Farmers market near Kapa'a?

we will be at the Lai Nani in Kapa%26#39;a in two weeks. Is there a farmers market up there? I think there is one in Koloa on monday but don%26#39;t know about Kapa%26#39;a.

Farmers market near Kapa'a?

Hugh,

No worries, you do not have to drive to poipu, since there is a Kapa%26#39;a area sunshine market:

Wed @ 3:30pm at the Kapaa New Town Park at Kahau and Olohena Rd. Ask your concierge or reservations office at your resort for easy directions.

Kauai sunshine markets are really fun, early is a good idea, and you will also see products that might not be familar to you.....ask the vendors about them.

Denny

Farmers market near Kapa'a?

Denny

Thanks for the info. I hope Kauai is rained out by the time we get there!!!!!!!!!!!11 Last time we were there a year before Iniki it poured 6 of the 7 days we were there and that was at Po%26#39;ipu.

Hugh

hugh,

No worries if it does rain, eh? you will be at the lae nani!! so beautiful there...great place to watch the rain. but i will wish for you lots of sunshine!

~ very jealous syd

About 7 minutes from Lai Nani is the Friday (3 p.m.) Farmer%26#39;s Market (Sunshine Market) at Vidinha stadium in Lihue. This is very convenient to Lai Nani time, traffic and parking-wise. Drive south from Lai Nani just past the airport by about a 1/2 mile. You will see the stadium light towers and then turn right into the stadium driveway(s).

The one in Koloa on Monday shuts down about 1 and those same vendors transport their goods to the Kukui Grove Shopping Center for that market...just behind Sears.

http://www.kauai.gov/default.aspx?tabid=214

This site lists all time and location on the island.

Should mention that beside the Kauai County sanctioned Sunshine markets there are numerous independent vendors and ';honor boxes'; along the roadways.

kauaiworld.com/articles/…news10.txt

List of farmer%26#39;s markets in today%26#39;s (2/13/2008) Garden Island News.

Aloha from Kaua%26#39;i!

Something that I find fascinating about all of our local sunshine markets is that each one is distinctly different from the other -- for instance, the one here in Koloa definitely caters to the resort crowd, always more flowers, leis, etc. than some of the others and the crowd is noticeably predominantly visitors with some locals thrown in.

The one later in the same day at Kukui Grove which attracts pretty much the same vendors - is predominantly Philipino and the food items are geared more towards that ethnic group.

Same thing with the others - so each one you go to you will see variations in the items that the vendors have for sale.

By the by - in March they are starting another sunshine market at the Coconut Marketplace every Saturday!

Malama Pono,

Janet

koloagirl...welcome ';home.'; Loved your Moorea/Tahiti post-trip report.

Oh! I love the ';honor boxes'; with produce etc. We usually always stop to look, and if we%26#39;re lucky get to chat with the resident stocking the box. Smiles and ';aloha'; all around.

On co-worker of mine got into such an involved conversation that the homeowner invited him back to his garden to see all the different types of tropical fruit trees and flowers he had growing there, and he shared some of the more special fruits that aren%26#39;t usually relegated the honor box with him. When he returned home, my co-worker FedEx%26#39;d a fresh whole salmon back to his new Kauai friend. The families now get together everytime my co-worker vacations on Kauai.