Unlike most farmers' markets, which are held only at intervals, the Farmers' Market of Los Angeles, that first opened in July 1934, is a permanent installation and is open seven days a week. The dozens of vendors serve many kinds of food, both American cuisine from local farmers and restaurants and a variety of local ethnic foods from the many immigrant communities of Los Angeles, with Latin American and Asian cuisines well represented.
The market started when a dozen nearby farmers began to park their trucks on a field to sell fresh produce to local residents. The cost to rent the space was fifty cents per day.
In 1870, Arthur Fremont (A. F.) Gilmore and his partner bought two sizable farms.
The Gilmore Oil Company replaced the farm when oil was discovered under the land while drilling for water in 1905 and the one of the photos shows the original gasoline station that Gilmore built on the site – restored of course for the tourists.
The Market is located at the corner of 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue and what very famous movie was filmed at Fairfax High School? Grease of course!! It was very interesting to see the grandstand on the football field behind the school on which the famous duet with Olivia Newton John and John Travolta was staged.
So what did I have for lunch – well halibut (From the US State of Alaska) and chips of course served with the biggest plate of Coleslaw you could ever imagine!
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