Pasta e Pani by Salvatore brings us fresh pastas, delectable pasta sauces, fresh hand-pulled mozzarella, Italian bread, Salvatore's nona's meatballs and more! Born in Naples, Chef Sal makes everything in the Italian tradition--using traditional family recipes. We see many delicious (and easy) Italian dinners in our future!
Peanut City Candle Co. is a small, female-owned, SCC-registered business in Suffolk, VA. They offer 100% USA-grown Soy Wax Candles and Wax Melts, all hand-poured. Their goal is to provide customers with non-toxic, highly-fragrant wax products that are produced with sustainable and safe products. Their candles and melts are dye-free, and are scented with American-made, Pthalate-free fragrances. Packaging and containers are reusable, recyclable and American-made, as well. East Beach & Summer Market at Afterglow: attends select dates. Winter Market and Harvest Market: attends full time.
Organic, salt-free spice blends by Precise Portions help you get healthy, flavorful meals on the table in under 30 minutes! Great on vegetables, meats and seafood, these are very versatile seasonings, and you will find yourself incorporating them into your everyday meals in no time. They also make flavored olive oils and vinegar.
The Guptil family raises chickens on pasture and hogs in their woods on their farm in Suffolk, VA. They believe that food can be healing to our bodies. They believe in being excellent stewards of the things that have been entrusted to them—the land, their animals, and your food. Come meet them at the market and try their pork, chicken, bone broth and eggs!
Riffle Farms raises grass-fed and finished bison meat. A veteran-owned small business tucked in the wild and wonderful mountains of West Virginia. Bison meat is heart healthy, has less fat in it than chicken, more protein than salmon, and more omega-3 fatty acids than even grass-fed beef! Their Bison Hot Dogs are also a big hit at the markets!
River Road Farm raises grassfed beef. Their cattle are born, weaned and raised naturally on over 200 beautiful acres of carefully selected grasses on their pastoral Franklin farm. They choose to raise their cattle this way because it contains the optimal balance of heart- and brain-healthy Omega 3, Omega 6, and CLA fatty acids. Their beef has fewer calories than grain fed animals and much less fat. They never give their herd hormones or antibiotics. River Road Farm's natural approach to raising grassfed and grass-finished cattle and being good stewards of their land allows them to produce some of the most delicious, marbled beef you will ever enjoy. River Road Farm also brings us eggs fresh from the farm!
Nikki brews Kombucha, a probiotic tea, at her studio/brewery in Norfolk. Kombucha has been around for centuries and its popularity has resurged in recent years as a "health drink” with digestive benefits. She has a set of flavors that are customer favorites that she offers year-round, as well as special seasonal flavors.
Soup Love specializes in 24 hour bone broths and hand crafted soups. Started as a passion project in her home kitchen, owner and head chef Amy Markman has always enjoyed cooking for her family and friends. When she began posting images of her homemade soups to her social media channels, her inbox began to fill with inquiries of how to get a bowl. Seeing the growth in interest, she decided to build a 150 square foot commercial chef’s kitchen adjacent to her home and began producing and delivering her deliciously heartwarming soups and bone broths throughout her community, as well as joining the lineup of local farmers markets. Bones and ingredients are purchased from local farmers when possible.
Staz-a-licious Bakery & Cafe (formerly Gateaux) is a French-inspired bakery and cafe, located in Virginia Beach. They bring a bounty of fresh-baked goodness to every market—breads, quiches, croissants, scones, cookies, pies, bread pudding, brownies, blondies and be sure to try their bearclaws—a customer favorite.
We are excited to share that we now have a local source for Wagyu beef! Sweet Bay Wagyu is a veterarn and family owned farm in Suffolk, specializing in traditionally finished fullblooded wagyu beef. It’s prized for its exceptional marbling and tenderness. Stock some in your freezer for special occasions! Attends select dates.
Alli Cook applies her love of sewing and animals in her small business Talli Designs. She makes dog and cat bandanas, as well as bow ties in an array of fun fabrics. From Allie: “I love spreading joy through making the bandanas, and seeing people light up when they see how adorable their pets are with a bandana!” East Beach: Attends select dates. Summer Market, Winter Market & Harvest Market: Attends full time.
The Silver Fox is a farm to table style food truck that provides a seasonally changing menu featuring the fresh produce of Hampton Roads! They operate more as a "micro-restaurant" with dishes inspired by different cultures, regions, and reflective of some of the incredible food the New York owners wanted to bring down to Virginia. Menus change frequently to reflect the seasons. Attends select dates.
