Santa Monica Farmers Market | California Travel Tips

Veronica Hill visits the Santa Monica Farmers Market with Hetal Jannu (http://www.YouTube.com/ShowMetheCurry) and Hilah Johnson from Hilah Cooking (http://www.YouTube.com/HilahCooking) in this episode of "California Travel Tips."

The Downtown Farmers Market in Santa Monica is Southern California's largest certified farmers market and a favorite of LA's top chefs. The market runs on Wednesdays from 8:30 to 1:30 and has 75 farmers. It's located on Arizona, between Fourth and Ocean.

When you arrive in the city, park in one of the garages near Arizona and 2nd streets. The first 2 hours are free! And if you valet at Santa Monica Place Mall, you can get free parking for 3 hours with restaurant validation.

Hetal wants to learn how to pick the best peaches for her lassi (http://youtu.be/gkX53peeD2Y), so we're hoping some of the local farmers can help her out. Fresh and colorful produce surrounds us, from sweet cherry tomatoes to exotic passion fruit. Along the way, we discover some fresh ginger, which we've never seen on the stalk before. Some of our favorite finds are the organic dates from Bautista Family Ranch in Mecca .... and the strawberries from Harry's Berries in Oxnard. We also enjoyed some raw almonds from Fat Uncle Farms, and checked out the raw oysters and mussels from Carlsbad Aquafarm.

Each week, a different Santa Monica restaurant is featured at the market. During our visit to the Wednesday Santa Monica Farmers Market, True Food Kitchen was serving up a delicious kale salad! So good in fact, that we went there for lunch afterward!
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