{"id":240136,"date":"2018-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/little-italy-mercato-moves-to-date-street\/"},"modified":"2018-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T07:00:00","slug":"little-italy-mercato-moves-to-date-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/little-italy-mercato-moves-to-date-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Italy Mercato moves to Date Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Christopher Gomez | Little Italy News<\/p>\n<p>Calling all weekenders who spend their Saturdays strolling through the Little Italy Mercato \u2014 the largest farmers\u2019 market in San Diego is moving back to Date Street! <!--more-->Starting on May 5, the Little Italy Mercato farmers market will move to W. Date Street between Front Street and Kettner Boulevard. With the opening of the Piazza della Famiglia, the Little Italy Mercato will be relocated to run through the piazza. With its beautiful tiled fountain- and umbrella-lined cobblestoned street, attendees can experience a real Italian market ambience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14586\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14586 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LIAMercato_00.jpg\" alt=\"Little Italy Mercato moves to Date Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The largest farmer\u2019s market in San Diego, Little Italy Mercato is moving back to Date Street on May 5. <em>(Courtesy of Little Italy Association)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every Saturday from 8 a.m.\u20132 p.m., locals and visitors gather at the Little Italy Mercato farmers market to peruse the vendors\u2019 fantastic selection of farm-fresh produce, eggs and poultry, meat, fish, flowers, local artisan goods and more. More than 200 tents will line W. Date Street offering food, local chefs\u2019 specialties and live music. Some of these food purveyors include produce from Honeymoon Ranch and JR Organics fresh produce, cheese from Daniel\u2019s Artisan Foods and Spring Hill Cheese, specialties from Prager Brother\u2019s artisan breads and Three Son\u2019s Farm eggs as well as many more San Diegan favorites.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14587\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14587 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LIAMercato_01.jpg\" alt=\"Little Italy Mercato moves to Date Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/441;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shopper browse through the many vendors at Little Italy Mercato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From oysters and coffee beans to orchids, vibrant flowers and bedding plants, the Little Italy Mercato farmers market provides a wide selection of great offerings every weekend. While searching for artisan food, fresh plants and other goods, Little Italy Mercato-goers can dine on delicious snacks like crepes and paninis, and sip on refreshing beverages like green smoothies and lemonade.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, on Saturday, June 9, the Little Italy Mercato will celebrate 10 years of supporting small family farms and shops. The premier destination for groceries, gifts and goodies makes for a gathering spot for the community to enjoy the neighborhood while shopping locally. Commemorate the 10th anniversary of farmers markets with us by strolling through W. Date Street from 8 a.m.\u20132 p.m. and enjoy the San Diego sunshine, bay breeze and fresh, locally made goods.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14588\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14588 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LIAMercato_02.jpg\" alt=\"Little Italy Mercato moves to Date Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venders offer the best in local farm fresh produce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To stay connected with Little Italy, check out what\u2019s going on in the neighborhood by following us on Instagram and Twitter: @LittleItalySD and Facebook: LittleItalySD. To learn more about the event, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/LittleItalySD.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LittleItalySD.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Christopher Gomez ha sido gerente de distrito de Little Italy desde 2000. Cont\u00e1ctelo en <a href=\"mailto:chris@littleitalysd.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chris@littleitalysd.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Christopher Gomez | Little Italy News Calling all weekenders who spend their Saturdays strolling through the Little Italy Mercato \u2014 the largest farmers\u2019 market in San Diego is moving back to Date Street!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":240137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Little Italy Mercato moves to Date Street","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}