Dirty Girl Strawberries

What better way to spend Earth Day than with a trip to the farmers market?

On April 22 I took a little break from my normal weekday schedule of neuroscience and recipes to visit the Thursday farmers market at the San Francisco Ferry Building. I visit this farmers market every Saturday, but rarely break away to see what goes on during the week.

Pizza Politana

Roli Roti

The market is very different on Thursday, and is really more of a street food fest than a farmers market. Legendary San Francisco edibles like 4505 Meats, Namu and Roli Roti serve up mouthwatering lunch snacks to savvy SF street food devotees.

Arlequin

Namu

It was a tough choice, but I couldn’t resist grabbing some tacos at Tacolicious. I’m a sucker for a good taco, and this week they were also hosting guest chef Laurence Jossel from my absolute favorite Mexican restaurant, Nopalito. I tried one taco from each restaurant, the beef cheeks from Nopalito and the carnitas from Tacolicious. Both were divine, but I must admit the carnitas transported me instantly down to LA, which is the highest compliment a taco can receive from this SoCal native.

4505 Meats

Tacolicious

If you’re ever at the San Francisco Embarcadero on a Thursday afternoon, definitely have your lunch at the farmers market. You won’t regret it.

There weren’t many farm stands around on Thursday, but I did manage a HUGE score while there. It seems Dirty Girl Produce comes to the Thursday market and they had strawberries! (behold top photo)

If you’ve been following my farmers market updates you know I haven’t had much luck getting my hands on these since they sell out so early Saturday mornings. When my brain finally processed what I was looking at (lousy slow synapses), I almost dropped my camera in a reflexive rush to buy them.

And yes, they were gone before I got them home.

Happy Earth Day!