Long Island winter farmers markets for 2026

During the growing season, Long Island boasts around 40 farmers markets, from Great Neck and Long Beach in the West to Greenport and Montauk in the East. Winter is another story, with only six hardy locales providing indoor spaces that can accommodate vendors’ and shoppers’ needs.

The five Suffolk County markets (Bayport, Huntington Station, Port Jefferson, Westhampton, Riverhead) are all well-oiled machines but it’s been a few years since Nassau had a winter market. This year, Bright Eye Beer Co. in Long Beach has stepped up, offering its taproom on alternate Saturdays through March.

Since the local harvest is slim — storage vegetables and greenhouse produce — the focus is on provisions made by local artisans: cheese, sausages, empanadas, soups, coffee, pickles, snack foods and countless baked goods: Almost every market boasts bakers embracing sourdough, shunning gluten and featuring every style in between.

Flexibility is the key to being a successful market shopper. Many vendors alternate markets from week to week and some only show up occasionally. Then again, there are a handful of vendors such as Horman’s Best Pickles, TerraNut (pure nut bars) and The Big Cheese (farmstead cheeses and charcuterie) who seem to show up everywhere simultaneously.

Most supplies are limited so remember that early birds often get the best worms.

BAYPORT

Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through March 14 at Bayport Flower House, 940 Montauk Hwy.

Yes, it’s a winter market, but when the sun beats down into this heated greenhouse, spring seems around the corner. The first thing you'll see when you cross the threshold is Laurel’s Butters, owned by the market’s organizer, Laurel Bickford Shortell, and offering a range of protein-rich Laurel’s Butters, handcrafted from nuts and little else. Priscilla’s Farm from Southold brings carrots, potatoes, rutabagas and other winter vegetables. Consider yourself lucky if you encounter olive oil from Turturici & Sons, grown by the Turturici family on their land in Sicily. Bayport’s own The Fish Store offers a variety of fresh-caught fish and prepared foods. You’ll also find I-can’t-believe-there’s-no-gluten artisanal breads from Bethany Sallese’s House of Gluten Free, Jones Beach Brewing, South Shore Mushrooms, Angie’s Empanadas, Paula’s Polish Pierogies, The Big Cheese, Pat’s Bakehouse and Jon’s Kitchen Tools. More info: Instagram @southshorefarmersmarket

HUNTINGTON STATION

Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through April 26 at Spirit of Huntington Art Center, 2 Melville Rd.

This is the third year that Long Island’s oldest indoor market has taken up residence in the Spirit of Huntington Art Center and, behind the vendors, you can see paints, markers, scissors and other tools of the center’s trades. 4 E Green Farms, which maintains several greenhouses in Yaphank, brings a wide variety of fresh produce. On the artisan bread front, Cutchogue-based Fields of Dough alternates weeks with Johnny Breads, the cult Gold Coast sourdough bakery. You’ll also find mushrooms from Cam's Urban Farm, sweet treats from Three French Hens, breads, pies and cookies from Oyster Bay’s Moola Farm, as well as eggs and dairy products from the family’s farm in the Catskills. Ridgewood Pork Store makes the trek from Queens to introduce shoppers to the relatively unsung charcuterie of Eastern Europe, from smoked pork shoulders to lamb prosciutto. You’ll also find smoked salmon and other cured fish from Sir John Wincroft, coffee from Bauer’s Brew, Pop Culture Cookies and more. More info: facebook.com/LIWinterMarket

LONG BEACH

Alternate Saturdays (Feb. 14 and 28, March 14 and 28) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bright Eye Beer Co., 50 W Park Ave.

All hail Bright Eye Beer Co. for hosting Long Beach’s winter market in its taproom. Space is limited — 16 vendors is the limit — but among the regulars are winter-market stalwarts Horman’s Best Pickles, The Big Cheese and Pams Jamz. Also look for Black Cap Beverage Company (kombucha from Farmingdale), Fields of Dough (artisan bread from Cutchogue), Moola Farms (baked goods and dairy from Oyster Bay), Carlo’s Homemade of NY (old-world pasta sauces) and The Lemon Life, bringing the taste of summer with fresh-shaken lemonade. More info: Instagram @longbeachfarmersmarket

RIVERHEAD FARMERS MARKET

Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through April 25 at Twin Fork Beer Co., 807 Raynor Ave.

This is the third year that Twin Fork Beer Co. has offered up its brewery floor while construction continues on the Riverhead market’s permanent home, the East End Food Institute. Milla’s Puffs brings the great Brazilian cheese puffs, pão de queijo. 1610 Sourdough brings handmade artisanal loaves. Sweet Woodland Farm grows medicinal herbs on the North Fork, dries and packages them so that you can make your own infusions and tinctures. Pendleton’s Harvest Moon Farm in Riverhead raises sheep and chickens and you’ll find their lamb and eggs, as well as earrings fashioned from tiny chicken feathers. You’ll also find hydroponic greens from Maryhaven Center of Hope Farm, and microgreens from Urban Coyote Farm. Have you been thinking about upping your cutting board game? Green Door Woodworks makes a variety of end- and edge-grain boards. You’ll also find Mattituck Mushrooms, Montauk Smoked Fish, Better Man Distilling and more. More info: Instagram @riverheadfarmersmarket

PORT JEFFERSON

Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through May 3 at Village Center, 101 E. Broadway

Port Jefferson’s harborside warm-weather market moves inside for the winter, but still has a view of the harbor from the village’s Shipyard Building. This is the rare winter market that has multiple sources of fresh produce: Leslie and Priscilla Howard of Priscilla’s Farm in Southold bring potatoes, squash, rutabagas, herbs, carrots and leafy greens as long as they are still pulling things out of the ground; Sweet Melissa 1932 Farm sells a variety of produce both local and from a greenhouse in Pennsylvania; Maryhaven Center of Hope farms hydroponically in Yaphank. Mount Sinai’s ramen micro-factory, Happy Noodle, is selling its fresh noodles as well as kits that include noodles and broth. You’ll also find smoked salmon, bluefish and more from Riverhead-based Montauk Smoked Fish; Jordanian spreads, sweets, pickles and pies from Naela’s Mediterranean Market; honey from O Honey Bee Farm, nut bars from TerraNut, cinnamon rolls and more from East End Dough Co., sauces from Zito’s Traditions and spirits from Spring Hollow Farm Distillery. More info: portjeffny.gov/Winter-Farmers-Market

WESTHAMPTON BEACH

Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through April 25 at St. Mark’s Church Parish Hall, 40 Main St.

This winter market may be Long Island’s most welcoming. Vendors share the church’s parish hall with a blazing fire and comfortable couches. Your first stop might be Tend Coffee, the great Shirley roaster, which sells hot coffee and bagged beans. Then it’s on to Newlight Breadworks (founded on Long Island, now baking in the Bronx) with its sourdough, ciabatta, sandwich loaves and enormous Bavarian pretzels. "Taking simplicity to the next level" is the motto of Aki Goldberg’s Aki’s Kitchen. She freezes local produce to use all season long for her soups, sauces and salads. Bridgehampton’s Mecox Bay Dairy offers tastes of its prizewinning cheeses, and TerraNut sells its energy-packed Nut Punch bars which contain nothing more than nuts, seeds, spirulina (seaweed) and coconut nectar. You’ll also find Kalypso Greek specialties and yogurt (packaged in terra-cotta pots), South Shore Mushrooms, Jessy’s Empanadas, Hampton Preserves, Horman’s Best Pickles, Milla’s Puffs and more. Brooklyn’s Papa Pasquale Ravioli Company brings so many items to the market, it sets up outside near the parking lot. More info: More info: westhamptonchamber.org/