Oct. 30--As the outdoor farmers market season ends in Chicago and the suburbs, the winter market season opens. You can still buy the seasonal vegetables you love, plus eggs, breads, pickled items and much more. Here is a list of Chicago and suburban farmers markets. Many will be open weekly through the end of the year, while a few others will continue through the winter.
Chicago
Andersonville Winter Farmers Market: Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St. Noon to 3 p.m. the third Sunday of the month on the following days: Jan. 17, Feb. 21, March 21 and April 18.
Experimental Station: 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 7, 14; Dec. 5, 12 19; Jan. 9; Feb. 13; March 12; and April 9. www.experimentalstation.org.
Green City Market: Peggy Notebaert Museum, 2430 N. Clark St. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the following days: Nov. 7, 14, 21, 25; Dec. 5, 19; Jan. 23; Feb. 6, 20; March 5, 19; and April 2, 16, and 30. www.greencitymarket.org.
Logan Square Indoor Farmers Market: 2755 N. Milwaukee Ave. (the old Pierre's Bakery building). 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 1, through March 20, excluding Nov. 29. loganchamber.org.
Suburbs
Evanston: Ecology Center Winter Market: Ecology Center at the Ladd Arboretum, 2024 N. McCormick Blvd. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 5 to April 30. Immanual Lutheran Church Winter Market: 616 Lake St., 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays on the following dates: Nov. 21; Dec. 5, 19; Jan. 16, 30; Feb. 13, 27; March 12, 19; and April 9, 23. www.evanstonfarmersmarket.org.
Faith in Place: Greenstone United Methodist Church: 11211 S. St. Lawrence Ave. (Pullman neighborhood). 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 7. First Congregational Church of Geneva: 321 Hamilton St., Geneva. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 21. DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church: 1828 Old Naperville Road, Naperville. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 22. www.faithinplace.org.
Geneva Green Market: 327 Hamilton St., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, November through May. www.genevagreenmarket.org.
Glenwood: The Glenwood Bar, 6962 N. Glenwood. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9, Feb. 13, March 12, April 9 and May 14. www.glenwoodsundaymarket.org.
Grayslake: Located on Center Street in Grayslake. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays until Dec. 19. www.grayslakefarmersmarket.com.
Homewood Indoor Farmers Market: Marie Irwin Center, 18120 Highland Ave., 9 a.m. to noon every last Saturday each month from January to April. www.village.homewood.il.us
Wilmette: South Wilmette train station parking lot between Central Avenue and Washington Court. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays until Nov. 7. www.wilmette.com/business/frenchmarket.aspx.
Neighboring states
Kenosha Winter HarborMarket: Inside Rhode Center for the Arts, 514 56th St., Kenosha, Wis. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 19; and Jan. 9 through May 7. www.kenoshaharbormarket.com.
South Bend Farmers Market: 1105 Northside Blvd., South Bend, Ind. Open year-round on Tuesdays (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Thursdays (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Saturdays (7 a.m. to 3 p.m.). www.southbendfarmersmarket.com
(Note to market managers: If we have not included your winter market, please send the information to ctc-goodeating@tribune.com.)
Lindsey Compton is a freelance writer.
