We finally made our first trip to the Soulard Farmers Market. It is the oldest famers market west of the Mississippi. The first structure was built in 1843 by a private corporation set up by famers and vendors. They sold shares into the company to help with construction costs.
I visited the website for the Famers Market to learn more about its history. One interesting fact that I found was that during the Civil War, it was used to house pro-Union soldiers that helped to enforce martial law here in St. Louis.
Tony and I sat out on the little deck and enjoyed the guitar playing singer while eating our breakfast.
We both started laughing when we saw this sign! And then immediately bought an order of beignets.
I'll give them credit, the beignets were actually pretty good. Not exactly Cafe du Monde, but not bad. Although, I will say that I've never seen them served with strawberries before! Our biggest complaint was that they had been overcooked.
In addition to the produce stands, there were a couple of really nice flower stands as well. We got a great deal on mums for our back patio. We didn't get a picture of perhaps the neatest thing that we saw at the market. It was a little machine that made tiny donuts. We sat there and watched it drop and fry the little tiny donuts for several minutes! Once they were taken out, they would either glazed them or coat them in some type of icing.
I have no idea what type of flowers these are, but they were gorgeous. The petals looked like velvet.
One of the many produce vendors in the market. Our plan is to start shopping here for fruits and vegetables. Everything was very fresh and they had great prices.
Some things were a little too fresh... This was sitting on the counter next to a refrigerated case filled with turkey and chicken. The kid in the picture is leaning against a stacked cages that contained roughly twenty chickens. Yeah, I can't see myself ever buying meat from them!
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