sachsenhausenSat 09:00-14:00
Oberrad's Saturday market on Buchrainplatz sits in the district that grows Frankfurt's Grüne Soße herbs, field to stall in one village square.
Tip: Oberrad calls itself the herb garden of Frankfurt; in season the seven-herb bundles here are as fresh as they exist anywhere.
hoechstTue, Fri and Sat 07:00-13:00
The Höchst market hall trades three mornings a week by the old town's half-timbered lanes, western Frankfurt's daily-bread institution on Melchiorstraße.
Tip: Go Saturday, then walk the two minutes into Höchst's Altstadt for coffee at Wunderbar and the Main ferry crossing.
innenstadtFri 09:00-18:30
The Friday Schillermarkt lines Schillerstraße by the old stock exchange, Frankfurt's banking crowd buying lunch from farm stalls every week.
Tip: Hit it between 12:00 and 14:00 for the full lunch scrum, or after 16:00 when the sellers start dealing on prices.
bahnhofsviertelThu 09:00-18:00
The Thursday Kaisermarkt lines Kaiserstraße in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel, a weekly street-market pause between the towers and the station.
Tip: Go at lunchtime when the office crowd arrives; the food stalls do their heaviest trade between 12:00 and 14:00.
innenstadtMon-Fri 08:00-18:00; Sat 08:00-16:00; closed Sun
Kleinmarkthalle is Frankfurt's covered market of over 60 stalls, where locals queue at Metzgerei Schreiber for hot sausage eaten standing up.
Tip: Do the circuit: hot Fleischwurst at stand 8, Grüne Soße from Edel's, bread from Huck, then a Schoppen on the Rollanderhof wine terrace upstairs.
innenstadtThu 10:00-20:00; Sat 08:00-17:00
The Erzeugermarkt on Frankfurt's Konstablerwache sells only from regional producers, twice a week, with apfelwein poured right beside the farm stalls.
Tip: Thursday evening runs to 20:00 and turns into an open-air after-work drink; the producers pour their own apfelwein by the glass.