I have been going to the Downtown Anaheim Farmer’s Market (DAFM) for years, actually since my 15 year old son was a toddler. They used to open at 10:00 am and close at 4:00 pm, but now they have extended their hours until 7:00 pm, which is awesome during the summer. They always have live music, usually different bands every week. They also always have new vendors coming in with a few key vendors that are always there. They have a very organized set up, the food vendors are set up one side of the street, while the merchandise vendors are set up on the other side. That way if you don’t want to buy merchandise you do not have to visit that side of the market. Otherwise, it would be a bombardment of people trying to sell you their merchandise and I hate pressure sales.
The DAFM also accepts WIC coupons for produce only. For those of you that don’t know what WIC (Women Infants and Children) is, it is a government program to help low-moderate income families with nutrition education and coupons to buy nutrition staples such as produce, juice, grains and dairy. The program also gives these coupons to pregnant mothers to promote healthy eating while pregnant. The DAFM is one of the select farmer’s markets that participate in this program and what better place to get fresh produces than from a farmer’s market.
My overall rating for the DAFM is 3 out of 5. Only because even though there are a lot of new vendors the old ones leave, so if you are used to buying from a particular vendor chances are you may need to find someone else. I have also noticed that it is not as lively as it used to be. However, the vendors they do have are great and also move to some of the other local farmer’s markets on different days.
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