San Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market

Last weekend I went with my good friend, Kathryn, and 2 of her other friends on a day trip into San Francisco to go to the Farmers Market. We went into the city on the ferry and right at the dock there at the Ferry Building is this huge farmers market. It has wonderful fruits and vegetables, yummy bakery items and there are other vendors selling prepared foods. We spent about 4 hours there and had a wonderful time. The day was just beautiful and there was a huge crowd at the ferry building. There is this one booth called "Valet Shopping" - it works like a hat check type thing. You just leave your bags with them and be free to shop around and not have to carry all your purchases. It is free of charge, but we didn't take advantage of that - we happened on it just as we were getting ready to leave - so it is something to keep in mind. That way you can shop early, getting the best choices on the produce, and not have to worry about them selling out of something you wanted. We enjoyed a lunch on the docks from one of the vendors selling fish tacos ! It reminded me of buying lunch from the street vendors in Puerto Vallarta! We picked that vendor because the line to purchase the tacos was super long - and you can always bet if everyone is willing to stand in a line to be served, the food must be good. It was amazing to see how many people were there shopping - you could tell that the most of them were locals to the city and they were doing their Saturday shopping. We also took a little walk thru the craft fair that was happening across the street at the Embarcadero - some of the artists are just amazingly talented (makes me wish Amber lived a little closer and could offer her paintings for sale). It was a really fun day and we look forward to going back again. You can see in the pictures, we enjoyed seeing all the beautiful produce and the many other items the vendors were selling.