Ok WHOA! This Farmers Mkt is fabulous! It's a covered, open air permanent structure with SOOOO…read moremuch! I was amazed at the veggies & fruit. It's pepper, Tomato & Peach season (August) and they were stunning. We sampled the peaches- fabulous! We sampled the Honey Crisp apple cider- wow! And enjoyed Orange -ade with fresh squeezed oranges- amazing. My only regret is not being able to purchase any fruits/veg! We are only visiting , leaving tomorrow a.m. so no means to take home & cook. Maybe next time. Definitely a must see/do!

Went to celebrate a birthday of one of my friends today. I won't go again…read more While we were seated immediately, I simultaneously recognized that only African-Americans and Hispanics were seated by the windows. Those areas seem to be fly and pest riddle. That said, we ordered from a rotating menu. Which was one of the reasons that that Restaurant was chosen. You could order both breakfast and lunch entrées. I ordered a sausage egg and cheese biscuit which was advertised for $6.99. My final charge including gratuity was $15.47 Apparently everything was à la cart, which was never explained to me. I took at face value that what was printed on the menu would be the charge.. while I am quite familiar with a gratuity charge which I had no problem with. I am not used to a gratuity chart being added to what would be à la carte. I will never go there again. The biscuit was hard, huge and hard.. I only ate half of it and brought the other half home along with one of the biscuits that was initially brought out to the table. I'm not sure what other African-American experiences have been, but I can spend my money other places for a sad is prior to end during the pandemic. I would often meet clients and form a coworkers there for breakfast. Enjoy every bit of it. Maybe it's changed Management not sure the only thing I am sure about is that I won't go again..

Excellent small town framers market. Had fresh vegetables, live music, meats and even served…read morelunch!! Lots of very nice people and vendors. The music was a great touch as it gave everyone something to slow their roll as they made it through the vendors. We got fresh eggs, mushrooms (ikr!), and sausage. With everyone trying to get more healthy, this provides some great options. Lots of kids and dogs - we'd taken ours if we'd known. Highly recommend for a leisure Saturday morning.

The Apex Farmers Market is held on Saturdays at The Depot in Downtown Apex. It is a small farmers'…read moremarket for the size of Apex so did not have many vendors in the parking lot. This could be because of the small size of The Depot, not allowing for many, or I may have been there on a slow day, so they didn't utilize all the space available. The goal is to have vendors within 150 miles of Apex. All the vendors were close together, so you don't need to walk far to see what is available. Benches were also available. They have activities for kids as well. If I am in Downtown Apex on another Saturday, I will return again.

Beaver Creek Crossings is a go-to destination for shopping, dining, and services in Apex, NC!!! It…read moreis a huge plaza featuring large stores everywhere you look as well as a big movie theater, Beaver Creek Cinema! The mix of stores include T.J.Maxx and Homegoods, Ulta Beauty, Ross, Dick's Sporting Goods, Uptown Cheapskate, Old Navy, Bath & Body Works, Kirkland's, Five Below, and Family Dollar / Dollar Tree. The food offerings include American, Mexican, Greek and Mediterranean, Indian, and Japanese cuisine, with sweet treat / dessert cafes as well. Beaver Creek also is home to a great variety of different services, from contacts and glasses, to urgent care, to dancing, to beauty and wellness, to martial arts, to real estate, to telecommunications. It is a great place to hang out, take a stroll, and/or socialize with family and friends or visit on your own! The plaza looks shiny new and modern and is very clean and well-maintained. In addition, Beaver Creek Crossings hosts events like the Apex Farmer's Market every Saturday from 9AM to noon, April through October, as well as a local Makers Market every last Thursday of the month from 6 to 9PM that features tasty food and live music. There is so much to see, buy, eat, explore at Beaver Creek Crossings - I would definitely recommend enjoying quality time there!!!

We had just went food shopping when the Cyclospira virus surfaced. I eat a lot of fruits and salad…read moreand consequently deep sixed all the fruits and vegetables we had just purchased. Today for the 1st time we went to the Raleigh Farmers Market and was absolutely shocked at their offerings. All the vendors are eager to serve and please so, we loaded up on fruits and vegetables. I'm so happy I'm back to my normal diet. From this day forward I will always support the local farmers and never again buy fruits and vegetables from the grocery store.

We LOVED this place. I've been to large farmer's markets before ( some bigger, some smaller) but…read morethis one is great. It has a lot to offer w\o being too big or small. Visited recently late on a Sunday ( maybe an hour before they closed) Great location with plenty of parking. Besides fresh produce, it also has fresh fish, a seafood restaurant, and a few other specialty shops. Open 7 days a week, I would go all the time if I lived in the area. But like most farmer's markets, "most" prices are no cheaper than your local grocery store, but the selecatiosn here are great. Espeially now in the Fall with tiomns of pumpkins & gourds, Saw stands with huige selections of plants & shrubs for home gardens & landscaping. Bought some fresh NC corn & honey. One stand had a HUGE selection of almost every pepper I ever heard off. Cant wait to go back. ( no pets!)

The horror houses were SCARY but maybe it's the people I went with because my "friends" were…read morecalling me names

My husband and I attended the Haunted Farm and it was amazing!! I was a little hesitant because I…read morehad not done a haunted house in decades but it was so much fun! They put a lot of work into the houses and the haunted wagon ride. Also, everything was so well maintained and just an overall great vibe. They also have food, drinks and Halloween-themed items for purchase in addition to pumpkins and flowers. Highly recommend!

I've generally been pretty pleased with Papa Spud's. I've been seeking to purchase organic and…read morelocal now for maybe about seven or eight years now. I switched from Whole Foods to Weaver Street Market back in 2012, and then when the Durham Food Co-op opened I started going there also; however, without a car the distance just got to be too much. It was nice sometimes to read the news on my phone while on the bus system, but I decided it just took too much time, energy, and effort to go from Raleigh to Chapel Hill or from Raleigh to Durham for food shopping. So the system I have now is to buy grains and other non-perishables from Thrive Market and then fresh produce via Papa Spud's. The first order that I made from Papa Spud's was in February of 2017. I like the newsletters that they include in every box and I read them when the box arrives. There's news about farms in the area and farming, recipes, storage tips and other content. So other than that a few times I was away and forgot to cancel the order in time. But I still remembered before the actual delivery. So I just let them know that far enough in advance and they could just donate the box to charity. I had to pay for the food, but I didn't have to deal with a box of spoiled food when I got back that could attract bugs, etc. And plus the box went to charity. Overall I'd say it's been good quality. In terms of quality I remember that Papa Spud's ran a newsletter piece about food waste and people's expectations of what food ought to look like. They pointed out that a lot of food that wouldn't be likely to cause a health problem in a human nevertheless gets thrown away (or possibly eaten by animals) because people don't want to buy it and eat it. Or when they are at a grocery store they decide to pick something else. Maybe say for example because it is oddly shaped. Or another example would be that purple carrots may not sell as well in a store than orange carrots. Looking in the history section of the Wikipedia article on carrot one can see that carrots actually can range in color. There is a photo there with carrots of all different colors arranged in a circle. In the article it talks about the question of whether orange carrots were grown in the 17th century by Dutch growers to honor the Dutch flag (which was orange as it was based on the flag of Prince William of Orange-Nassau). So I had heard that before. A person by the name of Jonathan Bloom who lives in Durham wrote a book called American Wasteland about food waste in the United States which made similar points to the Papa Spud's newsletter article. Even so I could comment that they provide a way for customers to let them know if food arrives in a damaged state. I could say that I have used that so far on one occasion when I saw some mold on a strawberry. Rob M. also responded in a comprehensive way to a question that I had related to the extent of tobacco farming in the area. I read a bit about organic tobacco farming some time ago. As far as I know there hasn't been any major finding that smoking organic tobacco doesn't have the same health effects as smoking conventional tobacco. One final comment is that there are other delivery services. So doing Google searches I landed on a website called LocalHarvest.org (my brother works at the University of British Columbia Farm and had heard of the site). There was a review of one of the delivery services which stated that this provider doesn't say the source farm for the produce. The review said that they didn't want to use that because of labor conditions at certain farms. Papa Spud's will report the name of the farm although there isn't any way to search for a particular farm. In my case I'm often just buying the same veggies from the same farms (sweet potatoes, collards, kale from Wise Farms and Cox Farms). I believe I also purchased from both of their farm stands when I used to go to the North Carolina State Farmers Market. I don't know the labor conditions on all the different farms in the area, but I think it was that review that led me to pick Papa Spud's.

customer service could use a lot of work. Not helpful and condescending when we were trying to…read moreremedy the situation, which was just simply giving them our new credit card information. Big bummer. We went with another local instead.

It's a lovely place to visit with fun activities for the family. The people are friendly and all…read moregood vibes! The only thing I didn't like was the freshness of their strawberries they were selling inside when I went during strawberry season. They didn't look that fresh at all and I went there to buy fresh strawberries. I walked away with strawberry donuts instead. I would recommend as a fun day to spend with your family or for a picnic date.

Ok, so we have loved Millstone Creek in the past, and I think we will enjoy it again sometime, but…read morewe went on a weekend in October and honestly it wasn't great. We drove an hour to get there, stayed 20 minutes or less, and left. While beautiful outside, the wait for everything was insane. There had to be 25 people in line for donuts. The apple barn had a lot of bees and we didn't feel comfortable shopping around. You could smell the bathrooms all the way at the barn. The hostess at the restaurant wasn't very nice, and last but probably most important- we called to find out if they were handicap accessible as one of my family members is in a wheelchair. They assured us that he would be able to get around and the ground was flat. False. He couldn't even get from the car to the restaurant. You have to go down a small hill to get to the sidewalk and his chair can't handle hills. So they really need to work on making it more accessible, at least at the restaurant. I understand that it's an orchard and the fields aren't always going to be accessible, but the parking lot to the buildings should be. Anyway, maybe it was just a bad day or maybe that's how it is now, be we were sad. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

What a great little farm stand! They are super friendly here and really know their products. I had…read morea few questions and everything was answered to my satisfaction. And the lettuce everyone is talking about, well, it actually IS flavorful and does keep well in the refrigerator. Bonus that the lettuce was thrown into my purchase so we could just give it a try too! The Scottish salmon they had when we were there was AMAZING when I cooked it up. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find good seafood after coming from the Seattle area, but I know I can at least find something I can cook myself now! **relief** We also purchased some local honey (in efforts to build up immunity to some of the local allergens) and a few other items. There is a lot more we want to try too. AND....my toddler LOVED watching and feeding the chickens! It was so nice of the guy to help my little one get all comfortable watching the birds and was willing to let us feed them too!

This place is really cute. The selection of locally sourced items is great, they range from pasta…read morefrom Melina's and Redneck BBQ Lab Sawse to fresh seafood and produce. I need to make it a point to visit more often to support local.

amazing produce selection and very friendly staff!!! the prices are great and they have a $25 bag…read moredeal!

Such a fun, cute local business! We came here for the pumpkin patch, and had a great time walking…read morearound. Lots of produce for purchase. Friendly service. 10/10 would recommend!

I stop by Herndon Hills Farm every year to pick blackberries. They are large, sweet and great in…read morecobbler and toppings for ice cream. I like the ability to check their website for availability each Wednesday and Saturday! I recommend this farm!

So fun to have this farm so close to us! It was easy to make a reservation for blueberry picking…read more We brought our own bucket for $1 off. You pay per bucket so it's a flat rate - unlike some other places I've been where you pay by weight. With 3 of us picking it probably took about an hour. The blueberries were delicious! We enjoyed eating blueberries for many days and also used them in muffins and smoothies.