Granted, the market is, maybe, five minutes from my house (by car), BUT having said that, I LOVE IT. 3 words: local, organic produce.\n\nYes, there are other vendors selling stuff besides food, but to be honest, I hardly pay attention to them because this market IS my grocery store. I can get almost everything here except rice....so fresh-made tortillas, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers, eggplant, zucchini, eggs, meat, hummus, pita chips, bread, cookies, salsa, cheese (goat and cow), oil, hand-made pasta, watermelon, peaches, potatoes, oranges, orange juice, greens, dried beans, string beans,...I could go on--really...but you should just go check it out yourself! Besides food, cleaning supplies and dog biscuits, flowers, crafts and books round out the goods there, but the market's main thrust is food.\n\nThe fact that all this stuff is fresh, local and most of it organic is just amazing. Why do you need to go to a grocery store and buy food from China or even Mexico, when you can just buy it from Arizona?? I don't understand why everyone in Phoenix isn't at this market, but I guess if everyone shopped here, it would suck for me. :)\n\nSome tips: Wednesday nights the market shoppers wane down to only the hard core, so if you're just looking to get your grocery shoppin' done in a jiffy--produce, eggs, meat and salsa, try 4-8pm Wed. If you want more choices and more vendors (including the tortilla guy!) , go Saturday 8am-1pm. Also, the produce is ridiculously cheap here. We usually fill up three shopping baskets full of produce and it always costs under $25. It's even cheaper than Sprouts, people! Besides...Sprouts produce is mostly from Mexico (where they practice \"viva la DDT\", literally).
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