It just may be heaven…..that is, if you’re a foodie like me! A trip to Atlanta means an excursion to the Dekalb Farmer’s Market. This is not just any farmer’s market. It’s a “world” market that offers delicious foods from every nationality known. Shoppers bear witness to this fact as they push their carts through the wide isles wearing sari’s, elaborate head wraps, and all sorts of ethnic apparel making one feel as though they have entered another country entirely. I always think of the first Indiana Jones movie, “Raider’s of the Lost Ark” when I enter and look down the endless aisles, stocked to the ceiling with goodies!
I could spend hours going up and down the aisles of this market, the size of two football fields combined. All sorts of condiments and ingredients for Asian cooking are available along with a huge selection of dried tea leaves, nuts, seeds and spices.
Huge bins are filled with local, seasonal produce at amazingly reasonable prices.
Fresh flowers, cut and ready for you to assemble your own bouquet ala green grocer’s markets in New York City.
The cheese section always calls my name with at least four or five gourmet cheeses making their way into my basket.
Fresh sausages, seafood and meats abound.
Breads, homemade and filling the air with the aroma of yeast, herbs and oils.
I always purchase olive oil at the market when I go!
And wine! The wine and beer department is unequaled in selection and price. If I get separated from Mr. T on one of our visits I always know I’ll find him standing in the wine department, mesmerized by the sheer number and selection of fine wines at very low prices.
It’s an experience not to be missed if you find yourself in Atlanta. Take an ice chest, you’ll easily fill it with goodies! Oh how wish we had something comparable to the Dekalb Farmer’s Market in Coastal Georgia. For now, I’ll be content to make the drive, stay with our daughter and her family and make an outing of a visit to this fabulous place!
4 Responses
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Marisa Franca @ All Our Way Says:
All I can say is WOW! We have friends who live in Nashville and they spend the night in Atlanta just so they can go to the market before they come to SSI. Now I can see why they do that!!
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Jan Carpenter Says:
We used to love to go when we lived in Inman Park!
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Ann Payne Price Says:
It is so much fun to discover things you have never seen! We love that place.
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Carolyn T Says:
Egads! I so want to go there!!!
