It’s finally time! The market is here, with sweet strawberries, fresh greens, perky plants, hot food, fresh bread, spring flowers, and so much more. New this year, we’ll have the Manzanita Visitor Center’s beach wheelchairs available for market shoppers, they’ll be stationed at the info booth and available first come first serve.
Looking for dinner, or a fresh treat? Our food court welcomes back all our vendors from last year, with Gnarly’s tacos, Malia’s Grill poke, Antojitos Don Berna smoothies, and Blessed hot donuts. The Sasquatch food truck will miss the first couple of weeks, but he’ll be back soon.
How about cheese? After a couple year hiatus, we’re very happy to have Tillamook County’s own Nestucca Bay Creamery back at the market. They bring a variety of fresh and aged cheeses from their own herd of pastured cows. Coupled with long time market favorite Fraga Farm’s goat cheese (check out their Instagram for adorable goat videos), we’re happy to represent the dairy production our county is so famous for!
I’m told it’s a good omen if it rains at the first market, and my weather app says “cloudy with a passing shower”. And oh boy do we need the rain! It’s been an incredibly warm dry spring, and our farmers have been pressed to get irrigation out early and keep young plants happy on those unseasonably hot days. I’ll be honest that I’m hoping it doesn’t rain between 4 and 7 on Friday, but if it does this is a great chance to prove your coastie cred. We are open rain or shine come support your local vendors!And let’s dance in the rain! Our opening music act is Randy and Ray, a side duo of Astoria’s Brownsmead Flats. Rocking the guitar, mandolin, and keyboard, we can expect upbeat, danceable tunes to kick off the season! We’ll be publishing the full music schedule soon.
And remember: we accept SNAP benefits and TRIPLE match them, giving you $60 to spend for $20 in SNAP benefits every week.
See you this Friday and every Friday through September, 4-7, at Underhill Plaza behind City Hall, 635 Manzanita Ave