Southside cousin to the Mansfield Park Farmers Market this one in Queens Park does the same kind…read moreof organicy, free range, fair trade type farmer type stuff that's nice to indulge yourself in sometimes. Ok, i wont religiously head to these things and fill my re useable hessian sack to the very brim with shittake mushrooms, sea weed soaps and wild boar burgers, but hey, on the odd occasion its nice to do something a little different. Well worth a visit. Its every two weeks, alternating with its west end cousin.

What to do on Saturday morning...apart from lazing about?? Go to queens park farmers market for a…read morewander about to look at the lovely produce, fresh bread and cake stalls. The fish stall is also amazing with fab range and a friendly. So good to have somewhere like this on my door step. Can't wait to go this Saturday...especially as Harvest time!

Small one-lane Farmers market but the walk here was amazing and there is nothing like having…read moreEdinburgh Castle as your backdrop early in the morning. There are fresh produce vendors as well as food, snacks, honey, candles, and coffee mixed in. I really wanted to try the pasties guy, the rows and rows of savory baked good looked amazing but we let our kids choose and they went for something else. Most places do accept credit cards and we came mainly to pick up some fresh fruit to balance out all the heavy food we would be eating. The climate in Scotland is cold and rainy this time of year and the oranges and raspberries we got tasted different that the ones we get in the Bay Area. There is also meat and seafood, I loved seeing the fresh caught crab on a bed of seaweed and hard to find meat like venison for sale.

Came here to buy their fresh produce and try what they are selling. They are open every Saturday…read morefrom 9-2pm. They have area sourced produce, meats & cheeses, and baked goods and sweets. Small outdoor markets that seem to have quite a bit foot traffic. Service from each stall was friendly and welcoming. My son was looking for ice cream and found this Churn & Thistle ice cream place. He got raspberry, but they offered different flavors. It was very creamy and good and their waffle cone was excellent. Tasted almost caramelized and nicely crunchy. My favorite was their egg custard. It was very flaky and crunchy with a creamy center. It was very good. I've had some egg custards in Portugal as well, and these tasted authentic.

I love a good Farmers' Market. I knew that Falkirk had a Farmer's market and, as a local, I really…read morewanted to go, but I've been living in Falkirk for nearly a year now and hadn't done it. Why? Because it's on the first Friday of every month, between 11 am and 3 pm. So, since I work, I couldn't go. Which was very frustrating. Presumably, unless you're lucky enough to work from home, or not work, or are retired, or work in Falkirk's town centre and have time to leave the office at lunch, you've got no chance of trying this particular farmers' market. And maybe you don't care. But I did. Since I have time off at the moment I decided I would take this one opportunity and visit it. Honestly, though, I kind of hoped it was rubbish. It wasn't. It's not huge. Falkirk isn't a huge town, after all. With a medium-sized town centre and a population of 35,000, it would be surprising if the farmers' market were enormous. However, it does have all the key stalls that you'd hope to see. I got started at the Rhone Cottage stall which was selling fresh produce as well as jams, honey and cheese. Ok, so some the cheese was Arran cheddar, but the rest was produced in Ayrshire. I picked up a punnet of raspberries and an Arran cheddar with cracked black pepper. I don't have many rules in life, but one of them is that if you're selling Arran cracked black pepper cheddar, I am buying Arran cracked black cheddar pepper. I'm an addict. Next, I wandered over to the Different Breid stall. Made in Bonnybridge by Andrew Wilson, Different Breid has enjoyed a good deal of success recently, and you can find it in plenty of Glasgow restaurants these days. I chose a Walnut and honey sourdough loaf, which I was reliably informed I could freeze if I didn't think I'd eat it all (hah!) and just managed to avoid buying even more cheese. Just. I walked around the corner to The Cedar Cottage Country Foods Stall, which proudly proclaimed it was the home of The Hairy Beast Steak Pie. Tempting, but thinking about what I already have in my fridge at home, I wasn't sure when we'd get the chance to eat it. I decided to play it safe and chose a pack of their beef link sausages instead. For similar reasons I didn't buy the delicious mackerel that I sampled at the Arbroath Fisheries stand, nor their crab, mussels, or tuna, even though it all looked amazing. How much of a waste would it have been if I'd bought it and we didn't use it? However, I couldn't leave without a pot of their smoked salmon pate, so that went in my bag as well. I chose a fresh doughnut from the Donut Kiosk and happily ate it on the way home, planning a particularly delicious lunch, and having spent less than £15 on fresh, organic, seasonal, local produce that I couldn't wait to try. My only regret is that I have no idea if or when I'll be able to go back.

When I lived in Paisley, the twice monthly market was a regular stop. The market is usually held on…read morethe middle and last Saturday of the month. The last Saturday if the month market does tend to be better. The market does the rounds of Paisley and Ayrshire and butchers, fruit and veg, eggs, cakes, fish and ice-cream are all available from local producers and suppliers. Produce is lovely and fresh. More exotic items such as olives and antipasti items are available too and often there are samples available. If like me you are gluten free, Petrie Fine Foods do gf cakes, clootie dumplings, choc cake and quiches (only there last Sat of the month) and it is worth ordering a christmas pudding (gf) during the festive season as it is lovely! The market has helped increase footfall into Paisley on a Saturday and is worth a visit - free parking would help too!

I remember coming to the farmer's market back when I was an excited, wee student, back in t'day…read more The market back then was at its pre-recession peak, you could buy interesting potted herbs, cheese straight from the farms on Arran, there was even an honest to goodness food truck (shhh!) But *dramatic pause* the recession hit! Food trends went out the window faster than crocs & suddenly everyone was eating own label beans on stale white bread.. They were some long, lean years in the households of many a West End foodie.. Mansfield Park, all wind swept began to resemble some 80's Soviet drama, with hardened bread, greyish meat & rotting cabbage. But fear not, all's good(ish) again! Mansfield Park gas been transformed & now seems more home-baked, more multicultural & more organic than ever! In recent visits I've noticed French, Indian, Indonesian (& more) vendors, there's even a mom & pop chilli farm ho-lee shiz! There's still the meat stalls, which seem to have been there forever, selling local Venison etc, but now there's Fantoosh Fish too selling sushi & other oceany wares! Tapa now have competition from a few other stalls selling bread, cakes & other sweet treats. Tapa used to have a secret weapon (coffee) but now there's competition from from a dedicated coffee stall! What a time to be alive! Oh there's also a juice stall that's seriously good & a beer stall (yeah OK maybe it's a little early.. mibbe's no though!) Seeing as the market has several great breakfast/coffee places only a sleepy shuffle away there's no reason not to get your butts down here & check out the wonderful wares on sale at Mansfield Park! Don't be late it shuts at 2!

The Continental Market in Glasgow is a funny one, it seems to be almost exactly the same stalls…read morethat visit during the not-especially-German Christmas market. Nevertheless, I always enjoy wandering around a good selection of market stalls and you'll certainly find that on Sauchiehall Street whenever the Market comes to visit. Both the variety and the quantity of stalls here is pretty good - many of the more popular stalls are duplicated at each end of the market to cater for the high numbers of customers they expect. Probably about two thirds of the stalls available sell food; everything from traditional sweeties to churros and bratwurst to jerk chicken can be found. There's hot curry, Greek Souvlaki, Paella and stews, as well as cheeses, cured meats, jams, pickles, spices bread, pastries and cakes to take home. A bit of everything, really. The other stalls sell gifts, plants and jewellery. There's plenty of small businesses selling things like home made soaps and candles and you can expect scarves and accessories available too. My main reason to visit is usually to find something a bit different for lunch, but it's not rare that I end up picking up some interesting bread and a gift or two as well. I always take the time to visit when the market is here, I just wish that we had more like this in Glasgow.

Really love the Continental Market, I always enjoy walking around the stands, getting different…read moresmells from various kind of cuisines and looking around for typical products from different countries. During my last visit on Saturday i stopped at the Italian stand (of course!) - the guys were really friendly and chatty, they got me to taste few pastries (almond pastry was sooo good) and few kind of cheese, and at the end i got a slice of Pecorino Romano and a slice of Toma Piemontese. I have to admit price was really expensive (£13!) but where else can you find original Italian cheese over here, and most of all, at cheap prices? Nowhere! So it was a good purchase, but will save them for as long as i can LOL!

I always remember there was an international food market several times per year in Glasgow and they…read moreused to be exciting times. Many years back it was a different atmosphere compared to today's market where in the past there was more selection or variety. In recent years there has been a decline in the amount of stalls attending and the variety of items available seems to be limited. What stalls are there I won't be able to remember them all but I did notice that there was duplicates of certain food stalls selling the same product at pretty high prices. There was a lot of plants, jewellery, French bakers, bratwurst stand, freshly prepared macaroons but there where food vendors selling items that could be bought locally at more than half the price. Still these markets have a better atmosphere than our local market at the barrowlands area. It is nice to see something different in Glasgow but I would rather support local shop & business that are already struggling.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Royal Mile Market is the building in which it is housed;…read moreTron Kirk was built in the 17th century & was used as a church until the 1950s. Today, vendors sell their modern goods in the centuries-old building with high ceilings & exquisite stained-glass windows. I had a fantastic time browsing each table, & especially enjoyed the many paper products -- cards, small & medium sized prints, stickers -- for sale. Good way to support Scottish artists & bring home portable souvenirs.

literally at the start of the Royal Mile, Tron Market used to be an old church so vines are…read morethereee. Super cute local artists and vendors (go small business!). Ended up getting some beautiful art pieces, can't wait to hang them up when we get home!

I just took my kids down here not really knowing if it was open or not, but it was and we had a…read moregreat time! They have pick-your-own strawberries at the moment (June), but say they will have other soft fruits soon. The strawberries are grown on raised beds at shoulder height, and the fruits hang down so are really easy to pick. Nice not to have to bend down and pick them from the ground! My mother had come along with us and was able to join in too - she's in her seventies and didn't think she'd be picking fruit again! There was ice-cream and cold drinks for sale - no coffee but we didn't really need hot drinks given the weather. Handy location for those in Edinburgh - not far out of town and a good stop of point on trips to the beach in East Lothian. Also a good activity for kids on rainy days - the strawberries are grown in tunnels so still a fun thing to do in bad weather. Overall a lovely afternoon - we'll be back again and will be making lots of strawberry jam!

We came here on a recent trip to Edinburgh while exploring the city outside the Royal Mile…read more Everything was good, but the place was smaller than I expected and felt a bit packed. Despite that we got bread, paella, cheese, raspberries, pears, apples, lettuce, cucumbers, and jam for the rest of our trip in Scotland and it was all fantastic. The paella we ate there. I got the chicken paella because I didn't think picking apart seafood with my hands was the best idea while wrangling two small kids without a reasonable place to sit down. It was really good, if a tiny bit saltier than I'd like. The spices were top notch and the experience of seeing it made in the huge 6' in diameter wok-like pans was worth it. The bread (we got spelt) was _really_ good and I wish we'd gotten two loaves. Instead, we got only one and just relished the breakfast sandwiches we made with it the next few days. The cheese, jam and produce formed the basis of a lot of what we ate for the next few days and it was much better than what we'd been getting at Tesco.

A cute farmer's market held every Sunday year-round in the most pretty neighborhood. It's a nice…read morestroll around the streets or to Dean's Village while grabbing some local goods. I have to admit that the space was smaller than I expected, but they do have a bit of everything from jams, fresh produce, meats, baked goods, chocolate, alcohol, coffee, and more! I definitely recommend coming here hungry, so you can try one of the food stands. I ended up trying the Chicken Paella (£5), which you can't miss. I was immediately attracted to the plate as I saw people walking around with them. For £5, the plate is huge and will easily fill you up. Unfortunately, the flavor and taste was only okay. It may be best to share, so it's not so overwhelming. It's not bad, but definitely not one of the better paellas I have had. My friend did get the dumplings, which are pretty popular as well though. Either way, cool little spot to grab a bite and walk around. It does get pretty crowded though.