Best Farmers Market
Old Monterey Farmers Market
Alvarado Street, Monterey
(831) 655-2607, oldmonterey.org
You can find sweet and savory culinary treats alongside fresh fruit and vegetables at the Old Monterey Farmers Market. The weekly Tuesday destination, established in 1991, can feel like a circus at peak times, when as many as 10,000 patrons fill the market, which, like a midway, spans nearly four blocks. Alongside a variety of edible curiosities, the market features arts and crafts, jewelry, clothing, flowers and even live performances, although without any clowns or exotic animals – usually.