Getting Back to the Basics!

Going back to that old-world style of shopping where you know your butcher, your baker, the person who grows your vegetables and the chickens that lay your eggs is what the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society winter markets are all about. Handcrafted, homemade and small-batch products are superior, the craftsmanship and attention to detail make the results outstanding. Artisan food offers consumers to revel in foods that owe their extraordinary tastes to time-honoured, old-world techniques and traditions that give a personal connection to the maker. Our food artisan vendors source their ingredients from nearby farms or grow their own, making a concerted effort to only use what’s available, local and in season to create a high quality, fresh-tasting product. Connecting people with their food and their food purveyors is as much about nostalgia as it is about security and quality cuisine. If you haven’t had a chance to make it to our winter markets yet, you will not want to miss this one! Fresh and smoked salmon fillets, dried fruit, canned goods, chocolate, salt, eggs, meat, produce, pasta, perogies, bread, tortillas, salsa, cheese, donuts, and ice cream will all be available this Saturday in Market Square 11-3pm.

List of vendors in attendance: Hilary’s Cheese, Preservation Foods, 2GF by Lesley, Cottlestone Apiary, B-red Bakery, Il Forno di Claudio, Seabluff Farm, Fry’s Red Wheat Bread, Omnivore Acres, Terra Nosa Farm, Oasis Organics Co-op, Sun Trio Farm, Tortilla Monterrey, Rene Sans Salsa, Food Roots Co-operative, Cowichan Pasta, Old Country Seeds, Cold Comfort, Haliburton Farm, Sweet Flour, West Coast Awesome Sauce, Wild Jam Man, Elk Lake Farm, Saanich Organics, Fat Fish Seafoods, Alberts Creations, El Guapo Chorizo Grill, Rebecca’s Garden, Vancouver Island Salt Co. & Reu Shine

Don’t forget your shopping bags and leather shoes – Reu Shine will once again be at our market buffing up old shoes and making them sparkle!

Musicians: Slim Sandy & Crew 11-1230 break 1-230

Who: The Victoria Downtown Public Market Society
What: Winter Market TWICE a month!
When: January 21st, 11am-3pm
Where: Market Square, Inner Courtyard
Why: What could be better than local food?