Statehouse Market Week 16: The post-Labor Day homestretch begins!

posted by SPD Communications on August 31, 2018 Statehouse Market Week 16

Labor Day weekend is traditionally seen as the unofficial end of summer.

Gone are the barbecues and pool parties, and in their place Hoosiers ready for sweatshirt weather, football and pumpkin spice-flavored everything.

Well, according to our calendars, there are five — count ’em — FIVE Statehouse Markets remaining in 2018. And since the farmer’s market on Robert D. Orr Plaza is pretty much synonymous with the warm rays of summer in Indy, we think there’s still plenty of fun in the sun left this year.

We’re so confident, in fact, that we might even (gasp!) wear white clothing after Labor Day!

Yes, it’s a potential fashion faux pas, but that’s just how daring we can be — at least when it comes to choosing pants in September.

And why not?

After all, that’s the sort of trend-bucking, devil-may-care Hoosier spirit you’ll see each Thursday at the market as some of the area’s top farmers, artisans, entrepreneurs and mobile restaurant maestros gather for an event the smells of which alone simply scream “summer.”

So keep the shades handy and the warm weather wardrobe at the ready. Summer’s far from over, and we hope you’ll enjoy these last few Market Days with us – rain or shine, summer weather or fall-like chilly temperatures.

As always, we’ll meet you for lunch on the plaza between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

We’ll see you Thursday! Until then, keep looking on the sunny side of life and check out the Sept. 6 lineup below.

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses

Wildflower Ridge Honey — Five Questions

Brick House Vinaigrettes — Five Questions

Oberweis Dairy

Limelight Coffee Roasters — Five Questions

Groomsville Popcorn — Five Questions

Gluten Free Creations – This week’s items include a variety of sweet breads, yeast breads, scone bites, cookies, brownies, paleo items and more!

Uber Green Farms — Five Questions

Food Trucks:

Citizen Hash

The Twisted Sicilian

Serendipity Trailer — Five Questions

The Flying Cupcake

Backyard BBQ

Der Pretzel Wagen

The NY Slice

Soul Sista On the Move — Five Questions

Rolling Asian Delight

Tacos Without Borders

Calliope Sno-Balls

Johnson’s Barbecue Shack

A dozen Statehouse Markets down, plenty to go

posted by SPD Communications on August 6, 2018 Statehouse Market Week 12

We’re already a dozen weeks into the 2018 Statehouse Market season!

That’s 12 wonderful weeks of peaches, blueberries, potatoes, cantaloupe, eggplant, peppers, green beans and so much more!

And we, of course, can’t forget the food trucks who’ve brought us nachos, tacos, cheeseburgers, pizza, hot dogs, sausages, salads, quesadillas, crab cakes and just about every other kind of food under the summer sun.

With 10 more markets to go, we hope you’ll visit us on Robert D. Orr Plaza each Thursday and see the selection of amazing goods for yourself. You can start this week by meeting us outside from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

While we (impatiently) wait for Thursday, check out this week’s scheduled lineup:

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses

Brick House Vinaigrettes — Five Questions

Oberweis Dairy

Limelight Coffee

Groomsville Popcorn — Five Questions

Gluten Free Creations — This week’s items include sweet breads, cookies, brownies, scone bites, pecan tartlets, Paleo items, and pound cakes.

Batch No. 2 — Five Questions

 

Food Trucks:

Citizen Hash

The Twisted Sicilian — Check out the new Sicilian cold cut sub with ham, capocollo, salami, calabrese, hard salami ,provolone cheese giardinniera!

Pi Indy

Johnson’s BBQ

The Legendary Kitchen — Five Questions

Serendipity Trailer — Five Questions

Tacos Without Borders

Tommie’s Ooo Weee Chicken

Lucky Louie’s

Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort

Nicey Treat

Happy, happy birthday, Statehouse Market!

posted by SPD Communications on July 9, 2018 market blog week 8

You only turn 6 once, and the Statehouse Market is celebrating its birthday with the amazing state employees, specialty vendors and food trucks that have helped make it such a fun success since 2012.

The Week 8 lineup certainly guarantees a “bon anniversaire” all its own, but our biggest birthday wish is that you’ll join us in celebrating from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, on Robert D. Orr Plaza.

We’ll bring the food!

And to answer one very important question: Yes, there will be cake — cupcakes to be exact, thanks to the one and only Flying Cupcake.

In case you weren’t aware, delicious confections are kind of their “thing,” and to help us celebrate, they’ve produced pastries bearing the Statehouse Market logo! They’re chocolate AND vanilla because, really, you can’t have one without the other. Also, it’s our birthday, so we’re entitled to be just a little extra.

The tasty treats will be in short supply, so get them while they last!

Come help us blow out the proverbial candles by shopping for fresh, Hoosier-grown produce, and indulging in some of the very best street food the Indianapolis area has to offer.

We can’t think of a better way to celebrate our birthday — this year or any other. The only thing missing is you, so make plans to meet us for lunch this Thursday!

And while you’re here, scope out some of the photos from our 2012 debut below.

Statehouse Market Opening Day – July 12, 2012

No, we’re not getting misty-eyed; we’re just happy to have come this far. Most of all, we’re looking forward to spending many more birthdays with you in the years to come!

For now, check out this week’s celebratory vendor and food truck lineup below:

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys and Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses  — Blueberries, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, squash, onions, berries, sweet corn, cucumbers and peaches will be offered this week.

Wildflower Ridge Honey — Five Questions

Uber Green Farms  — Five Questions

Oberweis Dairy

Limelight Coffee

Groomsville Popcorn  — Five Questions

Gluten Free Creations — This week’s items include a variety of gluten free sweet breads, yeast breads, cookies, pecan tartlets, scone bites, paleo items, and more.

Generations Pie Company  — Five Questions

 

Food Trucks:

Nacho Mama’s  — Five Questions

Serendipity Trailer  — Five Questions

The NY Slice

General American Donut Company  — Five Questions

Gobble Gobble

Soladine Concessions

Pierogi Love Indy

Chomp’Z

Gaucho’s Fire

Tacos Without Borders

The Flying Cupcake

Johnson’s BBQ

Nicey Treat

Market rolls on to Week 5!

posted by SPD Communications on June 18, 2018 Statehouse Market - Week 5

As the process of repairing the water damage in IGC-N continues, the Statehouse Market will go on as scheduled this Thursday, June 21.

As was the case in Week 4, some food trucks/trailers will be located in the daycare drop-off. There’s bound to be plenty of great lunch options there.  The rest of the food trucks and our produce and specialty vendors will set-up on Robert D. Orr Plaza as usual. Coffee, popcorn, baked goods, dairy products, fresh produce, flowers, pizza and sandwiches make up a small sample of the items up for sale at the Statehouse Market each week.

Meanwhile, the restorative equipment is expected to remain on the plaza throughout the month of June, meaning that the locations of some popular vendors has temporarily changed, and your favorite food truck may be parked in the adjacent lot.

Please check out the daycare lot if you don’t see your preferred food truck parked on Robert D. Orr Plaza.

Trust us, the assortment of homegrown Hoosier produce, deliciously indulgent street food (with plenty of health-minded options), and myriad other items for sale are more than worth any extra walking — rain or shine.

After all, that’s just another way to get your steps in on the way to “producing a healthier you.”

Check out this week’s lineup below and meet us outside from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Vendors:

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market

Poseys & Pumpkins

Biltz Greenhouses  — This week’s items include blueberries, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, squash, onions and berries.

Uber Green Farms  — Learn More  — This week’s items include black oil sunflower, green pea shoots, salad mix, rainbow radish, red Russian kale, red acre cabbage, Thai basil and leeks.

Limelight Coffee Roasters

Groomsville Popcorn  — Learn More

Simple Taste

Batch No. 2  — Learn More  – This week’s items include Batch No. 2’s selection of artisan ketchup and mustard.

Wildflower Ridge Honey Products  — Learn More

 

Food Trucks:

Chef Dan’s Southern Comfort

Lucky Louie’s Street Food

The Twisted Sicilian  — Watermelon salad is on the menu this week!

Brozinni

Gigi’s Cupcakes

Johnson’s BBQ

Der Pretzel Wagen

Chomp’Z

Rolling Asian Delight — Chef Ren’s bourbon chicken will be available!

Tacos Without Borders

Nicey Treat

Calliope Sno-balls

 

Excited about what’s ahead? Click here to see the schedule for weeks 5 through 8.

Need lunch plans? Week 7 has you covered!

posted by Amber Chiapetto on July 5, 2017

After a wonderful Independence Day holiday, we want this week to go out with a bang (no pun intended)! Join us tomorrow for Statehouse Market and buy some amazing food from the food trucks and maybe some fresh produce for dinner. Be sure to watch Wildflower Ridge Honey’s presentation with their Observation Hive – a glass case full of their live honeybees. To see if your favorite truck is coming tomorrow, check out our list below:

Produce/Specialty Vendors

Food Trucks

All trucks and vendors listed are scheduled to appear, but the market lineup is subject to change.

What are you eating from the market this week?

posted by SPD Communications on June 22, 2016 Fresh Local Produce

Week five of the market is upon us. Join the vendors and food trucks listed below Thursday at the Statehouse Market. The market is open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the temporary location in front of the Indiana State Museum.

Here are three things to look for this week:

  1. Don’t know what to eat? It’s always a hard decision. This week, I’d try the Turkey, Bacon, Pesto with Muenster Grilled Cheese or Wasabi-Infused Pretzel Bites from Der Pretzel Wagen. If that’s not your style, Nacho Mama’s features her Vegan Rice Bowl for only $6.
  2. What’s in season? Biltz Greenhouses brought fresh blueberries and the first peaches of the season last week. Expect more this week. Biltz sets up over on the Cultural Trail side.  Check out Wilson Farm too! I really like when our farmers share what they’re bringing so that I can share with you. Here’s what Dave Wilson texted me that he’ll have Thursday: tomatoes, potatoes, sugar peas, cabbage, candy onions, red beets, pickler cucumbers, cherries, garlic, free range eggs and rabbit.
  3. Two food trucks make their first appearance this season tomorrow. Da Blue Lagoon returns with it’s take on Jamaican and Caribbean cuisine. Also Karma Kitchen, a comfort food specialist from Anderson, makes their first trip.

Produce Vendors

VanAntwerp’s Farm Market – Too much produce available from this vendor to list.
Posey and Pumpkin – Flowers, produce and frozen pork.
Biltz Greenhouses
Oberweis Dairy – Sign up for milk delivery.
Wildflower Ridge Honey – Spring Locust Honey while supplies last.
Wilson Farm
Simple Taste Specialty Bakery

Food Trucks

Nacho Mama’s
Twisted Sicilian – Try the Watermelon Salad.
Serendipity
Tacos Without Borders
Gigi’s Cupcake Truck
Brozinni Pizza – The pizza is so good, but they have salads too! Try the Greek Salad.
Nicey Treat
Der Pretzel Wagen
Karma Kitchen
Da Blue Lagoon

Start October with the final Statehouse Market this season!

posted by SPD Communications on September 30, 2015 Statehouse Market Indianapolis

The fourth season of the Statehouse Market wraps up on Thursday, Oct. 1 on Senate Avenue in Indianapolis. We’ve got a full lineup of food trucks and some great produce vendors to serve you one last time in 2015. In fact, we’ve got 15 different food trucks to choose from if you’re looking for lunch. If you’re looking for fresh produce for a healthy dinner, we’ve got you covered.  Stock up on squash varieties, including some pumpkins, apples and other fall favorites. Also, our cheese vendor has returned to the lineup again this week.

Here’s the lineup for Oct. 1. The market returns next May.

Produce Vendors

The Pork Shoppe – Stock your freezer this fall/winter with pork from this vendor.
Posey & Pumpkin – Look for mums and other flowers. Also butternut squashes, bell peppers and more vegetables.
Van Antwerp’s Farm – Squashes, pumpkins, melons, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and more.
Wilson Farm – Get to this vendor early if you want Asian pears. Dave says he’ll have some, but not many this week.
Oberweis Dairy – Dairy products.
Simple Taste Specialty Bakery – Bakery items.
Tulip Tree Creamery – Cheeses to sample and purchase.

Food Trucks

Nacho Mama – Try the Mediterranean Nachos with hummus, cucumber salsa, feta and guacamole, $6.
Duos – Menu items are seasonal, locally produced and international cuisine.
Soulshine Market – Last chance to try the lobster roll!
Caveman Truck – It’s a great day for barnyard chili.
Spice Box – Indian cuisine.
The Flying Cupcake – They’ll have vegan and gluten-free options along with a lineup of great cupcakes.
Taste of Heaven – Soul food.
Brozinni Pizza – Pizza, breadsticks and salads.
Dashboard Diner – All-American diner. Try the Chef Salad or Dash Wrap.
Groovy Guys Fries – Try the Spicy Asian Chicken Fries.
Pierogi Love Indy – Try the Fiesta Pierogi.
Tacos Without Borders – The featured item is the taco trio.
Mile Square Coffee Roastery – Coffee (hot and cold selections)
Nicey Treat – Frozen treats.
Chef Dan’s – Flavors from the Mississippi Delta & Louisiana Bayou.

Stock up on produce for Labor Day cookouts

posted by SPD Communications on September 2, 2015

It’s almost Labor Day weekend, but before you head out to your weekend destination stop by the Statehouse Market this Thursday, Sept. 3. Stock up on produce for your cookouts from our produce vendors. Our vendors are loaded with melons, tomatoes, apples, pears and more.  Also look for some sweet corn and peppers too.  We’ve also got a great lineup of food trucks and we’ve listed them below.

Produce Vendors

Biltz Greenhouses – Apples, peaches and maybe a sale on tomatoes again.
Posey & Pumpkin – Mums are here. Get 3 for $18. Also look for peppers, butternut squash, eggplants, jalapenos, okra, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, brown eggs, salad mix, flower bouquets and sunflowers.
Van Antwerp Farm – Tomatoes, peppers, jalapenos, cantaloupe, watermelon and much more
Wilson Farm – Asian pears, candy onion, tomatoes, zucchini, apples, eggs, honeydews and peppers.
Oberweis Dairy – Sign up for delivery.
The Pork Shoppe – Brat sale continues this week: $1 off package of 4 brats – $6
Simple Taste Specialty Bakery – Simple Taste is expected to be back this week.
Wildflower Ridge Honey – Honey products including infused honeys and handsoap.

Food Trucks

Duos Indy – Check out menu on profile featuring Gyros, Falafel and Tabouli this week.
Caveman Truck – Featuring Shrimp Etouffee this week.
Spice Box – Channa is always a healthy option.
Gigi’s Cupcake Truck
Dashboard Diner – Added this week! Try the Dash Wrap.
Brozinni Pizza – Besides the pizza, try one of their four salads: House, Greek, Chef and Antipasto.
Scratchtruck – Two healthy selections include the Polenta Black Bean Cake and Roasted Corn & Edamame Salad.
Soulshine Market – Just added this week.
Big Ron’s Bistro – Try the Portabella and Gouda Grilled Cheese.
Da Blue Lagoon – Caribbean truck featuring Jerk Chicken, Jerk Pork and Vegetarian Delight.
Tacos Without Borders – Try the Taco Trio.
Nicey Treat – Try a peach flavors.
Rocket 88 Doughnuts – This cart sells doughnuts and cold brew coffee from Mile Square Coffee Roastery. Look for the cart here a few more times this season.

The Twisted Sicilian can’t make it this week due to a mechanical issue on the truck. They’ll return Sept. 17 and 24.

Week 11 vendors and food trucks announced

posted by SPD Communications on August 4, 2015 Statehouse Market Indianapolis

Here are the vendors and food trucks for Thursday, August 6. The market opens at 10:30 a.m. on Senate Ave. and along the Indianapolis Cultural Trail on Washington St.

Produce Vendors

Food Trucks

Join Us For Week #2 at the Market

posted by SPD Communications on June 1, 2015

We hope you had a great first Market! There were record-breaking sales at many of the food trucks. If you were not able to come out last week, this Thursday we have a great line-up! Eat a healthy lunch while shopping for a healthy dinner! Please remember to bring cash and some of your own bags to shop. Some produce vendors and all food trucks accept debit/credit cards.

When: June 4, 10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.

Where: Senate Avenue

What: Produce Vendors and Food Trucks

Produce Vendors

As information becomes available on what vendors are growing early in the season, we’ll post items vendors are bringing.

Food Trucks