Olivia H.
Yelp
I live less than a mile from this Farmer's Market which is probably equidistant to the Beverly Hills farmer's market. Both open Sunday 9 - 2 and 9-1, respectively. Both are also equally lovely. For pure market shopping, Beverly Hills wins since it's larger with more produce vendors and the free library parking next door gives it bonus points.
Melrose Place FM, however, is adorable and cute and perfectly fit to the scale of the short street. What I love is that you can do multiple things in one run. Upon waking on this fine Sunday morning, I was feeling what I like to think is what Etta James felt when singing her, 'Sunday Kind of Mood', ya know? I threw on some Ray Charles, drank my morning espresso reading emails, then proceeded to grab my pup and head over to the Farmer's Market for a change of scenery and maybe grab a morning pastry.
The logistics first: this being prime Weho on a weekend, parking isn't the easiest. If you go before 11, it's better and you can probably snag metered parking along the main Melrose Ave. This being Weho, the Farmer's Market is super dog-friendly, unlike many other farmers markets.
Melrose Place, itself, is arguably one of the cutest streets in all of L.A. With it's Neo Classicial French delivered with a SoCal spin on it, and the tree lined oak trees, it's really just a pleasant stroll. The retail shops along the stroll include Balmain, APC, Glossier, Santa Maria Novella, Isabelle Marant, etc., so you'll be well taken care of should a hit of retail urge hit you. Alfred coffee and Fig and Olive line opposite ends of the street in case you want a more sit down affair while taking in the people watching. People watching here, by the way, is really great. The vendors are the typical fare - the produce, the hummus stand, the nuts stands, the baked goods, and hot foods, etc. I'd say, though, relative to the size, there are at least 3 gluten free, plant based baked goods stands.
Anyway, the moral of the story is, if you, also, wake up one fine morning with a Sunday kind of mood, then treat yourself and head over to the Melrose place farmer's market, take in the sun and scenery, while drinking your second cup of coffee and sweet pastry and bask it all in.