Memphis Farmers Market

Its time again to make the Saturday morning drive to the Memphis Farmers Market this weekend. I am sure that it could be crowded with Memphis in May in full swing, and hopefully the weather will be decent.

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Here is my post about the market from July 2006:

Saturday morning/afternoon was spent at the new farmers market in downtown Memphis. If you like fresh vegetables, flowers, fruit, and other odds & ends, head to the South Main area to Central Station. You will find local purveyors selling their food out of their trucks & cars.

There is a bit of a strategy to this form of shopping: if you go early in the day, you get a better selection of product because the crowds have not passed through; but if you come later in the day, you can bargain a bit more. For example, I arrived an hour prior to closing. For $10 I got a pound of cherry tomatoes, a box of fresh arugula, three HUGE sunflowers, three cucumbers, & a bunch of bright orange zinnias. If the same items were purchased at our fine local grocery stores, the quality (& availability) would not come close.

So, next weekend I recommend getting up a little early, grab some coffee or morning bev of choice, and make the drive downtown. Its worth it.

Interim: New Memphis Restaurant

I have recently spent two nights at the newly opened Interim in East Memphis; the previous space belonged to Wally Joe. The article from the Memphis Flyer can give more details about the ownership, kitchen staff, and other details. The burger was fantastic and could give other popular burgers in town a run for their money. My favorite dish was the mac & cheese for the following reasons: its baked in a little red Le Creuset dish, it contains bacon, and it is delicious. Other dishes that looked tasty were the white bean puree & crab cakes. The caesar salad was not very impressive considering the Wally Joe version had a baked quail egg with brioche. Yum.

Overall, I would recommend it for a nice neighborhood meal.

For those that have also visited Interim, please post your comments.