It’s citrus season! Few places in the world offer the quality citrus that you find grown in Southern California. Our house is regularly filled with oranges and tangerines from the Garcia Farms stand at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market.

My wife can usually make it to the Wednesday market, but Garcia Farms also is at the Saturday and the Sunday markets if you can’t go to the markets mid-week.

You will always find Laticia working the stand, pointing you to the best produce and new arrivals. Sometimes her husband, Armando, and baby girl, Rosie, are running around back there too. It’s a true family operation and you can taste the love.

In addition to the citrus, they also have some of the best avocados around, albeit at a price ($2+ per), but they ripen perfectly and are worth the treat.

Like most other stands, you can taste the citrus before you buy, so you don’t have to take my word for it!

You can find Garcia Farms just East of the 3rd Street Promenade on Arizona during the Wednesday market.

Garcia Farms
Santa Monica Farmer’s Market