Marrickville Markets

I’ve wanted to go to the Marrickville Markets ever since I heard about them and the amazing dumplings you can get there. And while I didn’t end up eating dumplings yesterday (they’d sold out!) there were plenty of other stalls to make it worth my while.

Wandering through the markets I was struck not only by the smells of gourmet sausages, bacon and egg rolls, fresh coffee and gozleme, but also by the sense of community. The markets seem like a place you would go to with friends, but if you do go on your own I’m sure you’d pick up a few friends along the way; a characteristic which defines the inner west.

Browsing through stalls with clothes, home wares, organic fruit and vegetables, breads and cakes, essential oils and incense, fair-trade coffee and ageing books, my grumbling tummy got the better of me. After a painstaking process of indecision and hunger, we finally decided on nachos and spinach and cheese gozleme, followed by banana and chocolate (nutella) gozleme for dessert. We sat and ate on the grass, watching the ponies clip-clop around and the many groups of families and friends enjoying each others’ company and the laid-back atmosphere of the markets.

I’d definitely recommend the Marrickville Markets on a lazy Sunday for anyone in or outside of the area; it’s definitely worth travelling to.

The markets are on every Sunday 8.30am-3pm at the Addison Road Community Centre, 142 Addison Road Marrickville. Check out more info at www.organicfoodmarkets.com.au