Farmers Market (Fairfax District)
Farmers Market during the holiday season
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| Location | 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles |
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| Coordinates | 34°4′21″N 118°21′37″W / 34.07250°N 118.36028°WCoordinates: 34°4′21″N 118°21′37″W / 34.07250°N 118.36028°W |
| Opening date | 1934 |
| No. of stores and services | Over 100 |
| Website | farmersmarketla.com |
| Designated | July 24, 1991 |
| Reference no. | 543 |
The Farmers Market is an area of food stalls, sit-down eateries, prepared food vendors, and produce markets in Los Angeles, California. First opened in July 1934, it is also a historic Los Angeles landmark and it is a very big tourist attraction.
The Farmers Market features more than 100 vendors, including ready-to-eat foods, grocers, and tourist shops, and is located just south of CBS Television City. Unlike most farmers' markets, which are held only at intervals, the Farmers' Market of Los Angeles is a permanent installation and is open seven days a week. The vendors serve many kinds of food, both American cuisine from local farmers and local ethnic foods from the many immigrant communities of Los Angeles, with many Latin American and Asian cuisines well represented.
It is located at the corner of 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. It is adjacent to The Grove outdoor shopping mall; an electric-powered streetcar runs between the two sites.
The market is a destination for foodies in search of the market's ethnic cuisines, its specialty food markets, and its prepared-food stalls. A sign that reads "Meet Me at Third and Fairfax" displays at the front of the Farmers Market.
It all started in 1880, when Arthur Fremont Gilmore and his partner who had come from Illinois bought two dairy farms in the Los Angeles area. Arthur bought what is now called the Farmers Market, and his partner bought the land plot nowadays known as the grove. Ten years later the partners decided to split their holdings and Mr. Gilmore took control of the large 256-acre ranch, its dairy herd and farmhands at what is now the world famous Farmers Market and Grove. The market started when a dozen nearby farmers began to park their trucks on a field to sell fresh produce to local residents. The cost to rent the space was fifty cents per day.
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