The 218 Market

Today Gary and I went to the 218 Market.

We had heard about this market from several people, mainly Blaine and Hilary. However, a few Ivy Tech colleagues who lived in the area had mentioned it, and Bill and Judy Castor had visited there earlier this week and he had posted about it on FB.

On Sunday Hilary and I drove past it on our way to Camden to watch Cooper play in a double header, so I knew where it was located.

Everyone was right.  We found all kinds of neat things there.
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Fresh vegetables and fruits - we brought home a couple of zucchini, three yellow squash, and a few tomatoes

Baked goods - a loaf of cinnamon swirl bread, a small freshly homemade peach pie, noodles (not a baked good but on the same shelves), a box of soft chocolate chip cookies for the kids (but I tried one and they are delicious!)

Deli items - Colby cheese, pepperjack cheese, and honey ham - all fro Walnut Creek (Amish country in Ohio close to where Mom and Dad lived)

Other items - a container of dry mix for broccoli soup, a bottle of vidalia onion salad dressing, a container of sugar free chocolate covered nuts, a container of dried fruit snack mix, a small container of potato salad

And the prices were really good on all of these items. 

There was so much more that we could have purchased but didn't - mums, apples, soup mixes, more cookies, pickles (that I intended to look at and purchase but forgot), spices, more deli items.

After stowing our purchases in the Escape, we drove into Camden to a corner cafe, recommended by a friend of Bill and Judy's (she commented on his post about the 218 Market).  It was also a German Baptist establishment.  We ordered sandwiches and fries at the counter, filled our drink cups at the side counter, and waited for our food to arrive.  Gary enjoyed his cheeseburger with all the fixings and I had a turkey, bacon, ranch in a spinach wrap which was really good.  We split a large order of fries.  Our bill for lunch was a little over $17.  Not bad at all!

Now that we have discovered this place, I think we will be returning.  We had heard that it was an Amish market, and it does sell many cheeses and meats from Walnut Creek, which is Amish.  But the people running the market seem to be German Baptist, and many of the people who stopped to shop were wearing the traditional German Baptist garb and were also driving cars.  Even though we did see on horse and buggy on the road into Camden, I don't think that is the general mode of travel for the people running and visiting the market.

Good place to stop and buy some unusual items.  If you are in the area, try it!