Lincoln Square Market: It's So Nice to Have You Back Where You Belong

Find Out Where All Chicago Region Open Markets Are in Our Tracker

Photo by Bob Benenson

This week was the first of the Chicago region season to have non-weekend outdoor farmers markets. I was crazy busy through Wednesday, so I made a point of popping over to the Lincoln Square Thursday afternoon market (May 7) to get my feet wet. (Not really, though there was a rain shower on my way home.)

The big news here is that both weekly Lincoln Square markets — Tuesday morning as well — have returned to their longtime location in the parking lot at Leland and Lincoln, right below the Western El tracks.

For the past two years, a major renovation to the streetscape at that site had required the market to move to a different parking lot a few blocks south. While there was nothing wrong with it, it felt temporary (because it was). So as the song "Hello, Dolly" goes, it's so nice to have you back where you belong.

And the beat goes on for our fast-emerging market season. Local Food Forum's Market Tracker below shows nine new markets opening between today (May 8) and Thursday (May 14) — including Chicago's highly popular Logan Square Farmers Market's Sunday kickoff and Wednesday's season opener at the Andersonville Farmers Market.

This means that it is getting increasingly easy to find an open outdoor market near you. And that means more and more opportunities for you to buy delicious, healthy locally produced food and support our local farmers.

Use the Tracker as your guide.

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Markets Open May 8-14 (Outdoor Farmers Markets in black and Remaining Indoor Markets in blue)

*means season opener

FRIDAY, MAY 8

St. Charles Indoor Farmers/Baked Goods Market, Baker Memorial Church, 307 Cedar, St. Charles

9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Arlington Heights Farmers Market, 110 W. Fremont St., Arlington Heights *

8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Chicago Nettlehorst French Market, 3252 N. Broadway, Chicago

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CYDI Farmers Market, 7655 S. Halsted, Chicago *

9 a.m to 2 p.m.

Downers Grove Indian Boundary YMCA Farmers Market, Main St. Train Station Parking Lot, Downers Grove *

7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Downtown Evanston Farmers Market, Oak Ave. and University Place, Evanston

7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Grayslake Farmers Market, 201 Center St., Grayslake

10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Green City Lincoln Park, 1817 N. Clark St., Chicago

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Green City West Loop, 900 W. Monroe St., Chicago

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kankakee Farmers Market, S.Schuyler Ave. & Merchant St., Kankakee

8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Lisle French Market, 1001 Burlington Ave., Lisle

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Palatine Farmers Market, Palatine Train Station, Palatine

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Lincoln Park Farmers Market, Lincoln Park High School (Armitage and Orchard), Chicago

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wheaton French Market, Main and Liberty, Wheaton

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wilmette French Market, 722 Green Bay Rd., Wilmette

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Woodstock Saturday Farmers Market, Historic Woodstock Square

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Batavia Farmers Market, Sturdy Shelter Brewing, 10 S. Shumway Avenue, Batavia

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (through May 9)

Garfield Park Neighborhood Market, The Hatchery, 135 N. Kedzie, Chicago

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 10

Frankfort Country Market, Breidert Green, Frankfort

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Geneva French Market, Metra parking lot (4th and South), Geneva

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Logan Square Farmers Market, 2620 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago *

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

95th Street Farmers Market, 1835 W. 95th St., Chicago

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

UChicago Farmers Market, 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago *

10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Wicker Park Farmers Market, 1425 N. Damen Ave., Chicago

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

TUESDAY, MAY 12

Lincoln Square Tuesday Farmers Market, 2301 W. Leland, Chicago

7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Woodstock Tuesday Farmers Market, Historic Woodstock Square, Woodstock

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

Andersonville Farmers Market (Chicago), 1500 W. Winona Ave., Chicago *

3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Green City Market Wednesday Lincoln Park Market, 1817 N. Clark St.

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Palos Heights Farmers Market (Palos Heights), 12217 S. Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights *

8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Uptown Farmers Market, Sunnyside Mall (betw. Magnolia & Beacon)

2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Western Springs French Market, 914 Hillgrove Ave., Western Springs

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, MAY 14

Clarendon Hills Farmers Market, 1 N. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills *

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Lincoln Square Tuesday Farmers Market, 2301 W. Leland, Chicago

3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Gathering at Tulip Tree Gardens, 1236 Eagle Lake Rd., Beecher *

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

FOLLOWING WEEK'S OPENINGS

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Batavia Farmers Market (Batavia)

Beecher Lions Club Farmers Market (Beecher)

Division Street Market (Chicago)

Eckhart Park Farmers Market (Chicago)

61st Street Farmers Market (Chicago)

South Loop Farmers Market — Printers Row (Chicago)

SUNDAY, MAY 17

North Park Community Market (Chicago)

TUESDAY, MAY 19

Lombard Farmers Market (Lombard) SOAR Farmers Market (Chicago)

THURSDAY, MAY 21

Roselle French Market (Roselle)

Daley Plaza Farmers Market (Chicago)

Growing Home Englewood Farm Stand (Chicago)

La Grange Farmers Market (La Grange)

New Lenox Farmers Market (New Lenox)

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