So now that I have moved into my new borough, I decided it was time to explore the places I neglected while living on the island. First stop today was the Moore St. Market or better known as La Marqueta de Williamsburg. As I made my way through the neighborhood on foot, the scene screamed San Juan, but it also screamed forgotten. The market entrance is easy to miss, with its lack-luster sign, and the market itself, well, not quite the bustling commercial center it once was. There were as many empty vendor booths as there were occupied ones. But what it lacked in size, it made up for in variety and geniality.
The few vendors were selling everything from tamarindo and savila(aloe) to fresh ground spices and prayer candles. The one fishmonger had a small, but fresh selection of seafood, the tilefish looked especially good. Per usual, I started to get hungry and cruised over to a few of the prepared food vendors. I ended up chatting with Maria, an owner of one the vendors specializing in candles, who offered me free coffee and dulce de coco. Other vendors were preparing empanadas and pasteles for lunch time while a few old men waited outsde a barber shop in the back of the market. I even found a great belt for $2.
As the day was warming outside, things inside were slow, easy and tranquilo. I would not say it is the best market I have been to in the city, but it does have a certain character that is sometimes hard to find in the chaos of the city.
Moore Street Market
110 Moore St., East Williamsburg Mon-Thur 8-6 Fri/Sat 8-7 Sun 10-5
J to Flushing, L to Montrose
My new hood
Attention Whole Foods Shoppers - Stop obsessing about arugula. Your “sustainable” mantra — organic, local, and slow — is no recipe for saving the world’s hungry millions. Foreign Policy Journal.
While I am not in agreement, this article does raise some important points (as well as a personal conundrum). First, the Sustainable Food Movement must be diligent about avoiding an elitist attitude and perspective. When people are hungry, nothing else really matters. However, it is unwise to sell as system that then must be corrected when hunger is alleviated but public health and climate and environmental damages become an institutionalized problem. I hope both sides of the argument will stop just dismissing the other’s opinions and realize they must work together to find a common solution to one of the world’s most perplexing problems.
Well said, Tom.
Which is the farm-fresh egg and which is the grocery store egg?
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Huck Huck Boom Boom Photographer Throwdown -
Rider:Billy Nielson
The third annual Island Lake Lodge Photo Shootout was wet and wild, with all types of weather. But everyone stepped up their game and used Island Lake’s super playful terrain to their advantge. Giddy Up!
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ORGANIC FARMING
The future of farming and food at the Eco Farm Conference…
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