Eckert’s St. Louis Farm Market

As with the previous poster, I also look forward to when the Eckert’s opens it’s St. Louis market and sells all of it’s fresh fruits, veggies and baked good to all of us over the river. I, myself, don’t mind going over to Belleville but sometimes it’s hard to do so when you don’t have much time to do it! I am a fan of their coffee cakes (they are THE best!!!) as well as the peaches and apples. They have alot of fruits and veggies as well for sale along with salsas, apple butter and some various sodas. Last year and this year they have started to sell cheeses and meats as well (all of which are excellent, btw). I’m a fan, and I usually eagerly await for the shop to open because it’s awesome to have some local places to get produce when it’s fresh and in season!

I always look forward to this place opening in the Spring/​Summer. It’s open seasonally and THE BEST place to get amazing locally grown peaches. Eckert’s is SO good, and if you don’t live in Illinois, this is a great alternative. They have a lot of local items here, including lots of produce, salad dressings, chips, bakery items (pies, muffins, coffee cakes etc) sauces, baking mixes, candy, salsas and other canned items. I like the mixes and the produce is always good. The peaches you pay for, but I have yet to find better tasting ones in St. Louis except off the tree in their orchard. The store is small and you can’t find things like milk or well known brands but there are some very interesting items. I highly suggest to stop by, grab some peaches, and see what other cool items they have!