09-04-2016, 03:08 PM
quote:Wait, what? Anyway...
Why should popularity be a factor?
We go there almost every week; seems like mostly locals are in attendance and plenty of farmers and their fresh, delicious local-grown produce (as well as some off-season pineapples that look suspiciously like Costco, but whatever.) Lots of food vendors, local band playing. OK, so there are arts and crafts for sale (again, locally produced), but just try telling our wives that is a bad thing. [
]The tourists there spending money is just a bonus. We always bring our off-island friends there: it is the quintessential Puna experience, and one of the best Farmer's Markets anywhere. Breakfast, groceries, music, and people-watching (tourist, meet hippie) at its finest. What's not to like?