"Farmers' markets remind us of the simple pleasures in life. The joy of fresh food, the beauty of community and the connection we share with the earth." -Unknown
On Saturday we took the Metro to the Jean-Talon Market located in the heart of Little Italy. It’s one of the largest farmers markets in North America and one of the oldest public markets in Montreal opening its stalls in 1933.
The market is open year round and offers a vast selection of fresh produce, artisanal products, and gourmet ready-to-eat foods from over 300 vendors, including bakeries, cheese shops, butchers, fishmongers, wine merchants and ethnic food kiosks. There are plenty of specialty little vendors that serve ready to eat things like tacos, poke bowls, fish and chips, classic poutine, crepes, Syrian dishes, smoothies, desserts and an endless array of other delicious items. There’s literally something here for every taste.
We love these types of markets and used to envy people who lived close enough to shop at them every week, but now we live close to this same kind of place. Although our markets aren’t as large and don’t offer the ethnic ready to eat items as this amazing market.
There were beautiful flowers in a lot of the stalls.
This was just a small part of the inside stalls.
A few of the butchers.
This little market had any kind of meat you could think of...including horse meat.
Seafood of all kinds.
There were even more stalls around the sides of the market.
Entertainment
We shared some falafels and a beer for lunch.
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