Adams Morgan Farmers' Market (updated 01/08/08 )

The farmers' market at the corner of 18th St. and Columbia Road NW in Adams Morgan (Washington, DC) has been operating since 1973, when Jim Crawford (New Morning Farm) began selling produce in an empty gravel lot where the SunTrust Bank now stands. Before that, the corner was home to a theater where Jimi Hendrix played a three-night gig in 1967 and Norman Mailer made a fool of himself as MC for a rally for the March on the Pentagon. Before that, it was the Ambassador Theater, site of DC's worst public disaster, where in the '30s on a snowy winter Saturday hundreds of folks were watching the motion pictures during a storm, when the roof collapsed from the weight of snow, killing hundreds. The cast of vendors at the market has changed over the years, and currently includes Mike Tabor's Licking Creek Bend Farm, Remie's flower stand, and Star Hollow Farm. Ironically both vegetable stands are from adjoining Pennsylvania counties.

The "regular" outdoor Adams Morgan Farmers' Market (see Digital City's listing) runs nine months out of the year, from the first Saturday in April through the Saturday before Christmas, with Thanksgiving Saturday off (at least for our farm). We open at 8 AM and run until about 1 PM. The busiest times of day are from about 9 until 11 am, and Fall is usually the busiest time of the year, as we have the widest selection of produce.

Below are maps to the Adams Morgan market. Star Hollow Farm is the middle stand of three. Click on either of the two maps to see a larger view.