Market
The Make It and Take It Rain Barrel Class will provide instruction on how to collect and recycle rain water for gardening at 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. this Saturday. The class costs $35 for Grand Prairie residents and $50 for non-residents. Pre-registration is required. Send a check or money order payable to the city of Grand Prairie to: Selena Jackson, P.O. Box 534045, Grand Prairie, TX 75053.
120 W. Main St.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Coppell Farmers Market
In addition to the selection of summer and fall vegetables from peppers to pumpkins, you can enjoy the music of the Lost High Rollers, playing a cool bluegrass mix.
793 S. Coppell Rd.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Downtown Arlington Farmers Market
Pete and Nancy Perez are roasting hatch peppers this Friday and Saturday from 8:30am-4:00pm.
Friday-Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
215 E. Front St.
Arlington, TX 76001
White Rock Local Market
It’s an everything market at the Green Spot this Saturday. Come out to see the liveliness yourself. And mark your calendar for WRLM’s pie contest on October 19. Details to be announced.
9150 Garland Rd.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
St. Michael’s Farmers Market
From organizer Nancy Powers comes word:
Have breakfast with Rusty Taco’s brisket, sausage, and bacon tacos or try Village Bakery’s chocolate, almond or ham and cheese croissants. Stay for lunch with Becerra’s Tex-Mex Angus beef, pork, and chicken tamale and their salsa verde hot & mild, which won 1st place in the professional bottler’s (Judge’s Choice) division at the Austin Hot Sauce Festival.
Don’t miss Mother Shucker’s brisket, black bean, or cheesy chicken tamales and enchiladas.
La Esperanza, Baugh Farms and Sachese Farm will have sweet corn, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, peaches and pumpkins. Custom Cafe will be back with Chipolte Bacon, Jalapeno Spinach, and Texas Tortilla mixes.
Stock up on Lucido’s handmade fresh pasta and Ipanema’s Brazilian cheese bread.
Picklelicious Pickles will have their Chicken Fried pickles and In A Pickle is back with Sweet and Spicy pickles.
8011 Douglas
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Jacob Austin Medina is a D Magazine intern and a journalism major at the University of North Texas.
