Cooking Out Of The Box

There are a multitude of Farmer’s Markets in the Dane County and Madison, Wisconsin area. I hit most of them at some point, and many of them every single week. The beauty of having so many readily available locations scattered throughout the area is that you can pick things up as you need them, without a broad game plan in place with each one that you hit.

Each market has a unique personality of it’s own. Needless to say, that personality changes throughout the growing season as well. As the season goes on, I’ll highlight these markets individually. But here’s my master list of local Farmer’s Markets.

Don’t see one of your favorite markets listed below? Drop me a comment and I’ll be glad to add it!

Madison Markets:

• Dane County Farmers Market: Saturdays, 6am to 2pm starting April 19th to November 1st located at the Capital Square
• Dane County Farmers Market: Wednesdays, 8am to 2pm from April 23rd to October 29th,  Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
• Eastside:  Tuesdays, 4pm to 7pm starting May 13th through October 14th,  201 South Ingersol
• Hilldale: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7am to 1pm, April 26th through November 1st, Hilldale Shopping Center
• Northside:  Sundays, 8:30am to 12:30pm , May through October, 2817 N. Sherman Ave
• Southside: Tuesdays, 2pm to 6pm and Saturdays, 9am to 2pm  from April 26th through October, Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St.
• Southside: Thursdays, 2pm to 6pm from May 15th through October, Villager Mall, Park Street
• Westside:  Saturdays, 7am to 1pm running from April 19th through November 8th at Hill Farms

Area Markets:

• Belleville: Saturdays, 8am to Noon.  Starting May 3rd thru November 1st at Library Park, downtown Belleville
• Brooklyn: Wednesdays, 3pm to 7pm.  Running from May through October, Rutland Avenue
• Darlington:  Saturdays, 8am to Noon May through October, Darlington Festival Park
• Fitchburg:  Thursdays, 3pm to 6pm, May through October.  E. Cheryl Parkway at the Agora Pavilion
• McFarland:  Thursdays, 2pm to 6pm, May 1st through October 30th, 5100 Farwell Street
• Middleton:  Thursdays, 7:30am to 1:30pm from y 8th through October, Greenway Station shopping center
• Monona: Sundays, 9am to 1pm, May through October at Ahuska Park
• Mt. Horeb: Thursdays, 3pm to 6:30pm, May 8th through September, Heritage Park
• Paoli: Saturdays, 8am to Noon, May through October, Paoli Park
• Stoughton: Fridays, 7am to 1pm, May through October, Stoughton Plaza Shopping Center
• Sun Prairie:  Saturdays, 7am to Noon, May 2nd through October 31, 300 E. Main
• Waunakee: Wednesdays, 3pm to 6pm from May through October, Waun-A-Bowl parking lot

Are you like us?  Do you look for a market to go to just about any day of the week?  Here’s the same list by day:

• Sunday: Northside, Monona
• Tuesday:  Eastside, South, Oregon
• Wednesday: Brooklyn, Dane Country Market, Hilldale, Waunakee
• Thursday: Fitchburg, McFarland, Middleton, Mt. Horeb, Southside
• Friday: Stoughton
• Saturday: Belleville, Dane County Market, Hilldale, Southside, Westside, Paoli, Sun Prairie