Quarry farmers market announces new home

Zoe Goldberg hands Stephanie Marquez a fresh lemonade at The Lemonade Company booth, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Alamo Quarry Farmers. This is the market's last day at The Quarry, it's moving to The Yard at 5300 McCullough next week. less Zoe Goldberg hands Stephanie Marquez a fresh lemonade at The Lemonade Company booth, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at the Alamo Quarry Farmers. This is the market's last day at The Quarry, it's moving to The Yard at ... more Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, By Alma E. Hernandez, For The Express-News Photo: Alma E. Hernandez, By Alma E. Hernandez, For The Express-News Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Quarry farmers market announces new home 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

And the winner as the new location for the Quarry Farmers & Ranchers Market is ... The Yard on McCullough.

After two weeks of searching for a new home, owners David Lent and Heather Hunter announced at a meeting of vendors Sunday morning that they'd begin operations at the Olmos Park shopping center beginning Dec. 14.

The new location will be called The Yard Farmers & Ranchers Market.

The farmers market is open and operating today at its current home of 3-1/2 years, the Alamo Quarry Market in Alamo Heights.

The Yard is a popular long-time shopping center north of the Olmos Circle and bordered on one side by Union Pacific railroad tracks. It's perhaps best known as home to the Olmos Perk coffee shop and Newby's Hair Styling Salon.

The parking lot at The Yard is not nearly the size of what's available at the Alamo Quarry Market, however, and it's across the street from a neighborhood of high-dollar Olmos Park homes.

Lent and Hunter were informed by letter last month that they were being kicked out of their current location due to parking and traffic problems caused by the 2,500 to 4,000 customers who shop the market each week.

After word got out, Lent said he received "hundreds" of inquiries from businesses interested in hosting it. He said he wanted to relocate no more than 2 miles from its current home. According to Google Maps, the new location is 1.3 miles and a three-minute drive from the old.

Since it opened, the farmers market has served as a successful incubator for several now-established restaurants and evolved into a popular weekend gathering spot for the community.

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