A nice little farmer's market located within walking distance from DTLB, selling fresh produce and prepared foods.
Operating on Friday from 10:00 - 14:00, the Downtown Long Beach Farmer's Market takes up the North Promenade between 3rd and 5th street. The information desk and admin center booths are located on the south end (3rd street), with ready to eat hot foods north of 4th. Officially, only service animals are allowed, but we saw quite a few leashed dogs walking with their owners. It was a decent selection of fresh vegetables, much of which seemed to be grown by the vendors (the strawberries being an exception). There was also fresh bread, honey, and nuts.
I did stop and purchase some cold noodles from a family run food stall called Yum Yum for $10. They were giving out free samples of the noodles which reeled me in....usually not a fan of cold noodles, but this version was good. Not sticky, with a good bit of chew, packaged very professionally. It came with a little reusable tote bag, which was convenient to use to bring the food home. read more