When I'm about to go on vacation, I spend all my planning energy, in this particular order, restaurants, accommodations, markets, and tourist attractions. I always try and book my accommodations through AirBnB so I have a kitchen to cook some meals with the fresh produce I pick up while browsing the markets. I was surprised to find Calgary to have so many markets as I was told Calgary is quite small. I'm sure there's even more weekly/seasonal/summer pop up markets, but I only went to the year round ones.
Crossroads Market
This market was I think the biggest market out of the three that we visited. The layout of the market was very strange, but I think its because the market is pretty much a couple of separate buildings connected together to form the market. There is a flea market section where you can buy random used items. And there is a fresh produce area where you can buy fresh meats, fruits, veggies, breads, cheeses, and cooked foods area (food court-ish, but it was pretty spread out due to the strange layout of the market). I didn't end up buying any fresh produce from this market, we just bought a snack because we were hungry, and we couldn't find any food that we wanted for lunch. We picked up some pastries from Alaturka. Both items had had spinach and cheese. One of them is similar to spanakoptia, and the other is like a pide that is filled with spinach and cheese. Both were delicious!
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| Alaturka - Snacks |
Crossroads Market
1235 26 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB T2G 1R7
Phone: (403) 291-5208
Hours: Monday - Thursday CLOSED
Friday - Sunday 900a - 500p
http://crossroadsmarket.ca
Market on Macleod
This market was the smallest of the three markets. There were booths/stalls that sold new random items, limited produce, and were actually mostly prepared/hot food items. This is where we picked up some delicious home made Mexican food. The vendor that we purchased our lunch from was Fresh-adilla Fresh Tortilla. They make their tortillas when you order! They're not the super thin tortillas that I'm used to eating, they were thicker, they were delicious! I've never eaten food from a Mexican home, but this is what I would imagine it would taste like. We ordered a gordita, and a quesadilla. I've never had a gordita before, but to describe it, it's similar to an arepa, but deep fried. The quesadilla wasn't what I imagined, normally its pan fried or grilled or something, but this one was deep fried. Both items were deep fried, deep fried anything is delicious as long as it's not greasy. Fillings were both pretty much the same, we chose pork for both I believe, and was topped with lettuce, tomatoes and queso fresco.
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| Fresh-adilla Tortilla - Lunch |
Market on Macleod
7711 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, AB
T2H 0M1
Phone: (587) 354-1120
Hours: Monday - Wednesday CLOSED
Thursday - Sunday 900a - 500p
http://marketonmacleod.com/index.html
Calgary Farmers Market
This was my favourite market to visit. So much so that we actually went twice! There were different vendors that sold a variety of things ranging from up cycled bags, to olive oil, to nut butters, plenty of hot prepared foods, and of course, plenty of fresh produce. Why I liked Calgary Farmers Market so much was that it's open, clean, and easy to navigate around. Plus it doesn't hurt to have a well known coffee shop, Analog Coffee, right by the door so I can grab a coffee and stroll around. We loved their coffee so much, the second time around, we bought some beans to bring back to Toronto! Back to the first visit, I ended up picking up lots of fresh tomatoes, basil, pasta, olive oil, and some pork chops to make dinner at the apartment that night. For dessert, we also grabbed a saskatoon berry pie from Simple Simons Pies. I'm still not sure what a saskatoon berry is supposed to taste like, but to me it tastes like a blueberry crossed with a currant.
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| Analog Coffee - Latte |
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| Saskatoon Berry Pie |
Calgary Farmers Market
510 77th Avenue SE
Calgary, AB T2H 1C3
Phone: (403) 240-9113
Hours: Monday - Wednesday CLOSED
Thursday - Sunday 900a - 500p
http://www.calgaryfarmersmarket.ca
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