Newport Beach Farmers Market

Triple Bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and a side of fruits
Triple Bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and a side of fruits

Did you know that there’s a Farmer’s Market every Sunday at Newport Beach CA? We arrived at the parking to grab some breakfast at Mutt Lynch’s first and then take a walk over to the tents. I used to order pancakes at Mutt Lynch’s, but I’ve been in a sandwich and bacon for breakfast mood lately. Instead of getting home fries as my side, I chose mixed fruits.

The only disappointing thing about the plate was that the apple slices were super soft and were bruised. I’ll get back to Mutts as we had more friends join us and I was able to check out their other breakfast items.

Newport Beach CA Pier
Newport Beach CA Pier

I didn’t realize it was a Newport Beach Farmers Market until we noticed fresh veggie and fruit stands. There was a bunch of carrots, artichokes, eggplants, and squashes on one stand, and pink lady apples, persimmons, and grapes at another.

Pink Lady Apples
Pink Lady Apples

I’ve wanted to try Pink Lady Apples after I saw them at the market so I was lucky enough to try a sample. It’s really crispy and sweet. The fruits at this vendor were expensive but it’s perfect to support local farmers at the Newport Beach Farmers Market.

Satsuma Mandarins
Satsuma Mandarins

There were different fruit samples along the stands.

Asian pears, persimmons, and bosc pears
Asian pears, persimmons, and bosc pears

Asian pears are super juicy, sweet, crunchy and watery. The persimmons at this stand is crunchy and not too sweet.

Lemons, hachiya persimmons, and fall plums
Lemons, hachiya persimmons, and fall plums

Hachiya persimmons are squishy, soft, and super ripe which makes it on the sweet side. I prefer the regular persimmons as they’re not as ripe and is crunchy.

Bee ladies local honey
Bee ladies local honey

We stopped by a honey stand where the kind man gave out samples of all the different unique honey flavors. The flavors are unique depending on what kind of trees the bees pollinate. The avocado tree honey was very different compared to the typical honey.

Bee ladies local honey
Bee ladies local honey

I covered their faced with cute Google emojis as courtesy to their privacy 🙂  There are a lot of unique honey flavor sticks which are 4 for $1 so we bought chocolate, vanilla honey, raspberry, and another flavor I don’t remember. This brought back memories of when I was in 2nd grade and the teachers passed out honey sticks while picnicking at a park.

No presticides, fungicides, or artificial chemicals
No presticides, fungicides, or artificial chemicals

It’s always awesome to see produce with no artificial chemicals, pesticides, and fungicides.

Mom's Products Pita chips
Mom’s Products Pita chips

I love pita bread, pita chips, and hummus so I was so excited to see a tent for awesome, unique, and flavorful pita chips and hummus. We tried the roasted bell pepper hummus and then the garlic one which was amazing.

Garlic hummus and pita chips
Mom’s Products Garlic hummus and pita chips

We enjoyed it so much we bought a bag of fried pita chips and the Garlic Red Bell Pepper Hummus Dip.

Newport Beach CA blackberries and strawberries
Newport Beach CA blackberries and strawberries

Here are some fresh picked berries.

Gaytan Family Farms
Newport Beach Farmer’s Market Gaytan Family Farms
Gaytan Family Farms
Gaytan Family Farms

There was a vendor welling veggie/ fruit juice blends. From a small sample I tried, I knew I would be able to make my own with a blender or juicer. There were familiar tastes such as kale, beets, apples, and other juices.

After the walk around each of the tents, we made our way down to the Newport Pier. Some patches of clouds were gray as if it was going to rain. Amateur fishers were all along the pier to catch the many mackerel that were visible without polarized sunglasses. Buckets the fishers had been filled with mackerel. Seagulls and pigeons were on the pier full force as they’re
attracted to the fish leftovers. They seem to be well fed as they were plump and food was plenty.

After a nice day at the beach, we headed for Hi-Times Wine Cellar to introduce our friends to this awesome place.

If you want to check out Newport Beach Farmer’s Market, go to the Newport Pier every Sunday for fresh fruits, veggies, honey, and pita chips and hummus.


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