When the Farmers Market season ended in October, we thought it really ended – we had no idea there were Winter Farmers Markets in Chicagoland. Huh.
We headed to St John Episcopal Church in Irving Park to check it out.
Cute little church. We found parking on the street, pretty easily. The sidewalks hadn’t been shoveled in some areas so wheelchair maneuvering wasn’t easy. And then we discovered this church is not wheelchair accessible. Ugh.
TW’s mom managed the three stairs down to the tiny little basement but it was touch and go for awhile (and getting back up the stairs after we were finished shopping was no walk in the park either.)
We were picturing a full banquet hall type of thing and instead found ourselves in a tiny classroom sized basement room with about a dozen tables – and not a winter veggie in sight.
There were tables with yarn and roving. A table or two with cheese. A nun selling pastries. A mushroom vendor. A couple of soap vendors. Did I mention there were no winter veggies?
It was interesting but I don’t think we’ll make much of an effort to visit the others on the winter farmers market circuit. I think we can wait for spring.
Roving? What’s that?