Best LA Farmers Markets

This guide lines up a week of certified farmers markets across Los Angeles, for home cooks and anyone who likes to shop where chefs do. Markets cover Santa Monica, Hollywood, Mar Vista, Studio City, Echo Park, Silver Lake, South Pasadena and Melrose Place. The Santa Monica Downtown Farmers Market on Arizona Avenue has drawn LA's top chefs to its Wednesday market since 1981. Hollywood Farmers' Market fills several blocks of Ivar and Selma avenues with about 150 farmers, producers and food vendors. In Silver Lake, Fungi Valley mushrooms share Sunset Triangle Plaza with vintage clothes, vinyl and crystals. South Pasadena's tree-shaded Thursday evening market sits beside the Metro A Line station, so you can ride the train right to it.

Arrive early for the best picks, especially on a Wednesday in Santa Monica, when the chefs load up.