I'm going to write a review about a couple of the other NUFM locations since everyone knows about the Shaker Square one already!
The Cleveland Clinic market is held every Wednesday and since I've started working there it has become the highlight of my weekly food fare ;o) There are a few vendors that are worth highlighing (even though they are all amazing)....Countryside Home Bakery, my god, the caramel pecan sticky buns, I have wet dreams of these they are so good. It's always a treat to see the young ladies of this booth selling their cookies (soft molasses ones are to die for), pies (don't miss out on the strawberry-rhubarb), bread and preserves (apple butter and pumpkin butter are especially good). They always have the perfect finish to my lunch from the market.
Woolf farms, the best peaches, apples and corn that you could ask for, and the friendliest family I've ever met. The young son actually took me on a quick tour of the Chagrin Falls market when I first went to show me the best corn that was available since they had already sold out!
There are several booths that sell lunch deals for $10 or less, menus change on a weekly basis but everything I have had has definitely brightened my day and I've gone back to the OR smiling and content!
The Chagrin Falls market is held on Sundays and I probably enjoy this one even more than the Shaker Square market since it's a little less crowded but the produce is just as good.
Sirna's Farm makes the best natural peanut butter and almond butter....who would have ever thought that "no sugar added" would taste way better than that mass-produced stuff you get in the grocery store! They also make these sweet horseradish pickles that are, quite literally, the bomb!!
The Chicken guy....yeah, I don't know the actual name of his booth or farm, but everyone knows him as the chicken guy. He has fresh whole chickens (I made a wonderful roast one weekend, so moist and tender) and he also has frozen chicken patties of different flavors (try the apple, you will not be disappointed).
Woolf farms....so good, they deserve a second mention because they're here too!
The sausage guy, I can't go without their maple breakfast sausage for Sunday breakfast anymore, so gooooooood.....
Mackenzie Creamery....the friendliest couple at the market, stop and have a chat with them while you're sampling their delectable goat cheese. They're so sweet that when I went out of town for a weekend they commented the next time I saw them that they had missed me the week previous! Now, they have got such amazing flavors that I've basically only been eating goat cheese for the last month....herbs de provence, truffle, blue cheese, blueberry and lemon and something called "sweet fire" (you just gotta sample it, trust me on this one).
You can get pretty much everything here, all kinds of produce, meat, cheese, eggs, the only things that I need to go to Shaker Square for is milk. So basically, I haven't shopped at a grocery store for about 6 weeks now and am much happier and healthier for it, support your local farmers and save money at the same time, you know it's cheaper than all that processed and packaged stuff with preservatives that you'll find at your local Giant Eagle ;o)