This was a quick, easy and fun stop with our kids while we were visiting Seattle - it's right next…read moreto the Amazon Spheres and within 15 min walking distance of the Space Needle! You can stop by here to grab bananas, hang out on the greens, snap a few photos, and/or people watch (particularly Amazon employees as they're heading to work). This is also a dog friendly option.

This is a free banana stand on Terry Avenue North in a plaza across from a Starbucks. The stand in…read morea cute yellow trailer, which offers nothing but free bananas and kind greetings by the folks handing them out. You can find the stand open on weekdays. I have come a few times when the banana stand has not been open, but I do not fault them for this as I arrived earlier than they were ready to open shop. Go after 8 am to be sure that they are there.

This is a nice fruit stand at Mercer Island Farmers Market on Sunday morning/early afternoons. The…read morefarm is based out of Yakima Valley and I believe MI is the only Seattle area farmers market that they have a stand at. Selection consisted of stone fruits like cherries and peaches at a fair price on a recent visit. It feels good to patronize a small farm producing delicious local fruit.

This is a modest size farmers market held in a parking lot at Phinney Neighborhood Association on…read moreFriday afternoons from June to September in the center of the Phinney neighborhood. Though the market is not very big, it was very busy which I attribute to its location and it being held at the end of the work week. Selection is mixed with a few fresh produce vendors, but this market seems to lean more towards prepared foods. Comparable to the mix at the Wallingford Farmers Market, but on a smaller scale. It seems like a nice place to hangout for residents of this neighborhood or if you are on your way home and want to pick up a few things beforehand.

A very small farmers market in a small parking lot but there's a parking lot for the farmers market…read morejust down the street! I didnt see it and parked down the road but the streets around here are on a hill so I had a bit of a trek. The ambiance was cute, friendly, and neighborly. There are two rows to walk through and the patio seating of a restaurant was playing live music so there was a fun ambiance. Surprisingly there were more food options than I expected and some really good options that I've seen at larger markets. I was able to get some delicioius peaches, and a mix and match deal of berries. I'd come to this market again if I'm in the area or lived in the neighborhood but because parking was a bit hard and the market is so small, I would say it was just OK.

I was a regular customer of PCH until I lived in the Seattle area. The produce is always fresh and…read morealways seasonal. I loved that they had red carrots (my favorite), fresh garlic and local rhubarb. The produce maybe a tad expensive but the taste of the vegetables makes up for it. Chris, Kailyn and Jared are always available to help. I have had numerous instances when orders had to be cancelled at the last minute or I had a missing item or I was not satisfied with what I got. The delivery is always on time.

Great idea, but the service is poor and the execution is lacking. In almost every order we've…read morereceived, something ends up moldy or spoiled the day after arrival. We almost never have this issue when buying directly from farmers' markets, so I'm convinced there's something wrong with how they store and handle their produce. Other reviews mention the same thing. They also replaced locally grown cilantro with cilantro grown in Mexico, without any note or explanation. Getting fresh, locally sourced food is literally the only reason we order from them. We had an order that was supposed to be delivered on Thanksgiving morning (that's what it said on their newsletter), but it arrived on Friday instead. When we contacted customer service, they gave defensive response that three minutes after we placed the order, the system updated to the "correct" delivery date, even though their newsletter said they don't deliver on that date. The response didn't actually address the lack of clarity about the delivery date. They even once included a slip of paper with someone else's name, phone number, and address. We're done with this place.

Just finished one of their specials during the COVID-19 quarantine period . ...the GARLIC BUTTER…read moreSHRIMP with Caprese salad & housemade garlic bread sticks. It was FANTASTIC!! If I was hadn't just bought groceries this morning and had more $$$, I would be ordering it every night. Thanks so much for all your work during this upside-down and sideways time in our lives! Stay healthy & safe!

We used Ripe Catering several times because we wanted to support a local business and they were…read moreconveniently located. Unfortunately, each order was disappointing. The charcuterie boards were consistently undersized for the number of guests, and they only provided about two crackers per person, leaving our groups feeling shorted. The biggest issue came when we had three future catering orders booked. Just two days before our events, all three orders were canceled with no explanation. As a business that relies on vendors to be dependable for our customers, being left scrambling at the last minute was incredibly frustrating and unprofessional. I also called to get photos of their products to sell to our clients, only to be told to take pictures of the product when it arrives. We always try to support local businesses, but reliability and communication are essential. Based on our experience, I can't recommend Ripe Catering for events where you need a vendor you can count on.

I got my 5-year old daughter a gift card for a cooking class here. When I tried to sign her up for…read morea class and redeem the gift card, it wouldn't work. I emailed them, and received a very prompt response saying they credited my account and it would appear when I signed up for the class, and it did!! I was pleasantly surprised with how quickly and satisfactorily they handled the issue. Then my daughter went to the Frozen treats baking class, and she loved it! The class size was great, just 3 students to 1 teacher. I simply dropped her off and walked around U Village for 2 hours by myself, which was glorious. She had so much fun baking, coloring, playing with the play kitchen. She's decided she wants another gift card for a class for her birthday. I cannot recommend Froglegs enough!!

AVOID for your little kids. The camp says kids 4-10 but it was not appropriate for little kids. My…read morekids are very developmentally typical four year olds - enthusiastic, love making new friends, love trying new things, love helping in the kitchen, AND they still make lots of mistakes because they're FOUR. They have attended several other camps and are in preschool and have thrived in all of those environments. Frog Legs could NOT handle their typical 4 year old behavior. I got the impression that this class is set up more for older kids and they didn't really know how to engage the little ones. I'll also say that at pick up and even drop off every day the teachers seemed strung out and exhausted. My kids mostly reported sitting and coloring all morning and then eating whatever yummy junk food they had made that day. I'm sure they did help out some, but I don't think the class was set up in a way that was engaging. They came home every day totally wired and bouncing off the walls - a huge contrast to other camps they've been to that were better suited to little kids. On the final day of the camp they called me and asked me to pick them up early because they were playing with toys that didn't belong to them - certainly something they should not be doing, but also a developmentally appropriate mistake and a learning opportunity rather than a reason to kick kids out of a camp! Like I said, this camp is not set up for little kids if they can't handle developmentally appropriate mistakes that kids are bound to make. My advice: avoid this place and support some other business that actually cares about nurturing kids and isn't just a cash grab for pre-k parents looking for exciting things for their kids to experience.

checkers are happy and helpful. If not at the check stand they will show you to where everything…read moreis. It is a friendly neighborhood spot. They have beautiful flowers for sale. Many kinds of soda carbonated drinks which my grandkids always go when they walk there while at Omi's house. They come back with handfuls of drinks and sweet treats while the vegetables and fruits are always fresh-no bruises allowed.

$8.98 for TWO red peppers!!!! Twice, over unbelievable prices, even the checkers have expressed…read moresurprise as they've checked me out. This tiny market has always taken absolutely FULL advantage of their ability to raise prices. And yes, as others have noted in YELP reviews, the Bert's carpet's, as I've observed too, can be filthy. And, yes, a few of those Bert's checkers do act like they're doing you a favor, while some are sincerely friendly, gracious, and helpful. But, hey, there's a happy ending. : ) After years of shopping at Bert's, am delighted a PCC Community Market is opening 2925 East Madison, my new go-to grocery from here in Madison Park.

We use Neighborhood Grill and Catering often for work events and meetings. Food is always hot and…read moreappreciated by our employees. Great communication recently had a delivery that was running late because of accidents on I5 appreciated the text informing me they were running later than expected. There is a reason we continually use the especially for breakfast meetings as there aren't many that will deliver early enough for us

Neighborhood Grills catered my daughter's wedding and the food and service and everything involved…read morewas excellent. Needless to say, I'm very thankful that we chose them and we were pleased with everything.