Finally ... a Saturday at the Sunnyvale Farmers Market

A couple of months ago Jonathan and I came very close to taking the boys to the Sunnyvale Farmers Market. It was a near miss, we discovered as we arrived that it had been moved to temporary quarters. We didn't go the extra block and a half to the Caltrain parking lot. It was an ugly day, and instead we took refuge at the German Bakery on the Mountain View/Los Altos border.

On Saturday we decided to try it again. We'd heard from lots of people that the Sunnyvale Farmers Market, like the Campbell Farmers Market are the best that Silicon Valley has to offer. As far as I'm concerned this is a true statement.

The current location for the Sunnyvale Farmers Market is great. The boys love trains (hey did I mention this before). Being in the parking lot for the Caltrain station is fabulous.

With kids open space is a priority.  Los Gatos location-wise is perfect. A farmers market on a quiet street off the town square, but they have limited stalls. You can't really do your grocery shopping for the week there.  The Campbell Farmers Market on the other hand has tons of stalls, you can actually grocery shop for the week (with a minor Trader Joes subsidy), but the closest park is three and half blocks away.

The Sunnyvale Farmers Market is run by the same coop as Campbell and has the same types of stalls (there are a couple of pleasant differences).  Location wise it is near a large plaza, and the Caltrain station, and has plenty of open space for the kids to play. We also found Sunnyvale more low key than Campbell -- we'll see what we say in the height of the summer, when all the farmers markets are packed.