Brookhaven Farmers Market

This weekend Cory and I attended the first ever Brookhaven Farmers Market! Finally... I mean, if the antique junkees in Chamblee can do it, Brookhaven can do it (no offense Chamblee readers)!!! We were so excited when we heard about it Sunday morning- Cory was checking twitter, and one of our Atlanta favorites King of Pops mentioned that he was at the "Brookhaven Farmers Market" right down the street. So we threw on our walking shoes and headed down Apple Valley to check it out.  

We were a little wary at first, just because we hadn't heard or seen anything about it, but hey- if King of Pops was there, it had to be legit, right? There have been a ton of farmers markets popping up lately and practically every area has one now (or has a CSA or Farm Mobile) so I'm excited that Brookhaven jumped on the bandwagon. I just love the idea of farm to table veggies, cheese, and freshly made food plus we enjoy supporting local farmers.

At first glance, we were a little disappointed in the market (photo above). It was in a decent location, but really tough to see from the main street. The market was in the Parkside complex located right at the intersection of Apple Valley and Dresden (near the Brookhaven MARTA) but behind an office building in the parking lot. There were about 12-15 vendors and being there early in the morning (~10am), we were really craving some fresh baked bread or pastries for breakfast or maybe some grab and go fruit. Instead there was cheese, jelly, soaps, cup cakes, cookies, jewelry, and frozen lemonade. Nothing we were really in the market for this particular Sunday.

We did like seeing some local Brookhaven businesses with the other vendors including the newest Town Brookhaven restaurant The Cup and also the Brookhaven Bistro (which we still need to try). And of course last, but not least, King of Pops! Since he was the one that advertised the market, we made sure to pick up an Arnold Palmer (sweet tea and lemonade) pop as we walked the pup home.

Overall we were a little disappointed at the lack of assortment, but I can only hope there will be more for their next try. We appreciate the fact that it's on Sunday and not competing with other farmers markets in the area, but I think a little more outreach and marketing needs to be done to get more people to come (we didn't even hear about it until the day of... shame on us!). Of course we will continue to support it and look forward to the vendors they have next month.  If you didn't make it this weekend- you can check it out July 31st and August 28 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. On their flyer I picked up, they also advertised chef demonstrations and bluegrass music, but I'm not sure what time that starts. Even though vendors may have been a bit lacking, this is great for our neighborhood and were excited to see a push for more local in Brookhaven.