Mi Tierra Farmer’s Market

There’s nothing better than rolling out of my apartment at the crack of noon on a Sunday to top my weekend off with yet another bad decision in a weekend full of them: TACOS! Hey, at least it’s not jumboslice, right?
8 – 10 tables serve dishes from a variety of latin american countries. The food is all ostensibly different, but I haven’t quite figured out how yet. But who cares, it’s delicious, and cheap, and ready immediately.
Here’s the catch though: if you were to go to Super Taco next door you would get tacos that are prepared fresh, to order… not ones that were made in someone’s bathtub 6 hours ago. Street food is still delicious, just don’t think too much about where it comes from.

My fondest memories about Puerto Rico and Costa Rica were the open air food markets because there was an abundance of food at ridiculously cheap prices. It’s a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. Everything from fresh fruits to empanadas to plaintains. My favorite pastry was the Alfajor de Maizena is a sweet biscuits with dulce de leche and coconut flakes. Bring cash because you’ll want to sample everything. [Last Visit: June 7, 2009]

This «Farmer’s Market» has been going on for several years now, just a couple of blocks from the official Adams Morgan Farmer’s Market. It is a brain child of the local Council Member and the International Migrant’s Development Fund (FIDMI) and it serves exclusively Hispanic products in the heart of Adam’s Morgan neighborhood in DC.
The market takes over about a half an acre park at the intersection of Champlain, Euclid Streets and Columbia Road and is only open on Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. It is designed to generate and improve self-​sufficiency in the large Hispanic community as well as financial literacy and business development, community reinvestment, community organizing and gender inclusion.
The twenty or so kiosks crowding the little triangular park offer a plethora of unique foods and articles typical of Latin American countries. There is a kiosk serving succulent Argentine Empanadas and other South American delicacies; several Churrasco kiosks, others serving fried plantains, Horchata (rice and cinnamon milk) Salvadoran pupusas, rice and pork dishes, and numerous additional flavors. The aroma can be perceived three blocks away.
In addition to prepared food, there are kiosks serving tropical fruits such as mangoes and pineapples, as well as local hispanic handicrafts.
All in all, it is a wonderful addition to the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in the Mid Atlantic.