Harbor Table: free market and community kitchen
A neighborhood farmers market at sunrise: tents, crates of tomatoes and greens, sunflowers, and neighbors shopping
Free market · Community kitchen · Garden lot

No one at our table goes without a plate.

Harbor Table runs a weekly free grocery market, a community kitchen, and a garden that feeds three neighborhoods on the east side, all built and staffed by the people who live here.

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Next market: Saturday, 8am–1pm · 4th Street lot
41,000
Meals shared last year
3
Neighborhoods served
180
Volunteer neighbors
9 yrs
Running the market
At the market

This Saturday on the tables

What's coming in from the garden lot, our partner farms and three local bakeries. Free to anyone, no ID or sign-up.

Updated Thursday

From our garden lot

  • Heirloom tomatoes, last of the season
  • Rainbow chard
  • Fresh basil and parsley
  • Sunflowers to take home

From partner farms

  • Sweet potatoes
  • Honeycrisp apples
  • Collard greens
  • Butternut squash

Pantry and bread

  • Sourdough and sandwich loaves
  • Black beans and brown rice
  • Rolled oats
  • Eggs, while they last

Bring a bag if you can. We'll have extras.

What we run

Grown here, cooked here, shared here.

Three programs, one idea: good food belongs to everyone in the neighborhood.

Market table with crates of heirloom tomatoes, kale, carrots and fresh bread beside a chalkboard sign reading Free, take what you needEvery Saturday

Saturday market

A free grocery market, open to anyone, with no ID or paperwork required. Fresh produce, pantry staples, and bread from three local bakeries.

  • 8am–1pm on the 4th Street lot
  • Bring a bag, or take one of ours
  • Take what you need, nothing to sign
Neighbors of all ages sharing a home-cooked meal at one long wooden table in the community kitchenTue & Thu evenings

Community kitchen

Twice a week, neighbors cook and eat together. Anyone can join the table, and anyone who wants to learn to cook is welcome behind the counter.

  • Dinner at 6pm, cooking starts at 4
  • Kids eat with their families
  • Menus built from what the garden grows
Urban community garden with raised beds, sunflowers and volunteers working at sunrise, brick buildings and a water tower behindOpen daily

The garden lot

A half-acre plot on 4th Street, farmed by volunteers, that supplies roughly a third of what goes out at the Saturday market. Open for anyone to come plant, weed, or just sit.

  • Tools and gloves on site
  • Workdays Wednesday and Saturday mornings
  • Ask about a family bed
Get involved

It takes a whole neighborhood to set this table.

Volunteer a Saturday

Market days always need hands: unloading, sorting, or just talking with neighbors while they shop. No experience needed.

Sign up for a shift
Shifts are 2 to 3 hours. Teens welcome with a grown-up.

Give what you can

Every dollar buys roughly four dollars of groceries through our wholesale partners. Monthly gifts help us plan the market further ahead.

Donate monthly
$25 a month stocks a family's market bag every week.