Farmshop's New Market Stocked With Local Fare

Farmshop has opened its artisan market, offering "California-grown and -milled whole weat" pastas and a cheese case "filled completely with domestic stock," Tasting Table reported today. 

Here's what the Tasting Table editors told their foodie email subscribers:

Rather than being fancy and expensive for the sake of being both, this is a market with a distinct point of view: Very little sold at this store is imported. The cheese case is filled completely with domestic stock, save for the wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano, the majority of which is made from raw milk.

Located at 225 26th St. in the in Santa Monica, Farmshop Market & Restaurant opened the market portion of its business in December, a cashier said. The restaurant opened November 2010.

According to Tasting Table, "the recent addition of a market section... doubles the size of what had been a deceptively small space." It also offers Santa Monica and Brentwood residents a place to buy various fresh meats, such as Sonoma's Black Pig Bacon.

Correction/clarification: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the opening date of the restaurant.