Comments on: Food Destinations 2 – Coconut Grove Farmers Market

By: Lytle

Lytle — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:09:08 +0000

Just moved to Miami and looking for farmers markets in the area and stumbled on your post. Great description – I heard it was small but because of your rave reviews I’m going to check it out tomorrow! Thanks!

By: Mike Moskos

Mike Moskos — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:16:02 +0000

I used to go to this market every Saturday, spending $70-130, mostly on produce, less on dried items, even less on their great prepared foods. The gem of this place is the enormous variety and the prepared foods. This is a huge vegan/young hippie type hangout, less a “only from scratch” cooks hangout (the prepared foods area is bustling, the produce area is quiet). My main complaint is that they use manual scales and don’t give you an itemized receipt (you might be shocked to discover that the $2.49/lb. cabbage cost you $9, but the bagful of $18/lb. sprouts cost only $4—it makes it difficult to plan you budget.) The produce is mostly from out of state (same stuff and prices as Whole Foods). Still, I go about once every 6 weeks for basic ingredients I can’t find anywhere else (sprout seeds, good salt, kelp, etc.). For produce, I go to Josh’s in Hollywood (Hollywood Blvd. and the beach boardwalk) every Sunday. He has the freshest and cheapest organic produce you can find (I’d say about 25-30% of it is grown in the middle of the state, picked Saturday, sold Sunday).

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:05:23 +0000

Here’s some other Homestead options that I found online but I’ve never been to:

http://www.redlandriot.com/Options.html

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:58:48 +0000

I just found out that this farmer’s market may be closing soon since the land owner sold it to a developer and the rent is $800 a week for Glaser.

How does Pinecrest’s Gardner’s Farmers Market compare with this one? Or should I be going to Homestead? I hear Robert Is Here is a good place for produce, but I wouldn’t know. Of course though, there’s nothing like shopping for fresh produce in an urban city of Miami.

By: Kimmy

Kimmy — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:29:52 +0000

My god, I haven’t even heard of half of those items you found at this market. I’m so clueless as to what I can actually try to find. Those organic butters, and the vinaigrettes sound very yummy and hummus too! I didn’t know you could get all this stuff at a food market. And now I’m hungry.

By: Manola Blablablanik

Manola Blablablanik — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:19:40 +0000

Oh! BTW, thanks for adding me to your links list! I’ve added you to the Manola Mafia … and I’m happy to do that, ’cause we need more good talk about good cookin’ in this town!

By: Manola Blablablanik

Manola Blablablanik — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:15:36 +0000

Hi Paula, thanks so much for the report! I never take advantage of what Miami offers. Darn native that I am. It sounds like the Coconut Grove market is way more organic/raw than the Lincoln Road one. Still, Lincoln Road not bad for getting produce, especially if you go just before closing. You can haggle for the prices! Bon appetit …

By: JCN

JCN — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:20:39 +0000

Buen reportaje pauli pau. C U soon, maybe we can stop by..

By: Manolo

Manolo — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:14:54 +0000

Next time in Miami, I will visit the market and surely will stop by the deli to enjoy one of those Giant Nori Rolls. It looks so good. And I get to be invited for the pasta, yes, I want more tha 5 shripms.