Mark your calendar for Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:00 PM at the Blarney Stone for the fifth annual Martinis on the Avenue, featuring great food, music, auction, a costume contest, and introducing... the Halloween-tini!  More details coming soon.

 

A few highlights for this Friday -

• 
• Pumpkins, peaches, eggs, nectarines, melons, apples, squash, carrots, kale and collards at Spring Brook Farm

• Mac, Cortland & Ginger Gold apples, sugar pumpkins, butternut/buttercup/acorn/carnival squash, Bartlett pears, peaches, Italian prune plums, raspberries, and blueberries at Farmer Dave's.

• Corn, mustard greens, Caribbean laloo and callaloo, mint, corn, baby bok choy, pea tendrils, lettuce, Swiss chard, purslaine, mint and raspberries at Flats Mentor Farm.
  

• Bread, pies and pastries at Dot-2-Dot Cafe
  

• Locally grown flowers at Cedar Grove Gardens

• Artwork by Dorchester Arts Collaborative and Dot Art

The market, sponsored by SMAMS, ODWIN Learning Center, Wainwright Bank and the Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition, runs every Friday through October 30, from 3 to 7 p.m., rain or shine.  We are located at ODWIN Learning Center, 1943 Dorchester Ave., across from Ashmont Station and the Carruth Building.

To make this healthy food available to all, vendors accept Food Stamps, WIC coupons, and Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition coupons.  Food Stamps up to $10 will be matched by "Boston Bounty Bucks."

For more information, please call the SMAMS office at 617-825-3846.

Follow the market on Twitter!

The best baristas representing over 10 independent cafés from Boston and surrounding areas will converge at Flat Black Coffee in the Carruth Building - 1906 Dorchester Ave at Ashmont Station - on Saturday, October 24th to compete in front of a live and online audience.

The public is invited to taste beverages prepared by the competitors from 2:00 -4:00 PM during the practice rounds, and to witness the entire competition as well as a cupping hosted by Flat Black's master roaster and co-founder, David House.

The public is also welcome to attend informational discussions on fair trade, organic certification and espresso machine/brewer maintenance.