European Farmer's Market

Skip's Restaurant's

Open-Air European Farmers Market

 Open Every Saturday & Sunday
through Oct 10th

Visitors to the market this year can reconnect with their favorite vendors, while also discovering some new ones every Saturday and Sunday through the second weekend in October.


 Lehmans Orchards returns to Skips Open-Air European Farmers Market this Saturday. This will be Steve Leckliders second appearance at the market this season, with his first appearance leaving many disappointed that he was not returning until late July. Lehmans Orchards offers market-goers packaged dried berries, nuts and other fruits, as well as nut butters and trail mixes. Lehmans Orchards joins a plethora of farmers offering the freshest produce and fruits Michigan has to offer: sweet plums, juicy peaches, plump blueberries, pop-in-you-mouth bi-color sweet corn and more. Skips Market offers cheeses, breads, sausages, coffees, smoothies, lattes, pastries, jewelry, art, photography, clothing, lunch, beverages and more!

On Sunday, The Sobecki Boys will be performing acoustics and vocals with old favorites from Frank Sinatra, as well as some current music. Also on Sunday, the Relay for Life Team, Banking for a Cure, will be washing cars for donations. Let them wash your car while you shop.

The line up of vendors for 2010 features a wide array of options for visitors, including Scarlett O'Cara, owned by Cara Matheis, who will offer gluten-free and vegan specialty confections, natural-sugar body scrubs and salts and minerals from S.A.L.T, also known as Charmane's Gourmet Seasonings.

Also new to the market this year is Oh Mamma's, owned by Joe and Jody Klinedinst, who will offer gelato, Italian dry-cured salamis, olives and all-natural Italian vegetables and cheeses.

For tea lovers, Urban Market Tea, owned by Ellen Zack, will offer gourmet loose teas and tea accessories.

But that's not all that's new and exciting. There will be vendors who transform old jewelry into vintage-style one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces, old pieces of furniture into must-have cottage pieces, fabrics into handbags, and beads and chains into stunning accessories.

And while the line-up of vendors includes several new faces, visitors can be assured that their local favorites also will be returning, including Harbert's, Seasons Harvest, New Buffalo's David's Deli, Galien's Twin Maple Orchards, Three Oaks' Sevick Gardens, New Buffalo's Skip's Restaurant – the premier ready-to-eat food vendor on site. Skip's has expanded its market menu this season, offering custom-made omelets, pancakes and other breakfast items, hamburgers, hotdogs, brats, prime rib sandwiches, tacos, chicken sandwiches, beverages and more.

The market changes daily, and while some vendors are at the market both Saturdays and Sundays, some vendors are there only on Saturdays, while some attend only on Sundays, making for ever-changing scenery and a reason to stop by both days.

Skip's Open-Air European Farmers Market is the place for everything natural and created by artisans: produce, fresh-cut restaurant-grade steaks, art, jewelry, photography, breads, pastries, coffees, lattes, smoothies, concrete garden art, clothing, candles, soaps, flowers and so much more. The market also will offer fun things for kids to do, with weekly visits from kid-inspired organizations. The market also is a venue for fund-raising car washes for groups that need to raise money for important projects and equipment.

The market opens every Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. and closes at 2:30 p.m. through October 10. For more information about the market, or how to schedule a market fund-raising event, call Skip's at 269-469-3330.


        Located (see map) at the corner of Red Arrow Highway and Lakeshore Road in New Buffalo Township (the grassy area adjacent to Skip's parking lot).