PASADENA-VILLA PARKE (TUES)

PASADENA-VILLA PARKE (TUES) is part of Pasadena’s city-sponsored farmers market system, with the City of Pasadena tied directly to the market and its milestones. Held at Villa Parke Center at 363 E Villa Street, the Tuesday market is the smaller Pasadena option, with about 13 vendors typically set up there. That scale shapes the visit: instead of a long sweep across dozens of stands, Villa Parke reads as a focused weekday stop for produce, farm products, prepared foods, and plants from vendors that also appear across Pasadena’s broader market network.

Why it matters locally

Villa Parke Center hosts the Tuesday market as one part of Pasadena’s municipally sponsored market program, run through the City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department. The market also operates under the rules and regulations of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and it is an active member of the California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets.

That matters on the shopping side too. Pasadena’s market program says its certified vendors sell what they grow, giving shoppers a direct link to farmers and locally grown fruits, vegetables, and farm products rather than a general retail mix. The market also marks a long run in the city’s food landscape, with Pasadena Farmers’ Market materials noting service since 1980 and City of Pasadena recognition during National Farmers Market Week for the market’s 40th anniversary.

What you'll find there

The Tuesday lineup is compact but broad, mixing certified growers with breads, hot food, seafood, meat, eggs, flowers, nursery vendors, and a few practical specialty stalls. Pasadena’s market program also says it does not permit craft vendors, so the emphasis stays on food, farm goods, and plants.

• -Pick up produce from Armenta Farm.
• -Find fruit and farm goods from Bernard Ranch.
• -Browse grower offerings from Bih Shan.
• -Look for honey from Bill's Bees.
• -Shop produce from Bonita Farms.
• -Bring home olive products from Canto Sol Olive Farm.
• -Check orchard fruit from Cuyama Orchards.
• -Add dates from Dates by Davall.
• -Compare honey at Energy Bee Farm.
• -Scan the tables at Galpin Farms.
• -Pick apples and other fruit from Ha's Apple Farm.
• -Watch for berries from Harry's Berries.
• -Grab eggs from Mike and Sons Eggs.
• -Stock up on avocados from Avo-Co.
• -Choose loaves from Bezian Old World Breads.
• -Order prepared food from Dave's Korean BBQ.
• -Take home goat dairy from Drake Family Farms.
• -Pick up fresh pasta from Fresco Pasta.
• -Plan dinner with beef from Watkins Cattle Co.
• -Add seafood from West Coast Seafood.
• -Browse plants from A & J Nursery.
• -Find orchids at Aroma Orchids.
• -Look over California native plants from Calscape Growers.

Pasadena’s market program has also used the Villa Parke market as part of citywide programming, including National Farmers Market Week in August 2020, when the City of Pasadena tied the celebration to the market’s 40th anniversary.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at the market, with the exception of service animals under State Health Department rules, so that policy may affect how you plan a quick Tuesday stop. If you run out of cash, the market has tokens available using Square, which adds some flexibility for onsite purchases.

Villa Parke is the smaller Pasadena market day, with about 13 vendors usually attending on Tuesdays at Villa Parke Center. That makes it a more targeted visit than the larger Saturday Pasadena market at Victory Park, where as many as 60 vendors attend. One other practical note: restrooms are not available.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at the market, and Pasadena’s market program also participates in the Hunger Action LA Market Match program. If you need another payment option after arriving, the market offers tokens through Square when you’ve run out of cash. Payment options are presented clearly for shoppers onsite.