"Your Dekalb Farmers Market, A World Market.... Bringing the world of people & food together" It certainly did. Let me elaborate. I stumbled upon this market online. I simply Google'd "Farmers Market", clicked away & 30 minutes later found myself in my own heaven. I felt like I was walking into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. What unknown surprises could be within those walls? This place is a giant warehouse. When you walk in your immediately overwhelmed, looking up at the high ceilings, lined with flags from countries all around the world, frantically thinking, "Should I go left or right". We went right. We went down the olive aisle, the rice aisle, the juice aisle, the curry aisle... Now this isn't Pastene, Goya, Tropicana... This is imported products from the islands, the west coast, the middle east... I could go on & on. These aisles arent like Stop & Shop, or Publix. Think: IKEA, Think: Home Depot. TALL industrial shelves, packed with foreign products. We then stepped into the wine cellar, where I picked up my old white favorite, Naia. The shelves were categorized by country. Greece, Germany, America, Argentina, Italy, France, etc. Emerging from the cellar, we walked the perimeter of the warehouse, setting our eyes on spices & rices we've never heard of. The spices turned to produce the produce turned to fruit, which turned into bread, which turned into a smell so familiar, I could dive in.
The salt water. The fish. Oysters, clams, mussels, live lobsters, blue crab, red snapper, black grouper, swordfish, mahi-mahi... You name it, they had it. This is the heaven Danny the Mugger, (my Grandfather) is in. After pulling myself away from the fish, I quickly forgot about the spices & rices and everything we left behind. I was now in the cheese & meat area. You bet your bottom dollar I bought the place out & went home to make the worlds best platter. My enthusiasm for this place was unreal. The Willy Wonka-esque allure will keep me going back for more. Back at our place, I cracked open the bottle of Naia and enjoyed it with brilliant cheeses, pates, olives and breads...from around the world; and my night was complete. Visit the website to catch a glimpse:
http://www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com/
"Your Dekalb Farmers Market, A World Market.... Bringing the world of people & food together" It certainly did. Let me elaborate. I stumbled upon this market online. I simply Google'd "Farmers Market", clicked away & 30 minutes later found myself in my own heaven. I felt like I was walking into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. What unknown surprises could be within those walls? This place is a giant warehouse. When you walk in your immediately overwhelmed, looking up at the high ceilings, lined with flags from countries all around the world, frantically thinking, "Should I go left or right". We went right. We went down the olive aisle, the rice aisle, the juice aisle, the curry aisle... Now this isn't Pastene, Goya, Tropicana... This is imported products from the islands, the west coast, the middle east... I could go on & on. These aisles arent like Stop & Shop, or Publix. Think: IKEA, Think: Home Depot. TALL industrial shelves, packed with foreign products. We then stepped into the wine cellar, where I picked up my old white favorite, Naia. The shelves were categorized by country. Greece, Germany, America, Argentina, Italy, France, etc. Emerging from the cellar, we walked the perimeter of the warehouse, setting our eyes on spices & rices we've never heard of. The spices turned to produce the produce turned to fruit, which turned into bread, which turned into a smell so familiar, I could dive in. 
The salt water. The fish. Oysters, clams, mussels, live lobsters, blue crab, red snapper, black grouper, swordfish, mahi-mahi... You name it, they had it. This is the heaven Danny the Mugger, (my Grandfather) is in. After pulling myself away from the fish, I quickly forgot about the spices & rices and everything we left behind. I was now in the cheese & meat area. You bet your bottom dollar I bought the place out & went home to make the worlds best platter. My enthusiasm for this place was unreal. The Willy Wonka-esque allure will keep me going back for more. Back at our place, I cracked open the bottle of Naia and enjoyed it with brilliant cheeses, pates, olives and breads...from around the world; and my night was complete. Visit the website to catch a glimpse: http://www.dekalbfarmersmarket.com/
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Right up your alley! Put that on the list of must see's when I come to visit!
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