FOOD VENDORS AND THEIR SCHEDULES
*Walnut Run Farm (weekly)
Melvin and Linda Fisher own and operate Walnut Run Farm in Chester County and are returning for their fifth year at the market. They emphasize soil health and pay close attention to the specific needs of each vegetable specie. They believe optimal soil health and, consequently, plant health will result in food that excels in shelf life and, ultimately, flavor. Melvin offers produce, meat, pastured poultry, eggs, kombucha, pizza kits, and baked goods from the farm. He also has Alpine Heritage Creamery’s cheese made from raw grass-fed milk, aged a minimum of 60 days — Sharp, Smoked, and Medium Cheddar; Herbal Jack, Colby, and Swiss; and Yogurt Cheese. Finally, he offers honey and maple syrup.
Honey Brook PA
https://walnutrun.grazecart.com/
Credit Cards [$10 minimum]; Cash
Now accepting FMNP vouchers
*Cocky Gourmet Confections (ocassionally)
AJ D’Angelo founded the company in 2014 to offer small batch, handmade, gourmet candy. He is best known for his brittle and toffee.
West Chester, PA
www.cockyconfections.com
Credit Cards; Cash
*Craved Kreations (ocassionally)
A Philadelphia-based dessert company which makes homemade ice cream with premium ingredients. The ice cream is crafted in small batches in unique flavors.
Philadelphia (West/Kingsessing), PA
www.cravedkreations.com
Cash; Credit Cards; PayPal; CashApp
*Fifth of a Farm Creations (monthly; 2nd Saturday, starting in Fall)
Fifth of a Farm Creations is a family owned and operated business located in Philadelphia. All of their Jams and Jellies are hand crafted in small batches using all natural ingredients. Need a gift for someone? Don’t stress! Fifth of a Farm Creations is here to save the day! Fifth of a Farm Creations Products make the perfect Gift. A delectable assortment of their Preserves are available in Mini-Jars in a variety of Gift Boxes, for that special Person.
Philadelphia, PA
www.fifthofafarm.com
pre-order deadline: Friday by 12Noon of market week use shipping option “pickup at Pretzel Park Farmers Market”
267-566-0490 & 267-738-6485 (questions & comments).
Credit Cards & Cash Accepted
*Fruit Veggie Juice – founded in 2020 by Felicia S, is a black-owned fruit and vegetable juice catering business. An array of fresh fruits and vegetables are fused together to create tasteful juice drinks. Their signature juice is Kickn’ Kale. It’s made using Kale, Orange, Apple, and Lemon. Drink well! fsample45@gmail.com
Cash; CashApp8 Venmo; ApplePay
*Locust Ridge Honey and Produce (bi-weekly)
A family-owned, small farm using old farming traditions. They focus on produce, particularly garlic and shallots.
Philadelphia, PA and Franklin, NJ
https://www.facebook.com/Locust-Ridge-Honey-and-Produce-103074661694825
Instagram: @locustridgehoney
Cash; Venmo
*Molto Bene Ravioli (bi-weekly)
Founded by two friends with a love of food and doing their own thing, they make small batch ravioli
with big-time flavor. Available at the market are handmade frozen ravioli, pasta sauces, pestos, and meatballs.
Philadelphia (Poplar), PA
https://www.moltobeneravioli.co/
Cash; Credit Cards
*Slow Rise Baking Company (weekly at the Friends of Pretzel Park table)
Brian Hernon, the baker, creates nutritious bread and baked goods using whole grain, organic products. Among his many bread offerings are: Garlic, Honey Whole Wheat, Miche, Multigrain, Raisin Whole Wheat, 7-Grain, Sourdough, Sprouted Wheat, Sunflower Flax and Baguettes. His baked goods include Four Seed Cookies, Peanut Butter Flourless Cookies, Maple Walnut Granola, and Honey Crisps. Not all varieties each week.
Lancaster, PA
http://www.slowrisebakery.com
Point-to-Purchase only
Cash only
*Spotted Horse Provisions (bi-weekly)
A local company bringing sustainably-minded, artisanal sauces, jams, pickled vegetables, and zero waste pestos that reflect the blended heritage of a woman starting over.
www.spottedhorseprovisions.com
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo; CashApp
*Succession Fermentory (weekly)
Succession Fermentory provides beer that reflects our region’s people, ideas, resources, and ingredients, utilizing traditional practices of fermentation blending, experimentation, and time simultaneously. With each release of beer, we capture a moment and unveil it with the community. Product styles include farmhouse ales and sours. The brewery is located on an independent farm called Stella Lou in Cochranville, PA.
https://successionfermentory.com
Cash; Credit Cards
*Twisted Gingers (bi-monthly)
Where passion to do great things is celebrated with the freshest small batch beers, ale infused pizza crust & warm welcomes at our neighborhood brewery.
www.twistedgingers.beer
@twistedgingersbeer
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo
*Waffles Philly (occasionally)
A woman-owned business serving Philadelphia and the suburbs.
Liege Waffles and toppings such as Nutella and cookie butter.
https://wafflesphilly.com
IG: @wafflesphilly
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo; Apple/Google Pay
*Working Class Coffee (weekly)
While Derick Valencik, the owner, roasts satisfying coffee, he donates 10% of his profit from every sale to his non-profit partners to battle poverty. He sells bagged coffee by the pound and half pound. Working Class Coffee: Satisfying Coffee With A Powerful Mission
Philadelphia, PA
https://www.workingclass.coffee
Instagram: @Working_Class_Philly
derick@workingclass.coffee
267-297-9213
Credit Cards; Cash
*NEW* You Need Dessert (monthly)
A small, majority women-owned baking company serving the Philadelphia metro area. They specialize in small batch gourmet desserts sourcing the freshest and most authentic ingredients from local suppliers: bread, cakes, cupcakes, pies, cookies, muffins and brownies.
Philadelphia (Tacony), PA
http://youneeddessert.com
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo; PayPal
Pet-related vendors (may vary each market):
*Little Lions, a Cat Company (monthly)
Martin Safar makes premium raw cat food for Little Lions, a Cat Company. Raw cat food is the best diet choice for cats for so many reasons.
Philadelphia, PA
https://littlelionscatco.com/
Cash; Cards; Venmo; CashApp
*NEW* Little Mac’s Snax (monthly)
A local pet treat company whose mission is to create the highest quality treats for your canine companions using locally-sourced ingredients and either slow roasted or simply dehydrated.
Philadelphia (Callowhill), PA
www.littlemacssnax.com
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo; CashApp
Non-Food Vendors (may vary each market):
*Astral Twins Vintage (occasionally)
Vintage goods sourced by EB y K. Their vintage clothing selection includes crewnecks, hoodies, shirts and hats. If you have been to their pop ups before they have TONS of new stuff for you to go through! Along with their clothing, they also sell vintage glassware, cassette tapes, and both music & movie posters.
Philadelphia (Manayunk), PA
Cash, Venmo, Doge Coin, Zelle & CashApp
*Blueberry Fields Artisan Soap
Handcrafted bath and body products by Carol Steinhauser. Olive oil based soaps, as well as body butters, bath bombs, shower steamers, candles, and wax melts.
https://blueberry-fields-artisan-soap.business.site/
facebook.com/blueberryfieldssoap IG: @Blueberryfieldssoap
TikTok: @Blueberryfieldssoap
Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo
*Circle Compost – A woman-owned company born in 2016 from a desire to prevent food scraps, leaves, & other organic discards from being landfilled. Their goal is to change people’s perception of organic materials that have traditionally been considered trash, and provide people with a simple, localized alternative to throwing these organic materials away. They make as many of their food scrap pickups from Philly residents as possible by bicycle trailer to avoid burning fossil fuels! https://circlecompost.com Credit Cards
*Drum Circle (1st Saturday, May thru October)
Our music event is led by Joseph Tayoun, a second generation Lebanese American, who is an accomplished Middle Eastern percussionist. Learning from many of the area’s top Middle Eastern players, Joe became adept at the many styles of drumming within different traditions. He has taught in a New Jersey public school, at conferences and at universities.
https://www.joetayounmusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/joetayoun
*Greenhill Farms Rustic Woodshop (occasionally)
Founded in 2017, Steve Pomarico specializes in quality rustic home decor and food friendly items that emphasize the natural beauty of the wood by keeping the natural edge and bark, when possible, and accenting the wood’s grain. All wood is locally sourced. Items include small tables, cutting boards and serving trays, spoons, spoon rests and many kinds of small to mid-size bowls. Many pieces include turquoise or malachite inlay as an enhancement.
Philadelphia (Overbrook), PA
Venmo; Cash
*Jacqueline Schneider Art (occasionally)
Jacqueline Schneider is an artist who creates original artwork – original paintings and canvas prints – as well as handmade crafts which include hand-beaded earrings; hand-knit scarves; small-batch, all-natural soy wax candles; and whipped body butter.
PA
https://www.facebook.com/JacquelineSchneiderArt/
Cash, Credit Cards, Checks and Venmo
*Liberty Alchemy – organic, grass-fed tallow balm and whipped lotions, herbal healing salves and tallow beard butter. https://www.instagram.com/liberty.alchemy.shop/ Cash; Venmo
*Love, Heather Studios (monthly)
Here There Be Dragons! Adopt a hand-made, one-of-a-kind crochet dragon. Heather is a Philadelphia-based artist. A lifelong master of crochet, Heather began making dragons at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each dragon is lovingly crafted from bamboo cotton and sequined thread and takes anywhere from 15 to 20 hours to create. From pocket to rainbow giants these dragons are ready to guard your home and hoard!
www.loveheatherstudios.com
Cash; Venmo
*Nina’s Network Crafts (occasionally)
Nina Rodebaugh creates gifts and home decor from sustainable materials, primarily seashells and wine corks – all one-of-a-kind and made in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia (Roxborough), PA
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NinasNetworkCrafts
Cash; Venmo; Zelle
*Pale40 Wax (weekly)
Pale40 Wax makes soy-based candles: i.e., a 4oz candle evenly balanced to throw a consistently timeless scent whether lit or without flame. The burn times are tested per batch, and time and time again, result in a 22 to 25 hour throw per candle during a 2-1/2 hour burn session. The wicks are never hard to cut, the soy wax melts evenly throughout the burn process, and the jars are easy to empty, clean, and reuse. Mark will be carrying Market favorites on a weekly basis – Thunder Storm, Coffee, Apple Orchard, Whiskey Neat, and Blissful Retreat – and will rotate the following: Maple Bourbon, Lavender Meadow, Clementine Grove, and Japanese Zen Garden.
$7 for 4oz.; $12 for 8oz.
Philadelphia (Manayunk), PA
pale40wax@gmail.com
pre-order deadline: Thursday by 8:00PM
Cash only
*Pauline Nader’s Flower Farm and Bee Sanctuary (occasionally)
A local urban flower farm which specializes in sunflowers and cut flower bouquets in season.
Roxborough, PA
https://www.facebook.com/paulinenaders
IG: @paulinenaders
Cash; Venmo
*Sage Herbal – Connie is a local resident whose background is in pharmacy with a medicinal herb certification. She grows and sells fresh and dried kitchen and medicinal herbs and flowers and provides educational products and recipes to enhance well-being. https://sageherbal.live Cash; Credit Cards; Venmo; PayPal; CashApp; Zelle
*Shay Lynn (weekly)
Shay and Luke create Handcrafted Jewelry, dainty earrings, gold filled and sterling silver necklaces with semiprecious stones, and hand stamped necklaces, as well as tie dyed sweatshirts, artwork on apparel and many other handcrafted pieces.
https://www.shaylynn.biz
Credit Cards, Venmo, Cash
*Soap by Alana (monthly)
Alana Ratliff-Johnson creates artisanal soaps and handmade lotions, body butters and lip butters with luxurious plant-based ingredients.
https://soapbyalana.com IG: soapbyalana
Cash; Credit Cards; PayPal
*Soli Creative (monthly)
Brittney is a local artist who creates original painted pieces and plant propagations. She also repairs and sells thrifted clothing.
Manayunk, PA
Instagram.com/SoliCreative
Credit Cards; Cash
*The Bearded Carver (monthly)
Christian Johnson hand carves wooden items for the kitchen and home.
etsy.com/shop/thebeardedcarver IG: the bearded carver
Cash; Credit Cards; PayPal
*The Rounds (occasionally)
A Philly startup company that is a delivery and refill service for 100+ household basics, pantry staples (non-perishable), personal care essentials, pet and baby products. They also carry local products like Bean2Bean Coffee, Merzbacher’s Philly muffins, OTFoods Vegan Granola, Lost Bread Co.’s seeded whole grain loaves, and more! They deliver to Philly neighborhoods on e-bike on a weekly basis, and like a “modern day milkman”, they collect your empty containers to clean and refill for reuse.
Philadelphia (Northern Liberties), PA
https://www.therounds.co/
Credit Cards
*Toil & Bubble Apothecary (monthly)
Although Donna Hornak has changed the company name from Tilted Haggis Soap, she still carries handmade micro-batch soap and bath products. She also has spicy massage oil, bug spray and shaving mugs.
Hatboro, PA
https://www.toilbubbleapothecary.com
Credit Cards; Cash