Eastern Market

Di Yin and I saw Eastern Market in pieces over multiple days: Saturday, November 19, 2011, Sunday, January 1, 2012, and Saturday, January 28, 2012. I took pictures on these visits. Di Yin took a few pictures on one visit. The latter link goes to her first picture of the market (picture #28 in the album). When you see a picture of a balloon caught in a tree (picture #37), you're done with her pictures from Eastern Market. I'll link to her other pictures in that album in other posts.

The market complex has a long farmers market aisle outside. All vegetables have multiple producers selling them. Although some prices at some stands are not reasonable, you can find reasonable prices for any item if you look around. If you do so it's certainly cheaper than my local Penn Quarter market.

Another aisle or two outside has artsy things, fairly decent stuff. There's also a section for jewelry.

Inside has tons of butchers, selling meat of any cut and style from virtually any animal. I saw bison steaks, rabbit, duck sausages, boar sausages, and much, much more. There's also a large fish vendor, a decent-sized cheese shop, a few vegetables stands, a bakery or two, and a place with an astoundingly long line, Market Lunch, that serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch.

Across the street is a flea market, and not a trashy one.

It's a destination area. Hence naturally there are lots of cafes and boutiques in the area.

We didn't often go to Eastern Market; it was a bit too much trouble compared with buying our foodstuffs at grocery stores and our local markets.