The Best Food Markets in the United States

California markets

Little Italy Mercato runs on several blocks of Little Italy in San Diego on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Hillcrest Farmers Market in San Diego meets on Sundays. Ferry Plaza Farmers Market works in the Ferry Building on the San Francisco waterfront, and Alemany Farmers Market in San Francisco sells fruit, vegetables and honey from local farms on Saturdays. Hollywood Farmers' Market runs on Sundays on Ivar Avenue and Selma Avenue across from the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles. Santa Monica Farmers Market is a produce market in downtown Santa Monica, a few blocks from the ocean.

Covered market halls

Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia occupies 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. Nashville Farmers' Market in Nashville has an indoor food hall beside Bicentennial Capitol Mall Park. State Farmers Market in Raleigh has an enclosed building with bakeries, cheese and seafood shops, and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market in Charlotte is a covered market with produce, meat and eggs.

Open-air markets

Santa Fe Farmers Market runs on a Saturday morning on the railyard in Santa Fe, and Dane County Farmers' Market meets on Saturdays on the square around the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison. Portland Farmers Market fills the park blocks of Portland State University on weekends, and Texas Farmers' Market at Mueller in Austin meets on Sundays. Soda City Market closes Main Street in downtown Columbia on Saturdays. Maku'u Farmers Market in Pāhoa on the Big Island runs on Sundays with Thai, Filipino and Mexican food stalls.