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Mary Ladd

The Noe Valley Tuesday farmers' market: Call it cozy.

A visit to the rather bare-bones Noe Valley farmer's market on a foggy summer day is probably best kept to earnest local food geeks eager to support their 'hood. The Tuesday afternoon market (3-7 p.m.) launched in May, in the parking lot of what's destined to be Whole Foods (3940 24th St. at Sanchez). 

Mary Ladd

Where else on 24th can you score these?

Yesterday's cold weather and the market's chain-link fences (combined with the fact that only seven vendors and a volunteer musician were on hand) were reminders that mixing community-building and food yields results that aren't always glamorous.

We clocked baguettes and onion/pepper scones (cookies, too) from Bennett Ridge Baking Company, plus the usual naan and Indian dips from Sukhi's. Seasonal produce included lemon cukes, tomatoes, stone fruit, greens, and more. Not a lot of anything in particular, but hey, where else can you buy veggies and fruit on that stretch of 24th, now that Cala and Jim & Son's are shuttered?