Market Company

I finally got a chance to pop into the Wynwood Organic Market recently, and I was kind of underwhelmed. It was much smaller than I anticipated — one small room with organic produce, a table with prepared foods (sandwiches, salads, goat’s milk ice cream), and some assorted other goodies. Overall the place filled about 2 rooms of a garage-​type building.
As it’s located close to my office, I popped over with some co-​workers to grab lunch. We opted for sandwiches, and they were good and cheap ($ 5). I got some kind of Turkish (?) wrap with a thick yogurt sauce and veggies. It was delish — the yogurt gave it a nice crisp kick. I also sampled some of the Lebanese peasant’s salad (spinach, onions, mint, tomatoes, etc.), which was very fresh and tasty.
For a cute place to grab a healthy lunch and support a great local venture, check it out!

This is a small market, but they are doing four important things right even though their farmer’s markets throughout the city are not really much, especially when you compare them with the farmer’s markets in other cities.
Four Rightly Things:
— ORGANIC. Everything’s organic, healthy, and oh-​so-​good here!
— FRESH. Because of the small selection, the freshness of the goods are critically important — and I did not see anything that was lacking in freshness. Good job!
— CONVENIENCE. No, it’s not open late. But comparing with farmer’s markets, it’s open more days in the week!
— PRICE. For example, 3 navel oranges is a dollar here. At Wal-​Mart, it was 58 cents for each navel orange. It’s cheaper here!

I had the chance to stumble upon The Market Company’s Wynwood Warehouse Organic Market today, and it was exactly what I’d been missing in the Midtown area: a small, well-​curated organic vegetable selection. (Publix is fine for somethings, but I can do without the crowded aisles and lines.) PLEASE NOTE: I’m writing this review on a bit of a high, having just eaten a salad of arugula, heirloom tomatoes, goat cheese, and tabbouleh, all from the market. So, hopefully, you’ll find it to be fair and balanced.
In addition to beautiful, local, in-​season produce, they have a small selection of dried goods (pastas, crackers), honey (try the walnut honey packed with whole walnuts), oils, olives, fresh mozzarella, etc. If that weren’t enough, a Lebanese chef had a stand with beautiful organic goat cheese, stuffed grape leaves, hummus, the aforementioned tabbouleh (which I was driven to get by the amazing smell alone), and other lunch-​ready fare.
The market is small, but the owner told us that she has plans to grow. This is where Michael’s Genuine, Brosia, etc. are getting some of their menu ingredients. Kris Wessel of Red Light showed up while we were there, and we heard him wax poetic about the variegated eggplants, which he described as ‘like cake’.
The market is now open from Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Oh, and bring your recyclable bags to fuel that saintly, healthy, green feeling you’ll get from your visit.