Saturday Market Guide, Salt Spring Island

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MARKET magazine S A LT S P R I N G I S L A N D 2019/2020

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Introduction

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Feasting on jam & bread

Saturday Market in a nutshell.

A round-up of some essential market food vendors.

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Once you’ve toured the market, explore the rest of Ganges.

Local artists create unique wearable souvenirs.

19 doggy daycare

BC SPCA volunteers offer oneon-one service.

20 festival round-up

Come back when special events are happening on the island.

21 VENDOR LISTINGS

Info and contact details for market vendors.

22 ArtS & CRafts

A pictorial on some of the artsfocused vendors and products.

MARKET photoS bY Marc kitteringham unless otherwise noted

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REVERSE BELOW

A bit of history Farmers were the original Saturday market vendors on Salt Spring. But since the 1970s the edge of Centennial Park has been used as a spot to sell various wares.

Then in the 1990s a “Make it, Bake it or Grow it” stipulation was applied to market goods by the Capital Regional District, which owns the park, transforming it from a free-for-all vending area to a more regulated venture. Goods that fall outside of that criteria are also available in the “Ganges Alley” side of the market, offering the best of both worlds every Saturday from April through October.

Above: Danielle Power shows off her Power Essentials line.

At right: Salt Spring Tweed’s purpose-made bags are must-have for the Market.

Below: Members of FungLoy Kok Taoist Tai Chi practice in the warm spring air.

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Heather Campbell with a diminishing selection of her wood-fire baked bread, which is usually sold out by 1 p.m.

jam and bread: Tasty options abound

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Salt Spring’s Saturday Market in the Park has always had farmers at the heart of operations, and a walk through today reveals many tables over-flowing with beautiful, fresh produce. Just as inviting, though, are the glass jars of jewell-toned preserves that many local farmers offer alongside their fresh strawberries and leeks.

In the past when supermarkets and shipping were not around to make all things available all year, home preserving was the best way to get most fruits and vegetables in the winter. Salt, sugar and vinegar are all natural preservatives, and not only kill the bacteria that makes food spoil, but enhance flavours at the same time. Preserving also offered homesteaders a way to profit from the bounty they couldn’t consume or sell

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right away. The Salt Spring Island Jam Factory, a cooperative venture, began processing island fruit and berries in 1921 and moved to a building on Hereford Avenue in 1922 — information on the operation can be found at the heritage building site, located just a short walk from the market.

We continue to love our jams, pickles and chutneys, whether sweet or savoury. And those of us still eating carbs love a good oven-baked platform for enjoying preserves. As the Do-Re-Mi song from the Sound of Music suggests, tea is just a drink to have with the real stars of the show: jam and bread.

Salt Spring market vendors make it equally easy to enjoy these items as an on-the-spot treat or for a lovely brunch at home the next day. One stall even makes it possible to have it all in just one place.

Lorraine’s Kitchen, located at the far end of the market near the public marina access, offers fried doughboys as the cornerstone. The doughboys — known as beaver tails or whale tails at other locations — can be topped with simple cinnamon sugar sprinkles, but there are also numerous homemade jams on hand to load on top. Business proprietor Dava Caldwell also sells an even bigger selection of bottled preserves from the stall.

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of the year. In the fall there’s a lot of cinLorraine’s Kitchen started out as the businamon apple stuff. In summer, lots of the ness of Caldwell’s aunt back in 1986, and her jams, jellies, marmalades, mustards and boozy ones and the fruit that’s in season,” she says. chutneys were the initial focus. She started making the doughboys as a way for people Harvest treats to sample the product, based on the treats Cleome and Jan Steinman of EcoReality she used to fry up for her kids out of leftCo-op farm are among the first local farm over dough scraps. Today’s platter-sized vendors to include preserves as a mainstay doughbouy is no scrap, however.

“It’s a treat. It’s not a staple,” Caldwell says, of their market stall. They raise goats as well as many different fruits and vegetables, sold explaining why she only makes them for both as produce and as plant starts.

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Caldwell inherited her aunt’s recipe bible CONTINUED ON PG 9 when she took over the business six years ago, and has added to the book.

She now makes 75 different types of preserves using fresh local produce, much of it grown on her family’s large historic farm. Her very best selling savoury is a special blend mustard that Lorraine created. Favourite sweet When it’s time to indulge, blends include a salted caramel apple butter and the Flaming Mango. Irresistonly the best will do. We ible novelty flavours include a gin and prepare all of our delicious tonic jelly. cakes, pastries and breads Caldwell’s children have often worked alongside her in the booth. For from the finest, freshest the past few years her main helper has ingredients for flavour that’s been Chris Atkinson, now a young high beyond compare. school student. His observation is that customers rarely want to limit their choices.

“A lot of people come and when they leave, their doughboy is like a painter’s palette of jam,” he says.

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Tony DePasquale of Bloom Breads serves up a fresh loaf early on a Saturday morning.

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Salt Spring market vendors make it equally easy to enjoy these items as an on-the-spot treat or for a lovely brunch at home the next day.

Dava Caldwell , left, and Kyra Scott have both sides of the jam and bread equation at Lorraine’s Kitchen.

Their philosophy of a constantly sustained growing cycle has seen the Steinmans find use for all their materials. Their savoury preserves, for example, are made using pear cider vinegar they’ve also made from scratch using fruit from their orchard, which was planted in the 1800s.

“Some of them are what we would call cattle pears, so we press them and use them in all our products,” Jan says.

The farm grows tons of tomatoes and peppers each year, so there is bound to be some fruit left over for production. Favourite items include a salsa verde made with tomatillos grown on the farm, fruit preserves with reduced sugar (jam technically has to be 50 per cent sugar) and jellies that spice up the fruit profile with slightly more exotic tastes such as gingerplum, blackberry-jalapeno and blackberry-lavender.

Pepper jellies are made with some wonderful varieties such as the Brazilian starfish pepper, the infamous ghost pepper and the Bulgarian carrot pepper — which actually resembles a tiny carrot, suspended whole in the jelly.

“I love to experiment with things; I really do,” says Cleome, who ordered the Brazilian starfish pepper seeds from a catalogue because the fruit looked so beautiful.

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Jan and Cleome Steinman of EcoReality Co-op with some of their unique preserves.

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EcoReality preserves are sold in homestyle canning jars so that customers can re-use the jars, or return them to the farm for a credit.

The Steinmans also welcome sharing their knowledge with anyone who wants to learn the arts of food growing and preserving themselves.

“My goal is not to sell preserves, it’s for everyone to be more selfsufficient,” Cleome says. “Our goal is really for people to do this on their own.”

The bread Two main bread makers have made the market their base of operations for many years, and both Heather’s Breads and Bloom Breads can be be expected to sell out by early afternoon. Line-ups are commonplace at both stalls, where many islanders prefer to do their weekend shopping.

Heather Campbell started her business in 1995. She uses fresh organic ingredients, which are

baked to perfection in her woodfired oven. Regular customers are most distressed if her date-ginger bread is gone before they arrive.

Cheese and garlic is another popular combination.

“It goes with everything, especially in the summer,” Campbell says.

During a recent visit to the market stall, a former restauranteur was at the stand buying bread for a French-themed dinner she would be cooking for guests that night — friends who live in L.A.’s exclusive Century City neighbourhood. But it’s not just special guests or events that brings people back week after week. Home-crafted care and excellent quality define Heather’s Breads and many other market foods.

“A lot of Salt Springers make a point of coming to the market; it’s not just the visitors,” Campbell says. “We get a lot of community support.”

Bloom Breads’ Tony DePasquale specializes in organic Italian and

European-type breads of many varieties. Go there for a basic country loaf or those with special additives like olives and herbs, but don’t miss out of the pain au chocolate.

The French pastry buns do not last long into the morning.

Francis Bread is the new kid on the block as of 2018, but Meghan Carr and Peter Hunt have perfected the art of naturally leavened wood-fired bread, which they make with organic grains grown in B.C. Grain combinations make kamut and spelt flours easy to love, while innovations like the cheese bread with nuggets of polenta are truly inspired.

Bonus round Jam and bread may be the perfect combination of foods, but there are other bottled treats in the market that don’t quite meet the category, like homemade sauces and condiments. A must-visit stall for fans of piquant and umami tastes is hosted by

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Phoenix Farm spices it up its product line with hot sauce and other condiments.

Aki and Miki Kikuchi. Their organic lemonade and kettle corn stand comes with an inspired sideline in condiments. Japanese chili oil made with a sesame oil base and garlic has a wonderful flavour. It is a perfect boost for anything from fried noodles to meat dishes to soups. The couple also makes herbpowered Argentinian chimichurri and Moroccan

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Not your r i n e v u o s e averag Art meets environment with market’s T-shirt vendors

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Photo: Rolando Lampitoc with his handpainted T-shirts.

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T-shirts have become one of the easiest ways to capture the memory and feeling of being somewhere special, and that includes Salt Spring’s Saturday market.

With the all-local production rules, souvenir shirts have come a long way from being massproduced and kitschy. Local T-shirt vendors have taken the market’s message to heart. They have found ways to imbue the island’s creative and environmentally-friendly spirit into their garments.

Donna Johnstone runs one of the longest-running market stands. She has been selling clothing for the last 36 years, and took up screen printing after taking a class with her daughter in 2002.

Screen printing is a process in which fabric dyes are pressed onto the shirt through a stencil laid out on a screen. Johnstone creates her screens by hand, using photo-sensitive chemicals to create a stencil which will allow the dye to pass through onto the shirt.

“If you’re careful, you can use it forever,” she says.

One of her most popular designs is a raven and it is also one of the first screens she made. “I always

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Above: Hannah Fairbrother, with T-Shirt art inspired by the natural world. Below: Donna Johnstone hand-sews and prints clothing using sustainably-sourced fabric.

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do that screen last so that I can carry my basket of screens down to the water and I wash that one first... It’s an interesting one. I have tried to reproduce it a couple of times, and I never get it the same.”

Like the raven, Johnstone’s designs typically come from the natural world. She has also printed birds, sea creatures, trees and plants. Keeping with the market’s hand-made philosophy, Johnstone sews her women’s T-shirts, using organic bamboo and cotton.

Johnstone has been a part of the Market Advisory Group since its inception, and has made a point of bringing newer vendors under her wing.

“I have a tendency to try to meet the new people and give them pointers. There’s a certain amount of competitive spirit, but there’s also a lot of cooperation. The older people like to help the younger people, and then the younger people out-do the older people in the end,” she says.

Johnstone has also taken other vendors over to Vancouver for classes, and taught some herself.

One of the people Johnstone has taught is fellow vendor Hannah Fairbrother, with Kindred Coast designs.

Fairbrother has been working in the market for seven years. Her T-shirts are also all designed by hand, and printed with water-based inks on sustainably sourced organic materials. Fairbrother even upcycles her screens, using old frames she finds at thrift stores and sheer curtains instead of purchasing them new. Her artwork is designed to be timeless and to help people resist the trend of “fast fashion.”

“There’s already so much stuff out there in the world, I really don’t think that we need to create any more bad products just to throw away,” she says. “There’s so much in the landfill now, so it’s important to me to make good quality clothes that people can wear for years to come or pass down to other people and not just add to the problem.”

Fairbrother makes garments beyond just T-shirts. While her T-shirt fabric is sourced from a Canadian manufacturer, her hoodies and tank tops come from a company in Vancouver that recycles fabric ends from Lower Mainland manufacturers.

“I get it from this volunteer place and I’m able to use up material instead of it just going directly into the landfill,” she says.

When it comes to design, Fairbrother also gets her inspiration from nature. She is an accomplished artist, and her T-shirts all feature original artwork. One of her top sellers this year is of trees

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growing out of a heartbeat symbol.

“I keep it all pretty positive,” she says. “I try to make good images that make people smile and just good messages to have out there in the world.”

Inspiration from nature is a theme common among all the market’s T-shirt vendors. Rolando Lampitoc runs the Fish T’s stand, where he uses his skills as a visual artist and painter to create one-of-a-kind shirts.

“A buddy of mine took me out fishing. We caught some rock fish. I thought that I wanted to do something with it before I ate it, so I sketched it out and started drawing it,” Lampitoc says. “At first I was doing watercolours, then someone asked if I could make a T-shirt. I did it and he thought it was really cool, so I started to see what happens when I sold it at the market.”

Lampitoc is one of the newer vendors in the T-shirt business at the market. He came to Salt Spring three years ago, and has been selling his shirts in the market ever since. While he used to work in screen printing, Lampitoc decided to go a different route this year. Now he uses bleach and inks to paint directly onto the shirts.

“The bleach is unforgiving. You put it on and

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Above: Aila Gessinger is one of the youngest T-shirt vendors in the market. Below: Handmade children’s clothing by Zoe Fox.

it kind of runs, and doesn’t have an exact line.”

“Sometimes it drips. It’s sort of a cool effect, too; people respond well to it. They know it’s hand made, so whatever imperfections it has, people accept it,” he says. “The process is just taking away the dye from the T-shirt. It is almost like drawing in reverse. You’re drawing the highlights rather than the positive space.”

Lampitoc used to sell T-shirts in Toronto, where he worked as a graphic artist before moving to the west coast. His unique style creates a result that is more interesting than what he was getting out of screen printing, and people have been responding well.

“I try to make new ones all the time. I noticed some things are popular, so the popular ones get sold right away. I just create another one.

They don’t always turn out the same because it’s hand-made... It’s just a lot of fun to do.”

Gone are the days of coming home with a touristy T-shirt that will rarely be worn. Instead of joke shirts or mass-produced generic tourist trappings, Salt Spring visitors and locals alike can explore the creativity and ingenuity of local T-shirt vendors at the Saturday Market.

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Salt Spring BC SPCA director Jerry Lewandowski and a Doggy Daycare patron.

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Care for your pooches while you’re in the market

No dogs are allowed in the Salt Spring Saturday Market, but Buster and Fido can still have fun while their owners shop.

That’s because the Salt Spring branch of the BC SPCA offers its Doggy Daycare each week in Centennial Park, from mid-May until the Labour Day weekend, and possibly later in the season if the weather is good.

Dogs are given one-on-one treatment with a volunteer for up to two hours between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Volunteers play with the dogs, pet them, give them treats and keep them company until their owners are finished at the market. Cost for the service is $10 per hour and all of the money goes back into the shelter.

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one dog is picked up we can take another. Depending on the time of day determines whether you can drop your dog off right away or be put on a wait list.”

The busiest they’ve been was having between 12 and 15 dogs at a time. The service is essential with animals not allowed in the market.

“We don’t want dogs left in hot cars,” says Lewandowski. “There was no solution, so in Centennial Park we got permission to use the fenced-in area and basically provide a one-on-one dog-sitting service for anybody who wanted to go to the market but had pets.”

Doggy Daycare has run in the park since 2012.

Dogs are not allowed otherwise anywhere in Centennial Park, even outside the market area.

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We asked at the Saturday Market . . .

DANIELLE POWER

What is your favourite treat at the market?

The best things are either the falafel or the croissants.

SIVALLA LIN I love the quiche, also the sprout roll.

ELLEN KARPINSKI It’s different every time. I usually get the apple fritters, the kombu balls or the tarts.

ERIN MORRIS For me it’s the scones.

DEANNA MILLIGAN The breakfast sandwiches, but you have to get here early for those.

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YEAR-ROUND EXCITEMENT! The Saturday Market in the Park is a big draw for visitors to Salt Spring, but the island has lots of other special events taking place throughout the year. The following are just a few on tap for 2019/20. Come back for another visit!

June 16: Father’s Day Free Swim.

Rainbow Rd. Aquatic Centre.

June 13-26: Salt Spring Photofest.

Island galleries and cafes.

June 21-23: Tour des Iles Festival. Interisland tours.

June 28-29/July 4-7: The Comedy of Errors. Centennial Park June 29-July7: Painters Guild Annual Summer Art Show and Sale. ArtSpring.

July 1: Canada Day Celebrations. Show & Shine, fireworks and more.

July 7: Heritage Day. SS Farmers’ Institute.

July 13: Rotary Club Crab Fest. Rotary Marine Park.

July 18-20: ArtSpring Treasure Fair.

July 21-27: SS Chamber Festival.

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Aug. 12-16: Area 33 Creative Residency. ArtSpring.

Aug. 23-25: Motorcycle Toy Run. Farmers’ Institute.

Aug. 23-24, 28-31: Beauty and the Beast musical. ArtSpring.

Sept. 21: Salt Spring National Art Prize exhibition opens. Mahon Hall.

See calendars at www.gulfislands driftwood.com or saltspringtourism.com for up-to-date event details.

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Emily Surbey and her Bearded Lady chicken in the Salt Spring Fall Fair Pet Parade.

Sept. 29: SSI Apple Festival.

October: Harvest Food & Drink Festival. Various events.

Oct. 21: Salt Spring National Art Prize exhibition closes.

Oct. 31: Halloween fun and fireworks.

Nov. 2: Fabulous Flea Market. Fulford Hall.

Nov. 11: Remembrance Day ceremony.

Centennial Park.

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Taiko drummer Jacob Derksen, left, gives audience volunteer Ralph Miller a lesson at the Blossom Festival.

Nov. 15-17: Giant Book & Jewellery Sale. Farmers’ Institute.

December: Many seasonal activities and craft fairs!

March: Salt Spring Documentary Film Festival. GISS. April: Salt Spring Blooms in April activities, including Blossom Picnic, Easter Art Show and Earth Day Festival.

Sept. 4-8: SSI Pride Festival.

Sept. 14-15: SSI Fall Fair at the Farmers’ Institute.

Sept. 20-22: Westcoast Work Boat Fall Rendezvous.

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Leo and Reuben Crane enjoy ice cream at Heritage Day on the Farmers’ Institute grounds.

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Laughing Daughters Gluten Free Foods Inc. #120, 334 Upper Ganges Rd 1-778-353-0022 judy@laughingdaughters.com laughingdaughters.com http://twitter.com/laughingGFbaker instagram.com/laughingdaughters Laughing Daughters produces a wide range of quality nutritious goodies and savoury treats in a dedicated Gluten Free facility. You can find our products at our new storefront, select local cafes and food stores and in the Victoria, Duncan, Ladysmith and Naniamo area. Please check our website for locations. Our hours are MondayFriday 9:00am - 4:30pm, and Saturdays see us in the market!

jewellery Santosha “Yoga Inspired” Jewellery Dorothy Price Cell - 250-537-7675 santosha-yoga-retreats.com dorothy@santosha-yoga-retreats.com Beautiful gemstone necklaces, mala style necklaces and bracelets made with the yoga spirit in mind. Created by yoga teacher Dorothy Price of Santosha Yoga Retreats. Meet Dorothy in the market across the street from the fire hall, on the “street-side” of the Market.

REAL ESTATE Paul Zolob, Royal LePage 342 Lower Ganges Road 250-526-2626 Serving Salt Spring & the Southern Gulf Islands Royal LePage Duncan Realty, SALT SPRING BRANCH paul@paulzolob.com paulzolob.com Let Paul help you turn your dreams into an address on one of the beautiful Gulf Islands. “There is a home for you on the Gulf Islands, no matter what your needs, we can find that perfect fit.”

farm Sacred Mountain Lavender Ben and Jacqueline Sutton 401 Musgrave Road PH: 250-653-2315 info@sacredmountainlavender.com sacredmountainlavender.com Explore rich, purple lavender fields and our farm shop, offering a wide variety of lavender plants, spa and culinary products. See our website for information and our online store! Open May 1 - Thanksgiving Wed-Sun 10-5, July and Aug 7 days a week. saturday market guide

SHOPS + SERVICES SALT SPRING COMMUNICATION STATION - Authorized Telus Dealer342 Lower Ganges Road 250-537-8371 We are the place you will find all your cell phone essentials. Hours: Open Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday 9 am to 12 noon. We carry the latest brand name cell phones and a great selection of accessories.

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A few of the vendors and booths selling arts and craft products at the Salt Spring market.

1. Gillian Gandossi shows off her artwork.

2. Aki Otsu sells both Rice Balls and felted art.

3. Benjamin Atkinson selling hand-made wooden toys.

4. A felted wood owl by Aki Otso.

5. Up-cycled sails are turned into bags and Viscious Fishes Weavable Art.

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Be Water Wise

Use Only What You Need Water is a precious resource and supplies on Salt Spring are much more limited than in other parts of BC. Please join islanders as we work together to ensure that this summer, and every summer, we use this limited resource wisely.

Try these conservation tips: • Keep showers short.

• Run only full loads in dishwashers and washing machines.

• Shut off the tap while brushing teeth, shaving, and washing.

• Flush less often.

• Inform guests about our island’s limited water supply, and ask them to be part of the solution.

Together we can make a difference

www.northsaltspringwaterworks.ca GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

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Ganges Alley Find it all in Ganges, the heart of Salt Spring Island 149 Fulford-Ganges Road

• Bean Drinkin Cafe great coffee, amazing views, not your typical cafe.

• Gem&I Jewellery high grade gemstones, sterling silver + 18K gold unique jewellery

• Buzzy’s Luncheonette Montreal smoked meat

• Heart & Bone Provisions for clean organic Keto foods

• Osisi Boutique baskets, bags, accessories

• Elfarrow ETHICAL fashion

• Giulietta Designs art jewellry

• Rhubarb Designs The Shop home & garden decor

• Pathway to Wellness wellness treatments at location ~ chair massage at Saturday Market

• Saltspring Wok Bar Asian fusion noodle boxes

• Nook Saltspring homeware, handcrafts + more

• Mobile Electronic Repair 1 hour iPhone repairs

• Big Bear + the Wolf locally made children’s clothes + home decor

And more...

Visit these unique businesses on the waterfront