Quakertown Farmers Market

this place is kinda dirty. but what can you expect from the people there. oh well. good cheap stuff… love the candy place and retro video game place. good trip for a rainy day

This was a pleasant unexpected activity.
Although it’s advertised as a farmers market and a flea market I think that it’s a strange hybrid of both.
Yes they do have fresh produce but they also sell expired Little Debbie’s for $ 1. Freshly picked apples for sale contrasted with no name brand potato chips with the giant orange sticker.
Pickle barrel lady vs imported rugs.
As seen on tv store vs Greek food.
Music store vs tea store you get the idea.
Our visit included:
25 cent horsey ride at an empty arcade.
$ 3 photo booth pictures
$ 2 for 15 minutes of playing slot cars
50 cent cherry honey sticky
$ 20 worth of socks
Anise cookies, snowman cookie and a cinnamon bun.
High points included:
–discovering that there was a place to play slot cars.
–wandering through the big pet store. That pet store doesn’t have a lot of dogs and cats but it’s like a small reptilian zoo in there. Lots of big creepy snakes and weird stuff like hissing cockroaches for $ 1.99. They also have a GiANT tortoise that they apparently let roam the store during weekdays. The thing is the size of a big tire and as per the sign they’ve had him for 15 years since the time he was the size of an apple.
What I like most about this place is how timeless it feels. I didn’t grow up here but somehow it still feels like a place trapped in the 1980’s from my childhood.
We’ll be back. Highly recommended activity for a rainy or snowy day.

I will absolutely drive the almost hour that it takes to get here on a weekend when there’s nothing else going on. It’s a spot that I hit up more often in the winter, as it’s a way to get out and do something different. It’s huge, and there’s a ton to see. Pretty much anything you could think of being there, is there. It’s insane. I kind of feel like if you’re able to wander around the WHOLE thing and not leave with one thing, not even food in your stomach, I feel like there’s something wrong with you. There really is something for everyone.
When it’s warmer, there’s even a whole outdoor set up. Things get a little more ghetto the further out you get, but hey… what you might think is junk could be something someone else was looking for their entire lives! The outer building is a little weird, but still worth a look into.
Not to mention, it’s a really chill spot. Yes, you’ll see some weird people. Maybe you’re the weird people. Everyone is super friendly though, so I’ll take it.
Part of it kind of reminds of Mallrats when Brody and TS go to the dirt mall. If you haven’t seen Mallrats, you probably think that’s not a good thing… but it totally is.

You can find everything and anything at Q-​mart. The clientele will sometimes be barefoot and in jean overhauls. But hey that’s what makes it unique

Quakertown Farmers Market is different from other farmers markets I’ve visited. It’s essentially two different markets in one that’s open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Farmers Market portion is in the long building that you first enter when arriving. The Flea Market portion is out back of the main building in several small buildings and outdoor tables.
When arriving there’s plenty of parking, but the lot is uneven and a little rough. Shopping carts are also available. The Farmers Market is the long building with many entrances, so parking anywhere is fine. Quakertown Farmers Market is split up into interior booths that house regular businesses you would find elsewhere including a comic book shop, movie/​video game shop, record shop, magazine shop, furniture stores, and countless others. Market even has bingo and a small arcade! Has the usual amount of deli and meat shops, but I was surprised not to find more fruit and vegetable sellers as there were only a few. Several restaurants exist including where I had lunch, Theo’s Gyros. Warehouse Outlet, a store selling salvage grocery items was very shady as expected, watch for color changes and expiration dates. Overall, the indoor portion is interesting and worth the stop.
Out back of the building is the Flea Market in several small buildings and outdoor tables. This area is a different monster then the Farmers Market portion. It seemed you need to arrive before 3 p.m. as there were few using the outdoor tables, but the weather was not perfect the day I visited. Inside the buildings was more booths… but these were much messier and many were crowded with nothing but junk or were closed. They were so crowded with junk that had not been moved in YEARS it was hard to look and shady, oh so shady. Even worse, it smelled like unwashed people were living in these closed booths. Were there interesting items worth looking at? Yes, but conditions were not very acceptable, and it was easy to get confused in the maze like environment.
Overall, the Quakertown Farmers Market is worth a visit, but I would get there around 9 a.m. for the full experience and possibly skip the Flea Market portion.

Back from another Q-​Mart trip. Friendly merchants, knowledgeable and prices WAY less than the malls, chain stores and the internet. I enjoy being able to still see things from my childhood here. If I did live closer, I would come here every weekend. Shout out to: The Optical outlet, the pizza and fresh potato chip place, Poppy’s peanuts, the bread and tasty cake outlet and the candy shop, in the way back, down from the furniture shop. Oh, I forgot, my new place for tea,“Steep”. Very friendly, reasonable and knowledgeable.

Boyfriend insisted we take a road trip here with the preface of «you have to see it to explain it.»
It’s a long, old building, filled with stalls that sell all kinds of things from produce to second hand gaming systems, to a store that for no reason at all houses a LIVE ALLIGATOR in the back.
The prices of some things were pretty good, but it’s a bit run down and grimy, so be prepared to sift through bins of things.
There is a huge parking lot, which is free, and walking around the entire loop of stalls if you browse definitely fills up an afternoon.

On a chilly, snowy Saturday morning in which the wife and I had nothing planned, we decided on an impromptu trip to the Quakertown Farmers Market. This was a location recommended to her by one of her coworkers with questionable taste. I agreed to go pretty much because they had a video game store, and also I am one of the few who enjoys quality time with his significant other.
Parking was adequate. Private lot, filled with pot-​holes. Find a spot, park your car. There are a ton of entrances, so no matter where you park you’ll be a short walk from the main building.
The building itself was a massive structure featuring hundreds of stalls. These stalls ranged from small, to large. The Farmers Market itself had a bunch of eateries, holiday-​specific establishments, pet store, video games, movies, furniture, hobby, sports and more. There’s a good chance you’ll find one shop that piques your interest.
The people are something elses. I can’t give a grade to an establishment based on the folk who frequent it, or a lot of my reviews would feature much lower scores. If you cannot stand tight places, screaming kids, rude teenagers or people of questionable hygiene, then I’d avoid this place. My wife, a notorious germaphobe, was freaking out because of how close we were to everyone in the halls and the stores. Meanwhile, I absolutely dominated the grip-​test machine because I’m secretly He-​Man. Guys, this is why we have hand sanitizer!
The game store was overpriced and the selection was poor. The hobby store was in the same boat. In fact, every shop we entered suffered from the same problem; no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t shake off that smell of a Farmers Market. Some of these places were large, and should probably consider relocating to a real brick-​and-​mortar location to help improve their image.
I will give a shout-​out to the folk at Main Showroom. Their furniture offerings were solid and the prices were great!
I’ll give this place an A-​OK because it’s a Farmers Market. To improve upon it may just as well remove it from that genre entirely.

Pretty interesting place. Strange smell and a wide array of people. Fun place to people watch! I’ve found a couple of interesting items in here.

Very disappointed. the stores are very random, you go from a music store to a food store, to a person selling bath tubs. It seems like the quakertown market is where all the junk goes. the crowd is pretty shady too. What really made me hate the place is the fact that there’s a large alligator kept in a very small corner of some «store». The alligator is laying on turf, with it’s tail in a fish pond that should be on someone’s front lawn. there’s heat lamps about 2 inches off it’s back. It’s a disgrace, the owner just needs something to draw in people. And sadly the awful crowd that buys the junk loves it. I’m writing this review about 2 weeks after I wasted my time there. I signed up just to express my visit.

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I stopped by on Sunday around 12:30pm on a friend’s high recommendation. I ordered rice and beans, roasted pork, chicken shish kebab (pinchot), 1 fried pork skin (chicharone) and 1 fried potato ball filled with ground beef (relieno de papa).
— The Pinchot was tender and full of flavor.
— The roasted pork had a slightly salty flavor for my tastebuds but not overpowering.
— The rice and beans surprised me with so much flavor. Because of the light color of the rice you wouldn’t exoect the amount of flavor.
— The relieno de papa I really enjoyed mainly because I’m a meat & potatoes girl.
— Lastly, the chicharone is definitely not the kind you’d buy in the bag.
I challenge you to try their dishes and please share you’re experience.
¡Adiós!

Unlike most farmers markets, the Quakertown Farmers Market has few local farmers or organic produce. Instead, the place is packed full of down-​scale retail establishments that sell very conventional (and unhealthy) food items and products you might find in a typical suburban mall. While it was a letdown when we visited, we still had fun checking out all the interesting stalls, tasting the greasy food, and stopping by the enormous pet store anchoring one end of the market. Would definitely recommend if you’re hankering for a taste of Americana. Skip it if you’re looking for locally-​produced organic food.

Quakertown Farmers Market is a unique place. I think other Unilocal members Liz F. and Ben D. summed it up very well.
I agree with Ben D. that it is a flea market. You can buy almost anything you want. There is a store where you can look at a crocodile (maybe you can even buy it because everything is possible in Quakertown), lots of booths with candy, a store with old records, some ethnic restaurants/​stores (?), and many more which have been listed by other members. I think that they have an outdoor flea market on some weekends. It is full of worthless junk, though.
Produce is cheap, but I haven’t had much luck with the quality.
If you live in the area, you might want to go to Frederick’s for fresh meat. They have many choices, but they are always very busy. I don’t think they sell poultry, though. There is another place where you can buy chicken, but I have never tried it.
Atmosphere is unique. You will be surrounded by people who are very original and friendly and people who haven’t bathe or washed their clothes in a week and people who have not updated their style since 70’s.
Visiting Quakertown Farmers Market is undoubtedly an unforgettable experience. You might want to check it out if you are around. If you are new to the area and are looking for places to shop, I will not recommend it for your regular stop.

When I want to escape PHL go mullet watching, play trashy bingo (spotting a pregnant woman smoking wins!) or buy some vintage nintendo games, I head to the Q-​mart. This place is unlike anywhere else I have ever been. So close to the city, yet a different universe. If you’ve never been, get in your car right now and go.
You can purchase anything from hamsters to scrapple to vintage video games to leather. Seriously. Talk about one stop shopping. As other reviewers mentioned, I wouldn’t call it much of a farmer’s market as there are only a few produce and meat places. Oh, but if you want a store that sellsalmost nothing but socks, it’s in the q-​mart.
Whatever you do, don’t forget to check out the big alligator before you leave.

I think the other reviews describe this place pretty well, especially the clientele. They do have a ton of different shops, I wouldn’t really call this place a farmers market though, it’s definitely more of a flea market. You gotta love the one shop that sells only socks. It wasn’t even all kinds of socks in different colors shapes and sizes, it was pretty much all just regular white athletic socks. Very weird.
I will say that their video game store is second to none that I’ve ever seen for old video games. They had tons of old nes, snes and sega games and systems in the original boxes. How about like 100~ atari games in their original boxes. You don’t see that every day. Sega CD games in their original ginormous boxes, old nintendo powers from the 90’s. I could go on and on but if you’re into or collect old video games, this place is a must to visit.
The pet store was pretty sad, but they do have a giant turtle of some sort that was kinda cool to see.
As we were walking by one shop, there was this gangsta looking dude (neck and face tattoos and all lol) who was yelling and threatening to «F» up the owner of the shop if he didn’t get his money back on some bass speakers. I kinda thought he was gonna pull a gun on him so at that point we got the hell out of there.
There was also lots of food and candy shops so all in all, it was a fun and interesting stop and I would recommend it. Just try not to sell any second rate merchandise to gangstas or they may try to kill you.

This place reflects my upbringing; unpredictable yet, tasty, messy, but wholesome.
This place reminds me of growing up in the suburbs with a yen for dried chipped beef, sticky buns, tyco racing cars and live alligators. I haven’t been in a few years but if it still smells like boiled liver and chicken wings with a faint smell of cigarettes (although that’s been outlawed for a few years now) I will always remember this place with great pleasure. The food and meat markets can’t be beat. The produce is great and typically cheap. The attitude is sort of locals only but not in an entitled way. (they appreciate your business). But most of all it’s still there. And i hope it stays for many years to come. I want to bring my kids here one day so they can marvel at a place that has stayed true in time and will (hopefully) never change. Thanks Q-​Mart. You’ve done good.

When I moved here I got excited, thinking «Fresh farmers’ market!» Alas, it’s not. Not always fresh, and not a real farm market.
Oh sure, there are vegetable stands — but sometimes I think they’re getting the food from Giant. The butchers like Fredericks and Pep’s Chickens are good, local, and competitively priced. The hot sauce shop is interesting. I suppose.
But why on earth are there stalls selling nothing but tube socks, or lamps with painted deer, Eagles, or Jesus, or leather biker jackets?
And how can there be multiple bakeries, with fresh, on-​premises baked donuts, that are still stale and generally awful??!

Oh Q-​town… I love this place! I am jersey girl and never had the chance to venture out to Q-​town until my boyfriend introduced me to it. He asked me one morning if I wanted to go ‘sight-​seeing’ and I said definitely. not knowing what I was in for! This place is like another planet to me. If you thought walmartians were bad, you haven’t seen anything. Barefoot over-​weight babies running rampid down the aisles, extra large women in spandex and tube tops, rednecks with missing teeth and mullets. you name it, Q-​town has it!
The stores are hysterical. The ‘as seen on tv’ store has every shitty infomercial product dating back to the early 90’s, they have one store just dedicated to incense and cheap scented candles, then theres the pajama store equipped with feetie pajamas for adults, and oh so much more. Although this place may sound scarey it absolutely is not, it is really just for entertainment purposes, although there are some treasures here that I will vouge for:
1) The peurtorican restaurant. I forget the name of it, but they make the BEST empanadas and fried pork I’ve ever had. I sometimes come here just for them.
2) Fredericks Meats– best meats around… better than any you will get at the supermarket. Always crowded but worth the wait.
3) The carpet store (Affordable Floors) — I have gotten many remnant rugs here at a great price (if you pay cash it’s cheaper obviously) and they’ll bind it for you in the store. Plus we also had them come this past weekend to carpet our entire basement and they did a FANTASTIC job at an unbeatable price.
4) The pet store. I bought my bunny here 2 years ago and he is just precious… the animals there are clean, as is the facility. Would reccomend buying any pet from there.
Regardless of what you’re coming for you need to take the time to ‘enjoy the scenery’ have fun!

Self esteem comes free at the Qmart. After leaving here, you will immediately realize that any bad decision you’ve made in life wasn’t as bad as you once thought.
Maybe the clientele isn’t the most flattering here, but they are certainly fascinating!
All told, the Qmart is a good place to walk around and kill a Saturday afternoon. Even if the weather is bad, the Quakertown Farmer’s Market is indoors, so you don’t have to worry about the elements.
You’ll find components of your typical farmer’s market here a few areas of produce, baked goods, & meats. However, you’ll also find several other items that you typically won’t see like a pet store, as seen on tv store, florist, comic book store, used video games, swords, fossils, and much more. There are also several places to eat throughout the venue.
Most of the places that sale groceries or boxed goods here sell things that are expired or «out of code» so understand that what you buy here, albeit cheap, is that way for a reason. I’m sure stale items might not kill you, but you may sacrifice quality of what you’re purchasing.
They also have an outdoor flea market when the weather gets nice. I’ve never seen anything particularly worthwhile here, so frequently pass on that portion of the market.
Some businesses here accept credit and others don’t, so I recommend bringing some cash if you plan on eating or making purchases here.
The Quakertown Farmer’s Market is an «experience» to say the least. It’s worth a stop if you’re in the Quakertown area to try one of the most popular attractions in the area. Just keep in mind that they are only open on Friday’s, Saturday’s, and Sunday’s.

Ah, the ancient, scuzzy and dirt cheap Q-​Mart. It was a big deal to come here when we were kids. My little brother had a baseball card 7 memorobilia table here for a long while. Back then, there was also a Mart in Montgomeryville (long since demolished).
Q-​Mart harkens back to a simpler time.
It has a «white trash» quality that is endearing and appalling simultaneously.
You have to see it to believe it. And bring cash — alot of the vendors don’t take credit cards — but more 7 more now do.
Oh — and skip the fast food stalls in favor of the farm fresh produce.
Be selective and you can have a great time and come home with some bargains, too.
But I still say, there’s something in the water up in Q-​town. Once you get North of Dublin things get a little weird.