Covent Garden Real Food Market
Attention Foodies: if London, England, is on your Road Trip itinerary in the next few months, be sure to be there on a Thursday. Why? Because Covent Garden sponsors a “Real Food Market” every Thursday through 24 September 2009. Hours in July and August are about noon to 9 p.m., and in September, noon to 8 p.m. Savory delights range from SJ Frederick & Sons free range Anglais chickens, to Neals Yard Dairy cheeses, oatcakes and crackers, to The Spore Boys cornucopia of mushrooms and the legendary mushroom sandwich, Garlic Farm traders to The Arabica Food & Spice Company selling exotic cooking ingredients including fresh meze, haloumi and feta cheese. Whew! Don’t neglect your sweet tooth: you’ll find traders such as Sugar Grain selling gluten-free cakes and hand-made sweets and Crumbs & Doilies selling a gorgeous range of cupcakes. Covent Garden’s tube station on the Piccadilly Line is a short walk from the Market Building at the end of James Street.
