Deck the Halls!
Crisp and Christmasy…… that describes this Saturdays Market in a nutshell! Bundle up and join us for some holiday spirit…bring a list, check it twice….wrap up warm else you’ll turn to ice! 🙂 Find us on 8th St at Main, 10am-2pm.
Deck the Halls this weekend…..we’ll have trees, wreaths, swags and bunches of greenery! Hand-made local crafts too. Cute wooden reindeer decorations, beautifully crafted wooden carving and serving boards, spoons, bread knives and more, hand-spun hats and gloves, lotions, creams and soaps, and ‘old world’ treats in a ceramic basin….traditional Christmas puddings! A new vendor Rain/Shine/Sweet joins us this week with a great selection of hand-crafted caramels and brittles (70% of all ingredients are either local or organic) Check out their selection:http://www.rain-shine-sweet.com/our-candy
Diana’s Delight’s Preserves and Puddings…yum!
Stock up for the holiday entertaining with Green Card Salsas, and Hummus and Pita, Jalapeno Jam (from Diana’s Delights) makes a great appetizer over cream cheese or chevre with crackers. Aunt Tammy’s back with healthy dog treats..and of course we’ll have wonderful baked goods from La Provence Bakery, Big Foot Bread and tiny cup cakes from the Happy Food Co!
Be merry AND healthy this holiday season….load up on local fresh produce including: Sweet potatoes, four varieties of potatoes, chard , kale, spinach, bell peppers, hot peppers, carrots, beets, cauliflower, onions, parsley root, celeriac, green onions, winter squash (many diff. varieties), sugar pie pumpkins, leeks, cabbage, broccoli, parsley, rosemary, garlic, radishes, brussels, possibly salad-mix …and more! For fruit we will have Kiyokawa Family Orchard’s apples and pears and Pitkin Winterrowd Farms quince.
Farm eggs from RJ Farms, pastured meats (chicken, goat, pork and beef) from Sweet Home Farms and (Wednesday Market vendor) Oregon City’s Shy Ann Meats is back with locally cured pork products…you’ll be able to sample Phil’s many varieties of sausages and bacon (he’s cooking ’em up!). Blossom Vinegars is out this weekend as is Wild Oregon Seafood also, but both will be back in the Dec. 21st Market. AND did you know? …Eats of Eden are now making healthy delicious SOUPS as well as their Kombucha. Great for the hectic holidays, the soups come frozen so you can heat and serve a nutritious meal quickly, without cooking from scratch.
Warm up this weekend with a cup of excellent coffee…roasted by and brewed to order by Vul Coffee roasters http://vulcoffee.com/ ( a glass of wine can help with the cold too from Kings Raven Winery!)…and order a pizza from BIG O’s Pizza then watch it being made and warm your hands around the wood-fired oven. Live music AND something special is happening at 11.30am…you won’t want to miss this!
26 vendors….who will LOVE to stay warm by doing a brisk business this Saturday! So brave the elements, grab a coat and some holiday spirit and come on down to 8th St. (parking is easy and free on Sats.) and keep those vendors happy! We still have the $5 Match for the OR Trail (SNAP) card and POP Club kids get $2 to shop for produce. Market tokens make great (and useful) gifts, use your Debit Card to buy wooden $5 tokens and we’ll pop ’em in a little muslin bag with a Market schedule….warm up in the Caufield House Cafe across the street, or in Nebbiolo Wine Bar next door. We close at 2pm…but don’t forget the tree-lighting across the street starts at 4pm in the plaza.
We’ll be back again for the Merry Christmas (Solstice) Market, Saturday Dec. 21st…….and try shopping locally this year, Downtown OC has some delightful small shops and eateries….cheers:)