Again, thanks for that immensely valuable information from you and DD. Parking is one of the main issues that keeps me away from the mercato.
I think that what you say is true for a lot of people. The potential for parking hassles can be a real deal-breaker.
This is why LPM has a very good chance to succeed.
Point well taken.
But back to the Mercato and parking for a minute.
Unless you plan on buying bushels of produce and crates of fruit, consider parking at the Old Town trolley station and taking the trolley to the Little Italy stop (just outside of J&I). That really is the key way to do it.
Well, yes. That’s actually also what we do, too. Except we park at Morena.
I’ve seen people do this for the fish market on Saturday’s at Seaport.
High-Lair-It-Dee!
Does the Saturday fish market have a cleaning and fileting vendor yet?
Not as of April.
Bummer. Thx
I thought Chesapeake was offering the service for a while.
Looking at the list of markets I posted above, I’m not sure what Mercato or PFM refer to.
Sorry, The market in Little Italy = “Mercato” and PFM = Poway Farmer’s Market, PIA = Pain In . . .
For those in Alta San Diego County, there is the Vista Farmers Market on Saturday, with plenty o’ parking. I have found the selection to be very good, but then I am looking more for produce than any prepared products.
I didn’t realize that was so close. Amazing place. Thanks for the tip. I’m sad we’re too early for corn.
The smaller strawberries are a variety called Mar de Bois that taste like wild strawberries. Now if I only had some raw-milk crème fraîche.
If you want to see all this produce used in a great way go to Georges Modern in La Jolla (downstairs). Most of their produce on their menu comes from Chino Farms and they really know how to use it on a creative way
My wife recently tried several tacos there and yes the tortilla is outstanding but the overall complete tacos were good but not great especially compared what they can create at Georges with the same produce. (And yes Georges is more expensive but we are just looking at the flavors which weren’t that great at Galaxy)
Agreed. Which is why I limited my compliment to the the tortillas.
HH, you wife is right. As much as I like Galaxy Taco, it’s not for their tacos, it’s for their cocktails and items other than tacos.
Yep, the totopos are simple and wonderful.