valentines day

Fall in Love with MCM!

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This Thursday is February 13th, and we have everything you need to get ready to help you show your loved ones you care this Friday!

Rainy Showers Bring You Flowers!

Need a bouquet for that special someone in your life? We’ve got you covered this Thursday at MCM.We’ll have flowers available from Floreria la Poblanita and Home Sweet Flowers. That’s right–we’ll have not one but two amazing flower vendors ready to help you find just the right bouquet for the sweetie in your life. Floreria la Poblanita has been with the market since 2010! Locally based out of their shop near 24th and Mission, they’ll help you find some romantic roses or other gorgeous stems for your honey!

Do you know the meaning of a Tulip? It’s a declaration of love, of course! Home Sweet Flowers will bring mixed bouquets and flower bundles with romantic meanings. All their flowers are California grown and wrapped in burlap.

Come on down and pick out something nice for your sweetie pie!

Shop Locally for your Love

Why stop at flowers?! We’ve got some Valentine’s Day specials this Thursday at MCM that you won’t want to miss! Check them out:
  • Gift set containing three mini (1.5 oz) jars of jam in Strawberry, Quince, and Raspberry ($10)
  • Full size (8 oz) Strawberry Jam for just $5.00

Marla Bakery

  • Confection box ($15) containing: dark chocolate brownie bites, caramel, hazelnut & chocolate baci, and mini Mexican wedding cookies
  • A Chocolate Candied Orange Torte for Two may be special-ordered ($20)

En Vie Naturals

  • Body butters, soaps, and other all-natural body care products
…and even if you don’t have a special someone in mind just yet, you can always find a great lookin’ date at the Palmero Date Shop!

Cute as a Button!

We recently hosted a student intern for eight weeks and one of her many great artistic contributions to MCM was creating some unique new buttons and magnets for us! They are perfect for Valentine’s Day – tell someone how you feel with the message “Olive You!”

Check out her masterpieces at the MCM booths, and take one home for just $1 (suggested donation).

Thank you very much to Hannah for all of her hard work!

Monday Feature: Marla Bakery

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Meet Amy and Joe of Marla Bakery!!

Amy and Joe

Amy and Joe, co-owners of Marla Bakery, are an absolute delight and the goodies that come out of their kitchen are equally delightful. When telling me about how the Marla Bakery came to be, Joe explained that he fell in love with Amy’s baked goods first and then Amy. I must say both the baked goods and Joe and Amy are easy to fall in love with — I hope you try their delicious treats and meet them when you stop by the market! Read more

Valentines, MCM Style

Posted on by Mission Community Market in Blue House Farm, Dandelion Chocolates, Flour Chylde Bakery, K&J Orchards, Marla Bakery, Twin Girls Farm | Leave a comment

Don’t be a last-minute Valentine’s Day shopper this year! Come on down to MCM this Thursday for a special appearance from Dandelion Chocolate and pick up some of their delicious handmade chocolate bars for your sweetie. They’ll be at MCM this week for a special appearance–they’ll be back this spring on a more regular basis.

Also at MCM this week, support your local food producer and MCM by pre-ordering Valentines for your honey at our 22nd Street info table!

Love you Bunches

G-Free Sweetie

We’ll have a variety of adorable valentines featuring yummy local foods from our vendors, including:

  • “Will you juju-BE mine?” (featuring dried jujubes from Twin Girls)
  • “Orange you gonna be my valentine?” (featuring blood oranges from Twin Girls)
  • “Love you bunches!” (featuring a bunch of kale or other greens from Blue House Farm)
  • “We make a great pear” (featuring an Asian pear from K&J Orchards)
  • “Be my Sweetie” or “Be my G-Free Sweetie” (featuring a sweet treat from Marla Bakerly or a gluten-free sweet from Flour Chylde Bakery, respectively)

Fruit and vegetable valentines will be $3 each and the sweets will be $5 each.

Pre-order one of these tasty Valentines at MCM this week (2/7) for pickup at the market next Thursday–Valentine’s Day!