The Boston Public Market’s Open Air Market and Dewey Square Farmers Market Return This Week
Find Fresh Local Food On Both Ends of the Rose Kennedy Greenway
May 16, BOSTON — The Boston Public Market Association’s two seasonal farmers markets in Dewey Square and outside the Boston Public Market return this week, bringing fresh local food to residents, workers, and visitors on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
As a supplement to the indoor, year round Boston Public Market, now entering its first full summer season after launching in July 2015, the two outdoor markets offer farm fresh produce; meat, poultry, and eggs; milk and cheese; fish; bread and baked goods; flowers; and an assortment of specialty and prepared foods from more than a dozen local farmers, fishers, and food entrepreneurs. The Boston Public Market Association has operated seasonal farmers markets in downtown Boston for over nine years.
Boston Public Market vendors are proud to accept SNAP/EBT for all eligible market products, and both the Market and the seasonal farmers markets are participants in the City of Boston’s Boston Bounty Bucks program, which provides a dollar for dollar match, up to $10 a day, for SNAP customers to spend at participating farmers markets and the Boston Public Market.
The Boston Public Market recently announced that it will be open 7 days a week, starting July 18.
Here’s all you need to know about the seasonal farmers markets:
The Boston Public Market’s Open Air Market:
136 Blackstone Street Plaza facing the Greenway (outside the Boston Public Market)
Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., from May 18th – November 16th
Vendors:
Flats Mentor Farm: exotic produce
Red’s Best: fresh seafood
Stillman Quality Meats: pasture-raised meats and poultry
Stillman’s Farm: fresh produce and eggs
Top Shelf Cookies: gourmet cookies
When Pigs Fly Bakery: fresh baked breads
Dewey Square Farmers Market
Dewey Square Plaza on the Greenway (across from South Station)
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., from May 17th – November 22nd
Tuesday Vendors:
Foxboro Cheese: cheese, eggs, and beef
Freitas Farm: fruits, vegetables and plants
Grin Hola: granola products
Honeycomb Creamery: small batch ice cream
Jubali: fresh smoothies, juices, and infusions
Kimball Fruit Farm: fruits, vegetables and plants
Lilac Hedge: pasture raised meats and eggs
Pain D’Avignon: breads and baked goods
Q’s Nuts: sweet and savory roasted nuts
Red Fire Farm: organic fruits, vegetables and plants
Red’s Best: fresh seafood
Soup N’ Spoon: various hot and cold soups
Swissbakers: baked goods and breads
Valicenti Pasta Farm: fresh pastas, ravioli and sauces
When Pigs Fly Bakery: fresh breads
Thursday Vendors:
Abbott’s Frozen Custard: frozen custards
Baking With Joy: tea breads and cookies
Chica de Gallo: salsa, guacamole and tortilla chips
Freitas Farm: fruits, vegetables and plants
Inglenook Farm: jellies, jams and salts
Jubali Juice: fresh juices, smoothies and infusions
Kimball Fruit Farm: fruits, vegetables and plants
Lilac Hedge: pasture raised meats and eggs
Pain D’Avignon: breads and baked goods
Q’s Nuts: sweet and savory roasted nuts
Red’s Best: fresh seafood
Samosa Man: handcrafted samosas
Seasoned and Spiced: prepared vegetarian food
Stow Greenhouses: fresh cut flowers
Swissbakers: baked goods and breads
When Pigs Fly Bakery: fresh breads
ABOUT THE BOSTON PUBLIC MARKET:
The Boston Public Market is an indoor, year round marketplace for locally sourced groceries and specialty agricultural products, where residents and visitors can find fresh, seasonal food from Massachusetts and New England. The Market houses 39 local farmers, fishers, and food entrepreneurs selling items such as farm fresh produce; meat and poultry; eggs; milk and cheese; fish and shellfish; bread and baked goods; beverages; flowers; and an assortment of specialty and prepared foods. Everything sold at the Market is produced or originates in New England. The Boston Public Market, located at 100 Hanover Street above the Haymarket MBTA station, is currently open Wednesday — Sunday, 8 a.m. — 8 p.m, year-round. Beginning July 18, the Market’s opening hours will be 8 a.m. — 8 p.m. Monday — Saturday and 10 a.m. — 8 p.m. on Sundays.
The Boston Public Market is located in downtown Boston’s emerging Market District, next to the Haymarket pushcart vendors and the historic Blackstone Block, and it sits on the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Freedom Trail. 100 Hanover Street also contains the Boston RMV branch, entrances to the Haymarket MBTA station, and a parking garage. Bike parking is located directly outside the Market on the plaza opposite the Greenway. Two Hubway bike share stations are located nearby, on Cross Street across the Greenway and on Congress Street along the side of City Hall, and several bike parking options surround the Market.
Boston Public Market vendors are proud to accept SNAP/EBT for all eligible market products, and the Market is a participant in the City of Boston’s Boston Bounty Bucks program, which provides a dollar for dollar match, up to $10 a day, for SNAP customers to spend at participating farmers markets and the Boston Public Market.
The Market is a dynamic civic space, educating the public about food sources, nutrition, and preparation. In addition to 39 permanent vendors and a number of rotating short-term “pop-up” vendors, the Boston Public Market includes the KITCHEN, a 3,200 square foot demonstration kitchen programmed by The Trustees, the Market’s programming partner, with opportunities such as hands-on cooking demos, lectures, family activities, exercise classes, training and community events.
Development of the Boston Public Market was a partnership between the not-for-profit Boston Public Market Association, individual and corporate donors, foundations, the City of Boston, and the project’s seed funder, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Boston Public Market Association developed and operates the Boston Public Market with a public impact mission to support the farmers, fishers, and food entrepreneurs who grow, catch and produce local food, and to nourish our community with food and experiences.
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For more information, visit bostonpublicmarket.org, Facebook (Facebook.com/BostonPublicMarket), Twitter (@BosPublicMarket), and Instagram (@BostonPublicMarket). Follow activity at the Market by using #bostonpublicmarket.