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| - This is NOT the right address, people... hopefully they'll get on here and update it -- and if you're like me, telling me that it's the old bus station probably isn't very helpful either. Best thing to know is that it's on Stewart west off LV Blvd and if you cross Casino Center Drive you've just missed it (oh, and it's right next door to the Mob Museum!) -- on Fridays from 10 to 2.
Other important thing to know is: Come hungry and with cash because it's a terrific lineup of exceptional produce to enjoy all weekend and week long and food trucks as well as unique offerings for lunch if you just can't wait.
Highlights: Kerry Clasby's produce (as well as cheese, salt, olive oils), Quail Hollow Farms produce, Bon Breads perfect selections and if you're gluten sensitive, check out new Gluten Free baker, as well as the tamale folks. Chef demos were incredibly impressive on my visit yesterday and if you're an insider, then you'll recognize lots of the faces of Vegas' foodie establishment -- old and new.
The layout is easy. Lots of tables outside, with plenty of shade, plenty of parking. Room to wander and lots of new faces with arts, crafts, flowers and things that fill your soul.
If you've got a product, a recipe, an idea, that's Farmers Market worthy and you're interested in setting up shop, or at least running your idea past someone who's knowledgeable, take it to the market, and ask for Kerry Clasby - she's looking for the next Farmers Market star (sounds like a reality show, I know...) and is incredibly helpful, creative and chock full of good advice. Even if she nixes your idea, you'll get plenty of good input. You want her on your team. She knows everyone. And if she says something's delicious, you best believe, I'm interested.
Bottom line: if you can't make it to the Springs Preserve on Thursdays, head downtown on Fridays because these are the best markets in town, hands down.
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