Lake Forest Open Air Market Opens June 20

Submitted by the City of Lake Forest

The City of Lake Forest 5th Annual Open Air Market opens Saturday, June 20 at the east Lake Forest train station parking lot, Deerpath and Western.

This year’s market features new vendors with local vegetables, Michigan fruit, fresh roasted coffee and local food artisans. Vendors include: Pasquesi’s on the Square, Lake Forest, IL; Lake Forest College Student Garden, Lake Forest, IL; Churchill Orchards, Coloma, MI; Door County Whitefish, Door County, Wisconsin; The Flower Garden, St. Anne, IL; Apple Holler, Wisconsin; Artisan Bread Shoppe, Chicago, IL; Spice Merchants, Lake Bluff, IL; Twin Garden Farms, Harvard, IL; Wildtree Herbs, Mundelein, IL; Tony Cannoli, Lake Forest, IL; The Jester Popcorn & Lemonade; Great Harvest Bread Co., Hoffman Estates, IL; Elsie Mae Canning and Pies, Kenosha, WI; Taste of Paris, Mundelein, IL; Fox & Co., Richmond, IL; Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, IL; Knife Sharpening; 4 Elements Natural Bath, Mundelein, IL; The Plant Kid, Lake Forest, IL; Variety of Spice, Morton Grove, IL; Kleiner’s Crackers, Fox Lake, IL; Coffee Fresh, North Chicago and Doughy Delights, Highland Park, IL.

This year, Food Share Food, a Lake Forest fresh produce business, celebrates its second year at the market. Serving the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff area, they provide an eight week summer program of great tasting, healthy produce starting this year on June 20. In turn, for every three boxes, or “shares”, of produce sold to the community, Food Share Food delivers one box to those in need in North Chicago.

This year’s market is managed by Sydney Fletcher, a Lake Forest College Environmental Studies graduate and manager of the Lake Forest College Student Garden. The Open Air Market is located at the East Lake Forest Train Station every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October 10. Free parking.