Locals gather at the market to buy fresh produce, cut flowers, pastries and herbs. Area chefs can be spotted in their checkered pants, scoping out goods for the evening menu. The market runs every Saturday and Tuesday, rain or shine. Saturdays are the big market days with the most offerings. The Tuesday market, held at Uptown Square, has a smaller draw.
Cool weather means more tasty vegetables in every shade of the rainbow.
Many of the varities of vegetables can not be found at the supermarket. Heirloom eggplant and zucchini, which are grown from seeds cultivated long ago for special properties, are a common sight. Soon, pumpkins and squash will begin to appear. Seafood is plentiful at the market. Live crabs, shrimp, oyster, white trout and catfish are all available now.