Tomatoes and Cupcakes Headline Market Day in Belmont

Photo: Tomatoes at their peak.

The best time of the year to enjoy ripe tomatoes is now. Market Day in Belmont this Thursday, Aug. 27, features late August harvest that includes blueberries, cantaloupe, corn, eggplants, peaches, peas, peppers, raspberries, summer squash, watermelon and many variations of tomatoes.

This week’s tasting is by Yum Bunnies Cakery. Located at 241 Belmont St., Yum Bunnies offers custom cakes and cupcakes: You choose your cake flavor and filling. Voted “BEST Birthday Cakes” for two years running by the Boston AList, the cakery reminds you to “Eat your cake & have it be cute too!”

The Belmont Farmers Market is open from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays throughout the summer until the final week of October. The market is located in the municipal parking lot at the intersection of Cross Street and Channing Road in Belmont Center.

Schedule of Events

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Tasting by Yum Bunnies Cakery
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Belmont Public “Pop-up” Library
4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Storytime by the Library
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.: Music by the Sandy Ridge Boys

Monthly and occasional vendors at the market this week are:

Carlisle Honey, Fille de Ferme Jams, Turtle Creek Winery, Underwood Greenhouses.

Weekly Vendors:

Boston Smoked Fish Co., C&C Lobsters and Fish, Dick’s Market Garden Farm, Fior D’Italia, Flats Mentor Farm, Foxboro Cheese Co., Gaouette Farm, Goodies Homemade, Hutchins Farm, Kimball Fruit Farm, Mamadou’s Artisan Bakery, Nicewicz Family Farm, Sfolia Baking Company, Stillman Quality Meats.

Food Truck in the Belmont Center Parking Lot

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