Oxbow Market Goes Public
By Robert Farmer
One of
the best additions of any kind to San Francisco (where I reside) in recent
years is definitely the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. The public market, open
every day and hosting an open-air farmers market three days a week, has simply
revitalized the city’s waterfront. Now, I eagerly anticipate the same
result in Napa, where the long-awaited Oxbow Public Market will make its debut
Dec. 15.
Situated
in Napa’s emerging Oxbow District the 40,000-square-foot marketplace on
the riverbank will be a testament to the bounty of Wine Country. Dozens of
tenants are already aboard—with more in the works—all of which
represent the best in local food, wine, and artisinal craftsmanship for which
the region is known and loved. Among the first-open tenants at the market are:
The Olive Press, Anette’s Chocolate Factory, Tillerman Tea, and farm
stands from Bera Ranch and DeSantis. The first couple weeks will bring in Folio
Enoteca and Winery, Three Twins Organic Ice Cream, The Fatted Calf, Oxbow
Cheese Merchant, and Five Dot Ranch, among others.
I will write much more about the Market as I get to know it better, but for now you can rejoice in the litany of mouthwatering goodness of it all.