Certified Farmers' Markets near 1105 Altschul Avenue, West Menlo Park



Markets are shown in approximate order of distance from our house.



Menlo Park

Sundays, year-round
Where: Downtown parking lot bounded by Crane St., Chestnut St., Menlo Ave., and Santa Cruz Ave. One block to our side of Trader Joe's. About 40 vendors in summer, 25-30 in winter.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Menlo Park Santa Cruz Ave.

Wednesdays, year-round
Where: In front of Bistro Vida, 641 Santa Cruz Ave. nr. Doyle St.
Hours: 3 - 7pm



Stanford University

Tuesdays, year-round
Where: Tresidder Union Memorial Hall, 459 Lagunitas Dr.
Hours: 10am - 2pm



Atherton

Ha-ha. You thought Atherton would have a certified farmers' market? Atherton?



Palo Alto (downtown)

Saturdays, year-round (pausing for year-end holidays)
Where: Gilman Street between Hamilton and Forest. This is between City Hall and the post office, a block-plus south of University.
Hours: 8am - 12n.



Palo Alto (VA Hospital)

Wednesdays (May-Nov.)
Where: 3801 Miranda Ave., NE corner of Foothill Blvd @ Arastradero Rd.
Hours: 9:30am - 1:30pm



Palo Alto (California Ave.)

Sundays, year-round
Where: California Ave. shopping district, between El Camino Real and Ash St. 100+ farmers and vendors.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Redwood City (Kiwanis) ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )

Saturdays (Apr.-Nov.)
Where: Downtown, just east of the CalTrain tracks, just over a block north of Broadway, at 500 Arguello Street between Bradford St. and Fuller St.
Hours: 8am - 12n



Portola Valley

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Town centre parking lot.
Hours: 2-6 pm
News is also published on the market's Facebook page.



East Palo Alto

Wednesday (mid-April - mid-Nov.)
Where: Bloomhouse, 2555 Pulgas Ave. (at the north end of that street)
Hours: 11am - 2pm



Los Altos

Thursdays (May-Sep.)
Where: 200 block State Street at 2nd Street (one block N. of Main).
Hours: 4-8 pm



San Carlos

Sundays, year-round
Where: 600 block of Laurel Street between Cherry St. and San Carlos Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Belmont

Sundays, year-round
Where: Caltrain parking lot, 1201 El Camino Real @ O'Neill Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Redwood Shores ("Roots Farmers' Market")

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1300 Island Dr. @ Marine Parkway
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Mateo CSM

Saturdays, year-round
Where: College of San Mateo campus
Hours: 9am - 1pm
(Moved back to CSM's Galileo parking lot.)



La Honda (1, 2)

Tuesdays, February to end of November
Where: La Honda Fire Brigade Parking Lot, 8945 La Honda Rd.
Hours: 3 -7 pm
Founded August 2023 by Liam Brennan as an independent farmers' market



San Mateo 25th Ave. Farmers' Market

Tuesdays (May-Oct.)
Where: 194 W 25th Ave. & Hacienda St.
Hours: 3 - 7pm



Cupertino (Creekside)

Fridays, year-round
Where: Creekside Park, 10455 Miller Ave.
Hours: 8:30am - 1pm



Union City (Old Alvarado Park)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Old Alvarado Park, 30940 Watkins St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Sunnyvale

Saturdays, year-round
Where: S. Murphy Ave. at Washington Ave. (downtown).
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Foster City (OSH Parking Lot)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1010 Metro Center Boulevard
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Burlingame ("Fresh Market")

Sun & Thu: year-round for Sun., May-Oct. for Thu
Where: Park Rd. at Burlingame Ave.
Hours: Sun 9am - 1:30pm, Thu 3-7pm



Santa Clara (Kaiser Permanente)

Fridays, year-round
Where: 710 Lawrence Expwy @ Homestead Rd., Homestead Courtyard
Hours: 8:30am - 1:30pm



Mountain View

Sundays, year-round
Where: Downtown Caltrain parking lot, 600 W. Evelyn nr. Castro.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Newark

Sundays, year-round
Where: 2086 Newpark Mall (Newpark Mall parking lot), Mowry just west of I-880
Hours: 9am - 1pm
Note: Large, bustling market. Both vendors and customers are very ethnically diverse, with some unusual items offered. Produce tends to be unlabelled. There is also quite a bit of prepared and hot food served.



Saratoga

Saturdays, year-round
Where: West Valley College, Parking Lot 3, Fruitvale Ave & Career Way
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Fremont-Niles

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Niles Plaza, 37592 Niles Blvd.
Hours: 10am - 2pm



Half Moon Bay

Saturdays (Apr.-Dec.)
Where: Shoreline Station, 225 Cabrillo Hwy S., CA-1 @ Kelly Ave., just S. of CA-92
Hours: 9am - 1pm
Note: Fresh fish from local fishermen! Local dairy! Local berries! Local artichokes!



Millbrae

Saturdays, year-round (but closed between Christmas Eve and New Years Day)
Where:200 block of Broadway, between La Cruz & Victoria
Hours: 8am - 1pm



San Jose (Valley Medical Center)

Wednesdays, year-round
Where: 751 South Bascom Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Cupertino (Cupertino Oaks)

Sundays, year-round
Where: Cupertino Oaks Shopping Center, 1275 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Fremont-Irvington

Sundays, year-round
Where: Bay St. & Trimboli Way
Hours: 9am - 2pm



Campbell (Downtown)

Sundays, year-round
Where: Community Center Parking Lot, 1 W. Campbell Avenue
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Milpitas (Great Mall South)

Sundays, year-round
Where: 882 Great Mall Drive at Mustang Dr.
Hours: 8am - 1pm



Santa Clara (Downtown)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Jackson St. at Homestead Rd., S. of downtown, W. of Santa Clara U.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



SSF

Saturdays, year-round

Where: 781 Tennis Drive
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Daly City (Serramonte)

Saturdays and Thursdays, year-round
Where: Serramonte Mall (behind Macy's), 133 Serramonte Center
Hours: 9am-1pm



Pacifica

Wednesdays (Apr.-Dec.)
Where: 400 Old County Road (parking lot), Rockaway Beach
Hours: 2-6pm



Brisbane

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Brisbane Community Park, 11 Old County Road
Hours: 3-7pm



Milpitas (Great Mall North)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1246 Great Mall Drive
Hours: 10am - 2pm



Pescadero Grown Farmers' Market

Thursdays (June to Oct)
Where: 251 Stage Road
Hours:3 -7 pm



San Francisco Alemany

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 100 Alemany Blvd. @ Peralta Ave., south side of Bernal Heights, San Francisco (US-101 North's Alemany Blvd. / Bayshore Blvd exit, right near where US-101 and I-280 cross). Highlighted here not because it's close (it's 30 miles away), but rather because it's awe-inspiring.
Hours: 6am - 5pm (but winding down by noon; typically, all vendors are open for business around 7:15am)
Note: The main vendor area is two partially roofed concrete rows of structures, furnishing about 50 vendor stalls per row. Parking is problematic: Earlier is better. If you don't arrive early, you're better off cruising around the neighbourhood for street parking, rather than waiting an age for the ~500 inside-the-market-lot parking spaces.



San Francisco Stonestown

Sundays, year-round
Where: 501 Buckingham Way (near the former UA Stonestown Cinema, now closed)
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Francisco Clement St.

Sundays, year-round
Where: 244 Clement St. between 2nd & 4th Ave.
Hours: 9am - 2pm



San Francisco Inner Sunset

Sundays, year-round
Where: 1315 8th Ave. parking lot south of Irving, Sunset District
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Francisco Outer Sunset

Sundays and Wednesdays, year-round
Where: 37th Avenue between Ortega & Quintara
Hours: 9am-3pm Sundays, 3-7pm Wednesdays



San Francisco Divisidero

Sundays, year-round
Where: 1375 Fell St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm


San Francisco Castro

Wednesdays (Mar.-Nov.)
Where: 290 Noe St. & Market St.
Hours: 2:30pm - 7pm



San Francisco Mission Bay

Sundays, year-round
Where: "Thrive City", 1 Warriors Way, east of 3rd Street
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Francisco Mission Dist.

Thursdays (Mar.-Nov.)
Where: La Placita, Bartlett & 22nd Streets
Hours: 3-7pm



San Francisco Fillmore

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Fillmore Center Plaza, 1730 O’Farrell St., west of Fillmore St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Francisco Fort Mason

Sundays, year-round
Where: Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd.
Hours: 9:30am - 1:30pm



San Francisco Ferry Plaza

Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, year-round
Where: Ferry Building, foot of Embarcadero
Hours: Saturdays 8am-2pm, Tuesdays 10am-2pm, Thursdays 10am-2pm



San Francisco UN Plaza

Sundays and Wednesdays, year-round
Where: UN Plaza
Hours: Sundays 7am-5pm, Wednesdays 7am-5:30pm



San Francisco Noe Valley

Saturdays, year-round
Where:Noe Valley Town Square, 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets
Hours:8am-1pm


San Francisco Crocker Galleria

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Crocker Galleria, 50 Post St. between Kearny & Montgomery St.
Hours: 4 pm - 8 pm
(The state CFM list claims this still exists, but the market's Web site is gone.)



San Rafael (Downtown)

Thursdays (May-Sept.)
Where: Fourth Street between A and Lootens
Hours: 5-9pm



San Rafael (Marin Civic Center) (1, 2)

Thursdays and Sundays, year-round
Where: 3501 Civic Center Drive
Hours: 8am - 1pm



Livermore

Sundays, year-round, Thursdays (Apr.-Nov.)
Where: Sundays: Second St. between J and L Streets
Thursdays: Carnegie Park, 2155 Third St between J and K Streets
Hours: Sundays 9am-1pm, Thursdays 4-9pm



Martinez

Sundays, year-round
Where: City Hall Plaza, 700 Main St.
Hours: 9am - 2pm



Antioch (Kaiser Permanente)

Thursdays (May-Oct.)
Where: 4501 Sand Creek Road
Hours: 10am - 2pm



Los Gatos

Sundays, year-round
Where: Town Park Plaza on Main Street & N. Santa Cruz Avenue
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Jose Rose Garden

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 577 Dana St. near Brooklyn Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Jose Santana Row

Wednesdays (May-Sept.)
Where: Santana Row between Olin Ave. & Olsen Dr. St.
Hours: 4 pm - 8 pm



San Jose Alum Rock Village

Sundays, year-round
Where: 57 N. White Road
Hours: 8am - 1pm



San Jose Berryessa

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1376 Piedmont Road
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Jose Santa Teresa

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Santa Teresa Blvd. & Camino Verde
Hours: 9am - 1pm


San Jose Downtown

Fridays (May-Dec.)
Where: 450 S. 1st St. between E. San Salvador and E. William
Hours: 10am - 2pm



S.J. Willow Glen

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Willow Glen Elementary, 1425 Lincoln Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



S.J. Blossom Hill

Sundays, year-round
Where: Westfield Oakridge Mall, Winfield Blvd & Thornwood Dr.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



S.J. Evergreen

Sundays and Wednesdays, year-round
Where: 4055 Evergreen Village Square
Hours: 9am - 1pm



S.J. (Kaiser Permanente)

Fridays, year-round
Where: 250 International Circle
Hours: 10am - 2pm


S.J. (Cambrian Park)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 14900 Camden Ave east of Union Ave
Hours: 8am - 1pm



Hayward

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 777 B Street near Watkins St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Castro Valley

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Redwood Road at Norbridge Ave. (BART station)
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Leandro (Downtown)

Wednesdays (Apr.-Oct.)
Where: 135 Parrott St. & E. 14th St.
Hours: 3pm - 8 pm



San Leandro (Bayfair)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Bayfair Center, 15555 E 14th St. near Fairmont Dr.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Oakland Grand Lake

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Splash Pad Park, Lake Park Ave. near Grand Ave.
Hours: 9am - 2pm



Oakland (Montclair Vilage)

Sundays, year-round
Where: La Salle Avenue at Moraga Avenue
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Oakland (Temescal)

Sundays, year-round
Where: North Oakland DMV, 5300 Claremont Ave., adjoining Frog Park
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Oakland (Old Oakland Historic District)

Fridays, year-round
Where: 9th Street at Broadway
Hours: 8am - 2pm



Oakland (Jack London Square)

Sundays, year-round
Where: 48 Webster St. & Embarcadero West
Hours: 9am - 2pm



Alameda

Tuesdays and Saturdays, year-round
Where: 730 Haight Ave. & Webster St
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Moraga

Sundays, year-round
Where: Moraga Center, Moraga Way & Moraga Road
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Walnut Creek (Rossmoor)

Fridays, year-round
Where: Golden Rain Rd. (inside Rossmoor retirement community, open to Rossmoor residents & guests only)
Hours: 9:30am - 1pm



Walnut Creek (Shadelands)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: North Wiget Lane & Mitchell Dr.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Concord

Tuesdays, year-round and Thursdays (Apr.-Oct.)
Where: Todos Santos Plaza, 2175 Willow Pass Road & Grant St.
Hours: 9am - 2pm Tuesdays, 4 pm - 8 pm Thursdays



Dublin

Thursdays (Apr.-Oct.)
Where: Emerald Glen Community Park, 4201 Central Pkwy.
Hours: 4 pm - 8 pm



Pleasanton

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 46 W. Angela St. & Main St.
Hours: 8am - 1pm



Danville

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 205 Railroad Ave. & Prospect Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Pinole

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 798 Fernandez Ave. & Pear St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



Brentwood

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 655 First St. & Oak St.
Hours: 8am - 12n



Fairfield

Thursdays (April-Sept.)
Where: 720 Texas St. west of Jefferson St.
Hours: 8am - 12n



Vallejo (Downtown)

Saturdays, year-round-Nov
Where: 400 Georgia & Marin St.
Hours: 9am - 2pm



Morgan Hill

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Caltrain Station, 3rd St. & Depot St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm



San Juan Bautista

Sundays, year-round
Where:
Hours: 9:30am - 2:30pm
(2023 note: Listed as "Currently closed. Reopening TBD.")



Carmel Valley

Sundays, year-round
Where:
Hours: 10am - 2pm



Salinas

Saturdays, year-round
Where:
Hours: 9am - 2pm




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Updated: Sun Aug 6 17:55:48 PDT 2023