Jan Power’s Farmers Markets Stones Corner

I’m a fan of Jan Powers Farmers Markets and I love that there are more and more of them around Brisbane. As Rhiannon says, the suppliers don’t tend to change that much but I’m OK with that as long as I can get fresh, locally made goats cheese and snack on a kransky or 3.
You pay a bit of a premium for some things, however taste and quality is extremely apparent in food so if you want a really special meal pay a little bit more. Also, I always manage to find a chinese style stall at the back with cheaper veg so I can still fulfil my bargain hunter instinct.

The Jan Powers Farmers Markets at Stones Corner run every 2^nd and 4^th Sunday of each month.
The markets take over the whole street, which is pedestrian only. Although all the stalls have umbrellas and marquees, on a hot sunny day there’s quite a lot of direct sun and it can get pretty hot.
The preview reviewer got the times wrong — they run from 6am to noon.
I’m glad to see a good use for the Stone’s Corner area, which was previously inhabited by a few odd cafes, discount outlets and a huge amount of empty shops.
These markets are pretty much like all Jan Powers Farmers Markets — if you’ve been to any of the other ones, you’ll recognise most of the stalls. The quality of food sellers, and fresh produce is pretty high and lots of great deli products — the Eumundi Smokehouse makes amazing chicken chorizo sausages!

If you had a quiet Saturday night and you are up and about early on a Sunday and have nothing to do because all the shops are closed then you should head over to the Stones Corner Markets. They are on from about 7 am to about 1 pm every Sunday and the road leading through stones corner is closed to accommodate the stalls. I do love markets because I’m always amazed at the good deals you can get. The produce is also really fresh and normally comes from the farms that morning so it takes out the intermediaries and you deal directly with the farmers. Depending on what season it is look out for great fruit as well and right now if you’re a mango fan you are in luck. I picked up 5 mangoes for only 5 dollars and they are very tasty. A small tip would be to go a little bit later on because it’s more quit and the prices drop quite a bit as the sales people do not want to go home with produce. They also start doing package deals and you can pick up mixed boxes full of fresh produce for 20 dollars. They also have a butchers stand with a truck that is a giant fridge and you can pick up fresh meat for good prices. If you are hungry you can pick up crepes, hot dogs and other freshly made foods from a range of the food stands.