Popular Downtown Lunch Market Re-opens on February 22
HOUSTON, TX – After a short winter break, the popular City Hall Farmers Market, located on the beautiful grounds of Houston’s City Hall at 901 Bagby, is cropping up again on Wednesday, February 22. The market hours are 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
With the February 22 kick-off, the best local lunch downtown returns at this mid-week market where Houstonians can pick up locally grown produce and find a variety of locally prepared foods ready-to-eat for lunch or packaged to-go.
City Hall Farmers Market has more than 30 vendors and four food trucks, including these which are making their debut on February 22:
Wicked Whisk – food truck serving Asian/Fusion-inspired cuisine
Divine Teriyaki – prepared hot foods
Bread n’ Batter – fresh, made-by-hand baked goods
Gooey Butter Girls Cake Co. – Delicious, ooey, gooey coffeecakes
For opening day, Chef German Mosquera of the new Roots Bistro will do a live cooking demo and serve samples to market goers.
After a successful pilot program started in October 2010, the City of Houston now permanently hosts the City Hall Farmers Market, a member of Urban Harvest’s family of farmers markets, on Wednesdays along both sides of City Hall’s reflection pool. The public can enjoy lunch and pick up groceries while supporting local, fresh and sustainable food amidst Houston’s dramatic downtown urban setting. The market showcases more than 35 “micro businesses,” including produce farmers, cheese makers, coffee roasters and baristas, bakers, prepared food vendors & food trucks, olive oil producers and more. The market also boasts live music, a Community Table, and My Table magazine Chef’s Corner which hosts Houston’s top culinary talent preparing and serving samples of dishes made with market products.
City Hall Farmers Market, made possible through a community partnership between the City of Houston and Urban Harvest, is part of Mayor Annise Parker’s local food initiative. In June 2010, the City’s first vegetable container garden was built at the Bob Lanier Public Works Building, highlighting local produce and educating Houstonians about the ease of maintaining a vegetable garden in any type of environment. Employees on each floor of the building “adopted” individual containers and lovingly maintain them to create a wonderful touch of green within the cityscape. And, on September 30, 2010, Mayor Parker along with representatives from project partners, broke ground on the City Hall Victory arden in Tranquility Park to promote nutrition, health, sustainability and self-reliance. The victory garden not only has health, environmental and economic benefits, but the vegetable gardens also create community.
The City Hall Farmers Market runs from February 22 to June 27 and then breaks for the summer months, and reopens September to December and breaks for the holidays.
Downtown dwellers and employees are encouraged to walk to the market. Those coming from outside of downtown can select metered street parking; or garage parking at the Tranquility Park garage (400 Rusk) – $3 for up to one hour, $6 for 1 to 2 hours) or Hobby Center (800 Bagby) – $2 per hour (with max of $10) on days without Hobby Center events.
The City Hall Farmers Market is wheelchair-accessible, and an ATM machine is conveniently located on-site. For more information on the market or to apply to be a vendor, contact Urban Harvest at 713-880-5540 or visit UrbanHarvest.org.
Following is the complete list of Vendors of the City Hall Farmers Market for Spring 2012
Angela’s Oven is a small family bakery located in the Heights offering a variety of pastries and breads.
Artisana is the market’s newest baker offering European style breads.
Atkinson Farm is a large family farm from Spring, TX offering a variety of home grown vegetables and strawberries.
**Bread n’ Batter brings delicious handcrafted pretzels, plain or stuffed with fillings such as cinnamon sugar, bacon and cheese and seasonal vegetables.
**Chef Roy’s Catering offers green smoothies, paninis, and kale wraps.
**Cuts of Color brings fresh flowers and sustainably grown vegetables to the market from Weimer, TX.
**Divine Teriyaki is a food truck offering retro Asian cuisine inspired by Texas roots, love of teriyaki, and culinary influences from Seattle.
Eatsie Boys are now selling ice cream in addition to their popular franks and sandwiches from their truck.
The French Fig offers homespun Cajun cuisine.
Frosted Betty is Houston’s own cupcake food truck as seen on Cupcake Wars.
Grateful Bread is known for its bacon and now offers fresh prepared BLTs.
Georgia’s Farm to Market is the best spot for lamb pitas and bison burgers.
Grizzaffi Coffee offers coffee and other beverages, hot and iced.
**Gooey Butter Girls, a St. Louis import, sells fresh gooey butter cakes.
It’s a Wrap is a food truck with something for everyone: healthy fish, veggie, and beef wraps or oh-so-indulgent mac n’ cheese balls.
Lucia’s Especialidades Argentinas offers a taste of authentic Argentine food from the Salguero family.
Melange Creperie is a market favorite, offering creative made-to-order crepes.
**Orchid Obsession sells beautiful blooming orchids.
Pure Catering uses local ingredients to make foods from all over the world.
Nisha’s Quick N Ezee is a market classic selling Indian cuisine to eat on site or take home.
Radical Eats makes vegan tamales
Shade/Canopy sells pastries, quiche, and tostadas from Chef Claire Smith’s renowned restaurants.
Shirley Ann’s Catering offers sweet and savory pies and quiches.
Simply Delicious is now selling classic philly cheese steaks and calzones, along with fresh salads.
Sinfull Bakery bakes vegan desserts, with the “Everything Bar,” a chocolate-y, chewy, and surprisingly healthy delight, being a must try.
Swede Family Farm sell goat’s milk and fresh goat cheeses made from their own goats.
Texas Hill Country Olive Oil sells three blends of olive oil grown and produced in Dripping Springs.
Warfel Farms is a small family farm from Wharton offering sustainably grown vegetables.
**Wicked Whisk is the market’s newest food truck, offering inventive Asian fusion cuisine.
** new vendor
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