The Original Farmers Market- L.A., California

I've been to Los Angeles a number of times, and have seen a fair share of all the trendy little cupcake shops and unique boutiques but on this blog, I wanted to show love to L.A.'s farmers market near The Grove. Now this farmers market isn't your typical farmers market, it's The Original Farmers Market located on Third and Fairfax. It's a permanent fixture that's been around since the 1930's, and is home to a number of different stall like restaurants, bakeries, shops, and services. The market is opened seven days a week rain or shine.

Upon entering the market I was greeted by a very unique statue, or what is referred to as the travel angel.

 I think he was supposed to represent all the tourists that travel from all over to world and come to visit the market. As you can see in the picture, there is an explanation for him however, I don't remember what it said completely (sorry :/). There was a lot to see, and a lot of commotion all around. Restaurants were wooing customers their way, customers were lining up in all directions to make their orders, and I was looking every which way for somewhere to grab a quick snack. The market offers food for every palette. They have Country BBQ, Asian, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian, French (which by the way offered fresh crepes), and everything in between. However, it wouldn't be in my blog unless it offered sweets, and there were a lot to choose from. 

The selection was enormous, and they even had one stall that was centered towards the back of the market which offered candies by the pound and also sweet treats such as marzipan's, jelly fruit slices, cookies, fudge, and candy apples (Magic Nut & Candy Co. pictured above) .

Aside from that, they offer baked goods made fresh daily by local bakers from around the world (T & Y Bakery from Russia & Normandie Bakery from France). There was also a stall named Du-par’s Pie Shop which offered everything pie! They had everything from your traditional fruit filled pies (apple, lemon, etc. ), to more sweeter choices (such as their famous chocolate cream pie). 
 
The market not only offers food though, they also had stores where you could buy novelty items, candles, 100's of hot sauces, and they even had a cute sticker store that only sold stickers (kind of cute and unique if you ask me :) ).