Rio Grande Winter Market @ Downtown Alliance: Nov 9

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Downtown Alliance
Nick Como

(385) 225-7101

nick@downtownslc.org

       

WINTER MARKET AT RIO GRANDE BEGINS SATURDAY NOV 9

50+ vendors featuring produce and local food featured every other Saturday through April

Salt Lake City (November 7, 2013) – In a collaborative effort between city and state leaders and the Downtown Alliance, a winter farmers market will return to downtown Salt Lake on November 9^th at the Rio Grande Depot with more than 50 local vendors (listed below). Local produce will be available from 16 area farms, as well as a wide array of other local products, including meat, honey, jam, salsa and more. This diverse range of products includes three bakeries, four cheese companies and four local natural meat vendors featuring beef, lamb, pork and eggs.

“I think it will really surprise people just how much fresh produce is available at this time of year, making it easy to eat seasonally, which makes  sense to our wallets and our bodies,” said Alison Einerson, Winter Market Manager. “Potatoes, onions, carrots…all the really great root vegetables that make up our holiday tables, for example. Apples and pumpkins for pie, sweet potatoes, and much more.”

Many of the products available are unique to the Winter Market, such as New York-style bagels from The Bagel Project, fresh roasted Anaheim peppers from Firebird Chiles, as well as products from small purveyors including Wilson’s Wicked Mustards, Wasatch Organics juices, Biocentric Bros. mushrooms, and Terrapin Station barbeque sauces.

The Winter Market at Rio Grande comes on the heels of the highly successful “pop-up” market series, sponsored by the Downtown Alliance last winter.  The Winter Market is also a pre-cursor to a daily year-round public market, which is slated to be constructed in the Rio Grande neighborhood in the years to come. The long range plan aims to redevelop and revitalize the Rio Grande neighborhood and strengthen Utah’s economy to help support Utah ranchers, famers and other small businesses by leveraging the success of the 21 year-old Downtown Farmers Market.

Hosting a Winter Market at the Rio Grande Depot also offers an opportunity to provide additional exposure for the programs and resources found at the Rio Grande Depot, which are overseen by the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts. These include the Rio Gallery and The Utah Division of State History.

The Market should inject new energy into the Rio Grande neighborhood through increased foot traffic and positive use, benefitting small businesses such as the Rio Grande Café and the others in the area.

The Rio Gallery will be open on Saturday, and is currently showcasing "Utah 2013: Mixed Media & Works on Paper" which highlights both emerging and established Utah artists creating the best work in Utah. This competition and exhibition has been a Utah tradition since 1899. The exhibit includes 84 works by 57 artists across the state of Utah. There will be printed catalogs of the exhibition including statements from this year's jurors: Simon Zalkind from Denver, CO and Lisa Tarmiris Becker from Albuquerque, NM. Catalogs are available at no cost.

In addition, the Utah Division of State History’s Research Center will be open from 10 AM to 2 PM this Saturday.  The Research Center located in the historic Rio Grande Train Station provides public access to the research collections of the Utah Division of State History. The collections include over a million historic photographs, 35,000 books, and 7,000 manuscripts. A small exhibit highlighting State History’s effort to inventory its artifact collection will open November 9th. Artifacts from the collection will be on display.

Vendor list:

Adam's Heirlooms
Amour Spreads
Asian & Heirlooms
Beehive Cheese Co. LLC
Biocentric Bros
Blue Spring Farm
Canyon Meadows Ranch
Chad's Produce
Charming Beard Coffee
Chocolate Conspiracy
Clifford Family Farm
Cupcakes by Kasthuri
Drake Family Farms Goat Dairy
Epicurean Chefs
Eva's Bakery
Farmer Dave
Firebirds Chile Co.
Heber Valley Artisan Cheese
Instant Karma
Jensen Farms
Lau Family Farm
Laziz
Lewis Brothers Food Truck
Liberty Heights Fresh
Living Color Floral
McDowell Family Farm
Millcreek Herbs, LLC
Morgan Valley Lamb
Mountain Town Olive Oil
Off the Grid SLC
Parker Farms Produce
Paul's Vegetable Farm
Preston Berry Farms
Pyne Farms - Apples
Riley's Farm Fresh
Rico Foods
Sadee's Pride
Salt Lake County Jail Farm
Snowy Mountain Sheep Creamery
Smith Orchards
Tequenos Factory
Terrapin Station Smokin' Co.
The Bagel Project
The Queens' Tea
Tony Caputo's Market
Tulie Bakery
Turbo My Garden
Urban Compost Systems
Vive Juicery
Volker’s Bakery
Wasatch Organics
White Lake Farms LLC.
Winder Farms
Zoe's Natural Garden

Food Trucks:

Cherry’s Hot Chocolate
Chow Truck
Lewis Bros. Food
Off the Grid SLC Food Truck
Blue Star Coffee

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Nick Como

Communication Director|Downtown Alliance

nick@downtownslc.org

O 801-333-1105 | C 385-225-7101

175 E. University Blvd. (400 S.) Ste. 600, SLC, UT 84111

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