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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (June 14, 2012)
HERE A MARKET, THERE A MARKET Meet your farmer at Eugene venues BY SHANNON FINNELL W eekly crowds at Saturday’s Lane County Farmers Market are a testa- ment to how beloved an institution the market is — open each week with Saturday Market at the park blocks — and how much Eugeneans love their farmers. But if the crowds are too overwhelming, you don’t have to miss out on meeting your farmer. (Rumors about closing 8th Avenue on Saturdays, using the neighboring parking lot and other market expansions circulate often, and we sure hope one of them comes true!) First, it’s worth mentioning that the Lane County Farmers Market is also open 10 am to 3 pm Tuesdays at the park blocks and 2 pm to 6 pm every Thursday at Amazon Community Center. WHITEAKER FARMERS MARKET Weekdays not your bag? No worries, your options remain stellar. Hideaway Farmers Market, open 9 am to 2 pm every Sat- heritage goat products. There’s even specialty vegetables like urday between Hideaway Bakery and Mazzi’s Restaurant, hard-to-find varieties of turnips, radishes and rootstalks. Reid says an important feature of Hideaway Farmers remains open year-round, which market member Erin Reid of Raven Feathers Farm says is unique in Eugene. The market Market is its decision to be dog-friendly — dogs get a free was formed by a small group of Lane County Farmers Mar- duck egg, which she says is great for their coats. Parking is available on the other side of the bakery park- ket regulars. “About five years ago it started to get extremely expensive to be there for a small farmer,” Reid says, “and we ing lot, and patrons can also use the dog wash parking lot. Sarah Hucka of Circle H Farm is also co-organizer of the wanted more time to interact with our customers.” Now the bustling Hideaway Farmers Market offers the new farmers market in the Whiteaker neighborhood, located staples: organic fruits and vegetables, local, organic meat of in New Day Bakery’s courtyard. Open 11 am to 3 pm every all sorts, plus rarer foods like duck and turkey eggs and Sunday, the market is up and running with local produce, • Bakery • Pasteries • Fruits • Vegetables • Fresh Meats • Taco Shop • Beer • Panaderia • Pasteleria • Frutas • Verduras • Carnes Frescas • Taqueria • Cerveza OPEN Till 9pm DAILY 628 Blair • Eugene 541 338-9086 541 743-0779 We Accept WIC & EBT Cards Combo Cheese Chile Relleno or Conchas Vanilla Chocolate y Bolillos Fajitas de Pollo 3 for 2 lb. uncooked for plant starts, meat, cheese, fish and baked goods. “People comment on the great, relaxed atmosphere,” Hucka says, which is in tune with the neighborhood philosophy. Want to venture outside Eugene? Springfield Farmers Market, open 3 pm to 7 pm every Friday at 5th and A streets, gets better every year as NEDCO works to incorporate more local produce plus food vendors and other entertainment — even art projects! It also accepts Oregon Trail (SNAP), WIC and Senior coupons. Creswell Farmers Market is open 4 pm to 6 pm Tuesdays, year round, at 182 S. 2nd St., and it features vegeta- bles, grass-fed beef and pork, free- range chicken and eggs, pastured lamb, grains in states from whole to flours, preserved foods such as fruit PHOTO BY TODD COOPER spreads, sauces and fermented foods, according to Market Manager Elyse Grau. On other occa- sions, visitors might find home-grown sweet potatoes, baby ginger or exotically-named Asian greens. Also on Sundays, Dexter Lake Farmers Market is open noon to 3 pm, right on Dexter Lake. See www.dexterlake- farmersmarket.org for more info. The Spencer Creek Community Growers’ Market (Sat- urdays 10 am to 2 pm) has produce, crafts, and locally grown lunch, including a locally grown falafel wrap. What other local farmers markets do we need to know about? Let us know on the web. ■ This Little Piggie Moved Downtown AND THIS LITTLE PIGGIE OPENED A TAQUERIA! Chicken Fajitas includes corn or fl our tortillas 6. $ 99 1 $ 4. 99 $ Urban Rustic Fare with International Flair. Lunch • Tues. - Fri. 11-2 Dinner • Tues.-Thurs. 5-10 & Fri. & Sat. 5-11 Family Dinners • Sundays - Once a Month! Wine Wednesdays • 25% Off Bottles of Wine Full Lounge TWO HAPPY HOURS! F S O LOT KING PAR Tues. - Sat. 5-6:30 & an hour before closing 2101 Bailey Hill Rd., Suite L 541-684-8888 • www.kohobistro.net chow.eugeneweekly.com Rustic European Farmhouse Soul Food NOW OPEN ¡ ABIERTO ! D! OPEN GRADUATION WEEKEN 30 E. Broadway Tues-Sat open at 5pm TUESDAY-SATURDAY OPEN AT 5 291 E. FIFTH AVE. 541-683-5896 CHOW! Summer 2012 9
