Main Street Farmers Market is a food market in Main Street, Santa Monica.
Editorially verified August 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: This is the one with breakfast: come hungry, graze the prepared-food stalls and let the kids at the activity corner.
Address: 2640 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
The Pico Farmers Market gathers around 35 California farms at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica, the neighbourhood Saturday market with Market Match.
Tip: Market Match doubles CalFresh EBT spending on produce; free parking and the playground make it the easy family stop.
Santa Monica Seafood has sold fish since 1939 and its Wilshire Boulevard market pairs a retail counter with an oyster-and-chowder cafe in the aisles.
Tip: Eat at the cafe counter, then buy what you liked from the ice case to cook at home; the market runs an hour before close.
Bay Cities Italian Deli, family-owned since 1925, bakes and stacks the Godmother on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica behind hour-long lunchtime queues.
Tip: Order the Godmother online ahead and skip the queue; it is debit or cash only and closed Monday and Tuesday.
Co-opportunity Market is LA County's only organic food co-op, a member-owned Santa Monica grocery on Broadway open to everyone from 07:00 daily.
Tip: You do not need a membership to shop; the deli case and bulk aisles are the practical picnic supply run.
Andrew's Cheese Shop has cut artisan wheels to order on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica since 2008, with grilled cheese and monthly pairing nights.
Tip: The monthly cheese-and-drink pairing events sell out; sign up in the shop and grab a grab-and-go sandwich meanwhile.
Wally's runs a wine shop, cheese counter and restaurant under one Wilshire Boulevard roof in Santa Monica, a by-the-glass list beside the retail wall.
Tip: Anything on the retail wall can be drunk at the table for corkage; the cheese counter builds boards to order.
