Hubby and I finally made it to the Delmar's farmer market located in the high school parking lot…read more We drove from Rotterdam approximately 25 mins to get there. A lot of parking and sitting areas. I have been wanting to get there to try fresh dumplings from a family owned company called two little dumplings. There were a good amount of vendors and food options. We walked around all the vendors before finally finding the one we went for. It had the longest line of people and the wait was so worth it. We split that days special of chicken and Thai basil dumplings. They packed a lot of flavor in every bite - zesty (lime), spicy (ginger, garlic, black pepper), herby (Thai basil), and umami (fish sauce)! There was peanut sauce with hot chili oil, scallions and friend onions. Loved the dumplings but would go with the tradition sauce next time. There were a lot of other great vendors and we ended up also getting spicy rosemary nuts that were so good. Glad we took the drive and will definitely be back for other goodies. They also sell take home frozen dumplings that they post in their facebook page weekly.

Nice farmers market with crafty, produce and meaty vendors. I just picked up a cookie, blueberries…read moreand a matcha so it was a successful trip. Nicely spaced out vendor and walking area. Ample parking at the high school.

New business cards for Creme de la Creme Puffs! And a new…read moreprodr review, Angel Food Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream. It is so light and airy yet flavorful, the chocolate whipped cream enhances the flavor without overpowering it.

Yes, it's only taken us about 5 years to make it, but we finally got to see what the fuss was all…read moreabout! Of course, by early November the outdoor market has moved indoors and we have little idea what the waterfront outdoor market looks like, but I've gotta say I'm impressed. I'm impressed with the organisation of the so many vendors in different corners of the two-floor space, and the variety and quality of the goodies available. Pretty much all cooked foods were upstairs with tables and chairs dotted amongst vendors, and the offerings ranged from West African and Caribbean American to dumplings, crepes, and empanadas. There was a "makers" room with clothing, jewlery, pottery, and other knickknacks, and produce, Belgian sugar waffles, and dried flower arrangements lined the middle section of the ground level. Probably the biggest room was in the back corner across from the 'booze' section, and this is where we see the dairy, dips, honey, peanut butter, gourds, pickles, and lots of baked goods, some of which we couldn't resist. We ended up with a small haul from Golden Blend Bakehouse, Our Daily Bread, and The Placid Baker. I'm be sure to follow up on how the baked goods go but the farmers market was impressive and I'm glad this has become a real landmark in the Capital Region. Parking is available among the street (mostly metred) and near the waterfront. We'll be back.

This Farmers Market is a hidden gem! All of the vendors are super friendly, the produce is great,…read morethe pastries from Made by Linda are the best I've ever had! The coolest thing about this market is the location though, It's in a covered but open air building so you get the breeze and the outside air without getting a sunburn or getting rained on if the weather is bad. The parking is also in a lot right next to the market so you don't have to worry about street parking blocks away like you would at the Troy Market.

Wow! This is a great farmer's market. I'm not sure if the produce is quite as good as the Troy…read moreplace, but I like the real salt-of-the earth atmosphere here. During the week, it's wholesale only, but on Saturdays they open it up for retail to the public. This doesn't seem to be the place for the academic-type farmers, if you know what I mean. You know, the Michael Pollan reading ones who can recite an entire thesis on the definitions of organic. I love those people too, but most of the farmers here are of a different variety. The ones I saw today are the farmers who have been doing it forever, and who haven't bothered to scrub the soil out of their finger nails before coming to hawk their wares. When I went today, there weren't a whole lot of fruits and veggies, but there were a ton of plants. The plants alone were definitely worth the trip. I restrained myself and only purchased a nice rosemary plant. A great farm near my mother's house - Stanton's - also had a gorgeous array of strawberries. There's nothing like a good early June strawberry. They're smaller than those hulking California ones but the taste is a thousand times better. At 5.75 for a quart, it might seem a bit pricey but I think the quality makes it worth the price. There are also several little craft stands, along with vendors selling nut butters, jams and the like. Oh, and they take credit cards. I can't wait to come back when it's full-on summer.

A little pricey but of course it's in a beautiful park with a fantastic playground so it's multi…read morefaceted lol. Good selection of vendors and not too spread out which I like.

I come here for the Colonie Farmer's Market, but The Crossings is so much more! The market…read morecertainly isn't as bit as Troy's, but it does nicely if I don't want to drive all that way. Plus there's all those walking/running/hiking trails, the kids' play areas soccer fields, and scenery. It's a nice escape in the heart of Colonie.

Visited Kristy's Barn for the first time. My family and I had a nice time at the farm. The…read morevarious varieties of apples were limited, however the U Pick apples were amazing. The apple trees were filled with many apples for children to be able to pick. The apples were so big and delicious. The hayride to get around was perfect. The petting zoo was a nice touch. Can't forget about the cider donuts, they were perfect. I look forward to visiting again.

We really enjoyed our weekly trips to Lansing for our CSA share pickup and also to pickup extra…read moreproduce and goodies at their farm store. The five-star experience boils down to the freshness of their items in season, the friendly and hardworking people running the farm, access to local goods and partnerships, and feeling like a member of the community. They offer a CSA membership, which means you purchase a share of their harvest for an entire 21-week season (June-October, with a start or end that may vary slightly) and pick up it up one day a week. Previous years we had signed up for other CSAs closer to where we lived at the time, this year we decided to try out Lansing and we made the right move! They are able to offer a good variety of their produce and it even includes fruits time to time like blueberries, melons, apples, etc. Some CSAs do not include any fruit and some you need to add-on a fruit option. Another CSA used to include fruits from CA and Mexico, which I felt is no different from going to a chain supermarket. This is not the case with Lansing with their CSA. Other share add-ons include weekly milk (through Battenkill Valley Creamery) and egg shares, which are well worth it! They also have an herb garden for members to snip some fresh herbs for themselves (bring your own scissors). In their store, you are supporting their farm and other local purveyors mostly. There may be a few non-local items like bananas (which is helpful if you don't feel like making a separate trip to a big box grocery). I've picked up yogurt, cheese curds, olive oil, candles, bacon from local partners. And every week Lansing rotates different food items made in their kitchen. I always end up bringing something home- my favorites include applesauce, apple cider donuts (freshly fried), cinnamon sugar dusted apple chips (best chips I've ever had), non-mayo potato salad, rosemary bread, and lemon bars. I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. They also make soups, tzatziki, peach salsa, pies, other baked goods, etc. The people running the farm are friendly; farmer Al is always around working hard and pointing out certain produce that week that you should have your eye on and Jessica (who runs the CSA) is always so personable and observant. One day I was standing in front of their fridge, perusing the goods they made that week, and Jessica called out to me that she was finishing up an applesauce batch. She had remembered that I bought applesauce a few times, amazing. I wish there were more places like this around--the way to keep them is to integrate them into your routine! I have enjoyed coming here every week for the CSA and feeing like a part of the community.

This is a cute roadside market that is tucked away in more of a residential neighborhood. My mom…read morerecommended this place for its amazing cider donuts and it did not disappoint. They also had a huge selection of really cool gourds, apple cider, a wide selection of jams, pumpkins, winter squash and mums. We picked up some jams, which were pretty reasonably priced, and gourds which were also well priced. This place doesn't have the curated atmosphere of larger farms like Indian Ladder but has good quality merchandise, particularly donuts and gourds so this is definitely now added to our rotation of Fall farm stops in the Albany area.

My Upstate getaway was full of meanderings, and those meanderings often included visits to the…read morefarms around town. Golden Harvest was one of those farms, chosen by my husband who planned the entire trip. I was along for the ride. It's quaint and hard to miss with its bright-red, apple-shaped sign. We parked in front of the shop, and the smell of freshly baked goods greeted us when we entered. At that moment I knew this place would not disappoint. The counter had pies, turnovers, and cookies on display, but we came with a mission: secure a cider donut. It's so refreshing to see donuts sold at a reasonable price. For $1.35, these were a steal compared to the $6 ones sold in the city. (Yes, $6 for a single!) The donuts, which were still warm when we had them, were generously coated with cinnamon sugar. You could taste the apple cider with each bite. I would have ordered more, but I was saving my appetite for barbecue. (See my review for their smokehouse on my profile!)

Careful ordering pulled pork to go by the pound, they'll give you less than 12oz but charge full…read moreprice ($22).

Every season something new happens at FFF. This year, they are experimenting with a self-serve farm…read morestand on days when we can't make the pop-up markets on occasional Saturdays. I don't know if it's a placebo effect but everything I've ever purchased at FFF has been phenomenal. Knowing the produce is grown on the premises makes it taste better? It could sway my opinion to a more positive direction but there is no arguing with the sweetness of freshly picked sugar snap peas. I started snacking on them on the drive home and could barely stop myself. The clean earthiness of small beets, small enough to leave the skins on and roast them. Tastes like clean dirt. Love that. There was also a varietal of bok choy. Salt, olive oil, oven for a few minutes. That...just that...was dinner. It's a weird thing to taste how far away I've come from locally grown food; to have my tastes muted by a commercially grown industry. FFF food is like coming home to where we belong.

I knew nothing about this place when my wife suggested for a surprise lunch on a Saturday…read moreafternoon, and we had to rush over as they have limited hours. It was cold and raining outside and I was happy to get out of it and relax. Sadly, I quickly found out her surprise involved eating outside under a tent in the cold and rain on a November day. Sigh. At least they had blankets on the benches. We ordered in the far tent and the menu board was both helpful (it listed everything in each entree, including onions) and annoying (it indicated no substitutions were allowed, including onions). Not to be deterred, I picked the pepperoni pizza with hot honey, basil and Calabrian chili peppers. My wife ordered the Margherita pizza. Both were ready in about 15 minutes, but upon delivery to our table it became clear that a couple of things were off. First, my wife's pizza was cold and mine was pipping hot. Second, mine had so much basil- which in places was left in 2-3 leaf bunches- that perhaps they just cleaned out the pantry for the last order of the day. The crust in spots were burned, but I could live with that. However, it was so floppy that it couldn't be picked up under any condition. Everything but the outer inch of crust was like a thin wet tortilla. And their plastic cutlery wasn't up to the challenge, ripping the pizza toppings off and turning my pizza into a casserole. That being said, the flavors were wonderful on my pizza. The hot honey made for a really tasty flavor balance, and the copious amounts of curling pepperoni were a nice change of pace from the cheap stuff. The peppers were good too, and I wish I could source some locally. My wife's pizza was okay, though the whole mozzarella clumps reminded of dollops of Ricotta and they were very cold as if they were added after baking. Odd. I don't mind paying for expensive pizza if it is good. I am also not a pizza snob and will gladly eat subpar pizza. But, to overpay ($26 for mine alone) for pizza that is just a mess in a cardboard box rubs me the wrong way. The same goes for buying ($24) a cold pizza. The dessert we ordered was a Paris-Brest, and being a choux fan I absolutely loved it. Delicious with hints of coffee, almonds, nuts, and some flavorings I couldn't place, I would quickly come back here just for that. As for their pizza, I just don't know. On a nice pleasant day it would be fun, but too many mistakes on our pizzas makes me leery of ordering them again for those prices.

If you work here it's great. If not, parking is atrocious and the selection is small. Vendors are…read morefor the most part nice, and reliable. The produce and bakery items are plentiful but don't change week to week so reliability is key.

Since I work near the Empire State Plaza I go by this every week. Usually it is on Wednesdays, but…read moreoccasionally it seems like some of the vendors also come on Fridays. During the nicer weather it is outside, but when it gets cold they move indoors. During the summer and fall there are several vendors with fresh produce, flowers, breads, other baked goods, cheeses, honey, beer, pickles, and various other things to tempt you. They aren't priced cheap but the prices are the same here as they are at other farmers' markets in the area. During the winter and early spring though it gets scarce and depressing. Many of the vendors disappear, very little produce is available except apples, and the pleasure of walking outdoors in the sun is replaced with the frustration of fighting the crowds indoors who mindless walk around the plaza between agency buildings and the capitol. The four stars is for May-October, and I would give 2 stars for the remainder of the year.

Good market for a small market. Poor vendors have to hang out in the heat on the macadam, roasting…read more But they were all in good spirits and there is a nice selection. Love to support local!

This market is on 2229 Western Ave,good variety,open air,not as much veggie selection as I would…read morelike,site needs to update address to 2228 Western Ave(unless there is another with the same name?).