Farmers Market Reporter Ed Kugler Checks in from Lombard

Bob Benenson
Jun 2
2 min read

Western Suburb Hosts a Tuesday Afternoon Market

Contributor Ed Kugler has been so prolific with his Farmers Market Reporter photo essays that we've settled on a schedule. Ed visits a market, and then we publish about it six days later... or one day before the market's next opening. Hopefully this will pique the interest of some readers to pay that market a visit.

Ed journeyed last Tuesday (May 27) to Lombard, a suburb about 23 miles almost due west from downtown Chicago. Like most of the suburbs surrounding Chicago, Lombard was originally settled by farmers. The early arrival of railroad service in 1848 connected the few hundred residents closely to the nearby Chicago hub. Lombard, now a city of more than 44,000, has long been known as a largely commuter community.

If you love the enveloping aroma of lilacs, Lombard may be the place for you. The folks there dubbed it "The Lilac City," a nickname embedded in the purple and white city flag.

Harold Gray is one of Lombard's most famous past residents. If the name doesn't jump right out to you — it didn't for me — you'll now know the name of the cartoonist who created Little Orphan Annie. So I think this may be the appropriate time to remind you that the Lombard Farmers Market will again be open... tomorrow.

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Lombard Farmers Market,

South Park Ave., Lombard

Tuesdays, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.