Guerneville’s market is smaller than Santa Rosa’s and should be used that way. Come for the week’s ripe fruit, a few vegetables, bread and something made locally; do not expect a supermarket translated into tents.
The three o’clock opening works for visitors leaving the river and residents planning dinner. In summer heat, buy refrigerated food on the way out rather than the way in.
What to buy
A bag for Guerneville Thursday Certified Farmers Market.
Summer fruit
Peaches, plums, berries and melons are natural river-day food.
Vegetables
Shop around what is abundant instead of forcing a winter recipe into August.
Farm-raised meat
Bring a cooler if the drive home is not immediate.
Freshly baked goods
Breakfast at the rental or fuel for tomorrow’s river trip.