The Best Food Markets in North America

Indoor market halls

Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia is an indoor market in a train shed built in 1893, with Pennsylvania Dutch bakers, butchers and dozens of food counters. West Side Market in Cleveland is a 1912 public market in an art deco hall, and St. Lawrence Market in Toronto is a historic brick market hall with meat, cheese and cooked food stalls. Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver has fish counters, butchers and artisan cheese under one roof, and Atwater Market in Montreal sits in a 1930s Art Deco building beside the Lachine Canal. Eastern Market in Detroit has produce sellers in sheds, Mercado Municipal de Tampico in Tampico sells produce and crafts in a historic hall, and Boyce Farmers Market in Fredericton is a hall with produce, meat, fish and baked goods.

Western farmers markets

Portland Farmers Market, Ballard Farmers Market in Seattle and Downtown Growers' Market in Albuquerque all have produce on their stalls. In San Francisco, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in the Ferry Building sells produce from California growers, and Alemany Farmers Market sells fruit, vegetables and honey from local farms. Hollywood Farmers' Market in Los Angeles has Thai food and tamales among its produce stalls, and Santa Monica Farmers Market is run mostly by growers on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Little Italy Mercato and Hillcrest Farmers Market are in San Diego, Santa Fe Farmers Market is on the railyard, and Uptown Farmers Market in Phoenix allows dogs among its stalls.

Other farmers markets

Dane County Farmers' Market in Madison is held on Saturdays on the square around the Wisconsin Capitol, and Minneapolis Farmers Market is a weekend market with plants, flowers and cheese. Texas Farmers' Market at Mueller in Austin is a Sunday market, Nashville Farmers' Market has an indoor food hall and a plant nursery, and Soda City Market in Columbia closes Main Street to traffic on Saturdays. Charlotte Regional Farmers Market in Charlotte is a covered market, and State Farmers Market in Raleigh is open every day of the week. Maku'u Farmers Market in Pāhoa on the Big Island is an outdoor Sunday market, and Duncan Farmers' Market in downtown Duncan on Vancouver Island is a Saturday market.