Where Bayou St. John meets the Lafitte Greenway in Mid-City, a former auto garage is now a food market, making new connections between local farmers, makers and their customers.
It’s called Farmer’s, and it combines the direct sourcing of a farm stand with the variety and anytime availability of a grocery.
On its opening days this week, the shelves and coolers have been filling with fresh produce and dairy from small farms within road-trip distance of New Orleans. The butcher counter has steaks cut to order, along with boudin, whole chickens and bone broth. And as the next farm truck or delivery van pulls up outside, more options join the growing inventory.
Farmer’s already feels like a vibrant hub for local food, and there’s more in the works, including a small garden center and an Airstream trailer coffee bar…