Saturday mornings in the fall semester are a sacred time at Duke. Students pound down cans of cheap beer while the Blue Devil football squad makes attempts at its first winning season in who knows how many years. But only a few miles away just outside downturn Durham, socially conscious Durhamites are picking up their food supplies and fraternizing in one of the Bull City's most happening venues.
The Durham Farmer's Market, located on Foster Street, has become a staple of the growing downtown scene. Held every Wednesday and Saturday, the market hosts an array of food and art booths with products ranging from tomatoes to honey to cheese to pastries and flowers to chicken. Moreover, all of the food comes from within 70 miles of Durham.
One look around at the mix of young and hip or upper-middle class consumers and it is clear why farmers markets are near the top of the list for stuff white people like. It is almost a sure bet that any student who visits this pavilion will bump into one of his/her Trinity Park-dwelling professors.
The farmers market might not be as exciting as tailgate, but it's a gastronomical adventure worth taking.
The Durham Farmers Market is open Wednesdays 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. until the end of September and Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon until Thanksgiving.
Andrew Hibbard
photos by Emily Long
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