Haymarket Pushcart Assn

The two carts in end –closest to the parking structure by Bell in Hand are absolutely the best. They validate the parking and they stock he best mangoes, cilantro, and herbs ! See Christian hell take care of you !

this is one of my favorite things about living in the north end: haymarket every friday and saturday. as a poor graduate student, haymarket keeps me honest with fresh fruits and vegetables FOR CHEAP. the only reason i gave it four stars is because it has ruined grocery stores for me forever, and i suppose because you have to eat the produce pretty quickly or else it goes bad. my roommate and i have bought cartons of strawberries and chopped them up immediately for future smoothie-​making. genius. just buy smart, and eat quickly!

Haymarket has been our destination for vegetable and fruit shopping for the past 10 years.
It is a great place for buying your weekly supply of greens and fruits inexpensively. We normally only spend $ 20 at each trip to Haymarket. We fill up two big backpacks completely. This $ 20 supply of produce lasts us one week for our two-​person household.
The shopping culture at this outdoor market is unique. It took me a while to get used to the special (sometimes rough) humor of the vendors but I like it now.

Fresh produce for very good prices. However, be careful and try to isnist on picking things out yourself or you will end up with half a bag of rotten cherries. That’s from personal experience. But then again, it’s a big bag and it’s $ 3…and if you pay $ 2 for 10 peaches and two are bad, well, I guess you still win out., Go early, be ferocious, and then feast on the sweet spoils of Haymarket.

Firstly, I’m a spoiled California girl, with brilliantly fresh produce all around me at home. There is a strawberry stand like two streets from my house and our strawberries are the size of your fist. (le sigh)
Yes, there is good cheap produce in Boston only a quick T ride away. However, it’s spoilage factor may also be only a short distance away after sitting out in the hot sun. I recommend getting there early and only getting what you need. (Even if 60 pears for 50 cents sound appealing, 58 rotten pears two days later does not.) Also, window shop a little. The bananas may look even better three carts down.
I myself always get about 10 cloves of garlic for a dollar cause those hold up very well. Also, if I get a lot of strawberries or soft fruits, I like to cut what’s left up after day or two and stick in in the freezer for smoothies or trifles or whatever. Yum!
I appreciate this wonderful Boston establishment, but I’m slightly wary of it too. Even so, I spend my $ 3 – 4 and get two full bags of produce whenever I get the chance.

I love it here… my first summer in Boston, when I realized that I was eating too many bags of 25 cent chips and not enough fruits and veggies, I found out about this market. I make so many asparagus dishes and eggplant dishes now since they are so cheap here! I second all of the commentary on making sure you 1) set a limit on what you want to spend, and 2) eating the produce ASAP if it is highly perishable. I will let you in on a secret to carrying more of what you want home… find an empty box on the side and just stuff your bags of produce in that.

Sweet Delicous oranges, the perfect medium sized ones that are bright orange: 7 for $ 1! Fresher than Whole Foods or Shaws, eclectic assortment, cheap, and you support local farmers/​produce sellers. This place is also very hectic and crowded, on Saturday afternoons, I was walking in a single file line, in a crowd for 5 – 6 blocks. It was worth it though. Blueberries, cherry tomatoes, and oranges! I would go earlier in the day. Also bring a large bag to carry your veggies. There are some butchers,/meat vendors, I didn’t venture on the other side of the walkway.

I work near Faneuil Hall and fill my backpack and arms with produce every Friday from Haymarket. The bananas are 3lbs for $ 1 so there is nothing better than that. The tomatoes are overly ripe but that is really one of the only things to avoid. Possibly avoid the strawberries also. I recommend avocados, bananas, broccoli, asparagus, melons, oranges, and really anything else you can think of that will stay fresh in the fridge. It’s easy to go overboard when buying things at Haymarket so set a $ 10 limit and stick to that or you will have more than you can hold!

Great cheap prices for large amounts of produce. I go here if I am hosting a huge dinner party etc. Just a good fun experience if you have never been. However, be very weary of spoilage so check to make sure you got good quality. Usually good to use immediately and not store.

Ya great place and the T goes straight there. I’m always the one with bags upon bags of groceries after. A great fresh market; you don’t know Boston unless you know the Haymarket!

Haymarket is just about the best way to spend a Saturday morning. Wake up early and get their before things start to spoil and while all the hawkers have got enough energy to constantly heckle you to buy 10lbs. of potatoes for 50 cents or something ridiculous. The prices are not to be beaten. Just make sure you browse around before you buy.