The American Legion (post 86) will be serving barbeque sandwiches, catfish plate, sausage on a stick and soft drinks. THEY WILL BE AT THE MARKET ALL DAY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM Proceeds to benefit US military veterans.
Things to look for: baked goods (breads, cakes, mini cheesecakes, cookies, fried pies & pies), candles, canned goods (jams & jellies, marmalades, preserves, chow-chow, pickled vegetables, salsas & relishes), artisan Texas cheese, free-range eggs, herbs (basil, mints, rosemary & thyme), dried herbs, local raw honey, jewelry, plants (house plants, bedding plants, fruit trees, trees & whips), shitake mushroom logs, smoothies, soaps (lye and herbal), tamales, vinegars and fruit wines. LOCAL PRODUCE: green beans, fresh shelled pinto beans, frozen shelled beans (butter, baby Lima & pinto), blueberries, cabbages, cantaloupe, carrots, fresh corn, cucumbers (Amenian, boothby blonde, jade, lemon, market-more, Poona Kheera & regular), Indian corn, eggplants (black beauty & dancer), figs, greens (kale, mustard, spinach & turnip), okra, onions (green, red, yellow & white), peaches, pears, fresh shelled purple hull peas, frozen shelled peas (black eye, brown Crowder, lady cream & zipper cream), unshelled, purple hull peas, peppers (Anaheim, banana, green Bell, cayenne, serranos, chili, jalapeno, poblano & red hot cherry), new potatoes, squash (banana, patti pan, spaghetti, yellow, goldy zucchini & green zucchini), tomatoes (sun gold cherry, beefsteak, brandy wine, black cherry, grape, green, porter, Roma, slicer, sweet 100, yellow pear) and watermelons.
Taqueria San Juan serve breakfast burritos, gorditas, nachos, quesadillas, popcorn shrimp, tamales and tacos. They also have coffee.
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The Nacogdoches Farmers’ Market, located at the “hitch lot” at the corner of West Main and Pearl Streets, is open from 8 a.m. until noon or later every Saturday morning. The market is also open on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. until August 29th. If the market parking lot is full, additional parking is available in the Nacogdoches County Courthouse Annex parking lot.
Please note that the Farmer’s Market is a “Smoke Free” facility for the health of our customers and vendors.
