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Broadway at E. 17th St. New York, NY 10003

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Best Farmers� Market
Award Winner 2011

Price: $$
Features: Wheelchair Accessible
Parking: Street

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One of the great joys of city living, the Union Square farmers market is the largest of 47 green markets in the five boroughs. Itas in effect Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, year-round. Some of the treasures are: unimaginable (if pricey) salad greens from Windfall Farms, tomatoes and herbs from Stokes, dairy in old-fashioned glass milk bottles and sheepas milk yogurt from Ronnybrook Farm, and the best apples from Red Jacket Farms.

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For the past 35 years, the Union Square Greenmarket has been pumpin' out the vegetable hits--from summer squashes to heirloom tomatoes to cheeses created on small farmsteads upstate to pastries cooked according to the most arcane of ancient techniques. With as many as 50 or more farms selling things every Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, even in the darkest winter, this institution has already sustained generations of downtown Manhattanites and formed the template for every market ... More »

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By Robert Sietsema | Mon, May 7, 2012

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By Rebecca Marx | Thu, September 30, 2010

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The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

By Rebecca Marx | Tue, September 14, 2010

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal... More »
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sharonb2 | Brooklyn, NY | 59 Reviews

| Mon, May 10, 2010

fresh fruit and vegetables. friendly atmosphere.
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fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews

| Fri, July 2, 2010

get a blueberry muffin!
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| Tue, March 15, 2011

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