Morton Grove Farmers’ Market
Halloween Costume Contest at 11 am
Final Market of the Season!
Saturday, Oct. 19thMarket Hours: 8am-12pm
Market Address: 6210 Dempster St., Morton Grove
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Featured Vendor: Tamales Express from Chicago, IL
Tamales Express is a family-owned and operated business specializing in traditional, handmade Mexican-style tamales.Tamales Express offers several different tamale varieties each week, such as amish chicken, pork, sweet corn, poblano pepper, and more. They also offer tacos in steak, chicken, or fish, corn on the cob (plain or elotes style with mayo, lemon juice and parmesan cheese), mango on a stick, and a variety of drinks including fresh fruit smoothies and young coconut.Affiliated with Vegetarian Express in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, Tamales Express aims to use as many local and organic ingredients as possible and are also available for catering.
- Fresh, local produce including APPLES, APPLE CIDER, PEARS, PUMPKINS, WATERMELON, TOMATOES, KALE, KOHLRABI, EGGPLANT, ONIONS, ZUCCHINI, POTATOES, SQUASH, GREEN BEANS, CARROTS, LETTUCE, SWEET AND HOT PEPPERS, and much more! Click here for a Seasonal Produce Guide.
- Prepared foods, bakery items, meat, eggs and cheeses
- Artisan crafts and goods
Pumpkin decorating while supplies last. Approx 50 pumpkins available, 1 per child please. Free will donations accepted.
Halloween Costume Contest: Our Annual Costume Contest will take place at 11 am with VIP judges from the Morton Grove Park District, the Village of Morton Grove (Mayor Dan DiMaria), and the Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Executive Director Debbie Juris). Prizes for the top 3 children’s costumes!
8 – 10 am Jim Cole
10 am – 12 pm The Dynamics
Ryan from RC Juggles will be making balloon creations from 8 am – 12 pm
Morton Grove Environmental Health Commission
Morton Grove Park District’s Rain or Shine Arts and Crafts event at the Museum Education Center. Solar painting and/or painting ceramics and tree cookies, with a special focus on seasonal materials from nature.
Sponsor On Hand:
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These are the wonderful vendors scheduled for this Saturday’s Farmers’ Market:
- Albo Acres (alpaca wool, hand knit products, stuffed animals)
- Alluring Spectrums (hand-carved wood, stained glass)
- The Backyard Bed & Breakfast (hand-crafted wooden bird and bat houses, squirrel feeders, door knockers, and toys)
- Bee in Beezyness with God (local honey, honey combs, beeswax)
- Beijo de Chocolat (award winning chocolates, pastries, gourmet teas)
- Benhart Farms (pork, beef, burgers, sausages, nitrate-free bacon, chicken, turkey, cage free brown eggs) Sign up for their Meat & Eggs CSA!
- Blankenship Farms (fruits, vegetables, plants)
- Brian Kabat Photography (calendars, greeting cards, portrait services)
- Buttercream by Julianna(gluten-free baked goods, made to order waffles) Place your Thanksgiving Orders Now! Gluten Free Pies: Apple, Lemon-Lush, Pumpkin, or Pecan. Gluten Free Chocolate Raspberry Tart. Prices include local delivery!
- The Cheese People (artisan cheeses)
- Diana’s Whoopie Pies (whoopie pies, fruit pies, savory quiches)
- Fusion Spice (vegetarian and vegan Indian themed wraps and mini-samosas)
- LAZ Cosmetics (natural bath and body care, hand made jewelry, blown glass items)
- Lyons Fruit Farm (fruits, vegetables, flowers, cage free eggs, corn stalks for autumn decorations)
- Maier’s Bakery (local danishes, doughnuts, sweet rolls, coffee cakes, and breads)
- North Shore Pet Chef (all natural pet foods and treats)
- Patyk Farms (Illinois grown fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, and now EGGS!)
- Super Cup Coffee Shop (hot and iced coffee, lemonade, bottled water, salsa)
- FEATURED VENDOR
Little Sprout t-shirts and MGFM bags, t-shirts and sweatshirts are available for sale at the Welcome Booth every Saturday.
NOW available – MGFM Winter Hats and Headbands
Don’t forget our FREE weekly drawing! You can enter every week at the Welcome Booth on Saturdays between 8 am – 12 pm. You could win a reusable Market bag filled with food and products from our wonderful vendors. The lucky winner will be notified by e-mail or phone to pick up their prize on the next Market Day (the December Winter Market).Thank you so much to all of our Farmers’ Market participants last week: Featured Vendor Albo Acres, the Park View Orchestra, and the U of I Extension Master Gardeners.The Lucky Winner of last week’s Guess the Weight of the GIANT Patyk Farms PUMPKIN was David Fishman! Thank you to all who entered. Curious what the pumpkin weighed? 94.7 pounds!
The Morton Grove Farmers’ Market’s full season will END next Saturday, 10/19. Join us from 8 am – 12 pm for our final day of outdoor shopping, dining, live entertainment, activities for the kids, and so much more!
See more of last week’s photos on our Facebook photo album here or our Flickr photo album here.
Upcoming Events:The Morton Grove Farmers’ Market’s full season will END next Saturday, 10/19. Join us from 8 am – 12 pm for our final day of outdoor shopping, dining, live entertainment, activities for the kids, and so much more!
Click here for our Events page on our website.
Saturday, October 26th: 3-6 pm Morton Grove Park District’s Annual Halloween Family Festival at the Prairie View Community Center, 6834 Dempster St. Look for the Morton Grove Farmers’ Market volunteers at the Face Painting table!This year, we will have two indoor Markets:
Winter Market Saturday, December 7th and
Spring Market Saturday, March 22nd
The markets will once again be held at the Morton Grove American Legion Civic Center from 9 am – 2 pm.
Next Season’s Dates:
Mother’s Day Market: Saturday, May 10, 2014
Regular Season: June 7 – October 18 (no market July 4th weekend)
We are looking for vendors selling local food products and artisan gift items for both the indoor markets and the 2014 outdoor markets. The Morton Grove Farmers’ Market strives to be a local, producer only Market. All items must be home-grown, handmade, and/or vendor-created from locally-owned operations. Fruits, vegetables and flowers need to be grown within the approximate range of 150 miles of Morton Grove. E-mail peggy@mgfarmersmarket.com for information or a Winter Market or Regular Season application.
Thank you to our first 2014 Silver Sponsor, the UPS Store #5078. Visit them at 6321 W. Dempster St. for your shipping, copying, and mailbox rental needs.Thank you to Father & Son Italian Kitchen in Skokie for the Restaurant Fundraiser.
Interested in sponsoring the Market in 2014?E-mail connect@mgfarmersmarket.com for information about our sponsorship levels and benefits.
Our Market accepts Link EBT cards (SNAP Food Stamp benefits) at the BMO Harris Bank booth near the Welcome Booth. Thanks to our generous sponsors who made this possible!
This Saturday is the LAST opportunity this season to Double your Link dollars (up to $25 per card per week) with Double Value Tokens provided by NorthShore University HealthSystems.
PLEASE be sure to redeem all Link and Double Value tokens (Green and Red) by the last day of the Market, October 19th. Questions about Link at our Market? Click the Frequently Asked Questions here: MGFM Link Customer FAQ or MGFM Link Vendor FAQ!For more information about our calendar, vendors or sponsors, please call 847.750.6436, e-mail connect@mgfarmersmarket.com, or visit our website: www.mgfarmersmarket.com
Parking for the Market is located in the MB Financial Bank South lot, the American Legion Civic Center lot, the Historical Museum lot, and the Harrer Pool parking lots (both East and West of the Pool).
Out of consideration for our neighboring businesses, please do not park in the street along Fernald, south of Dempster.
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