Teaneck's Farmers Market Adds a Wednesday for Thanksgiving Week

In 2006, the farmers market in the Cedar Lane municipal lot was listed as a June-to-October affair, open Thursdays from noon to 6 p.m. at Garrison Avenue and Beverly Road. By the time tents went up for the season, local farm stands were long done with their Jersey tomatoes and peaches. This year the same market, in the same lot, is still open in the week before Thanksgiving. On Wednesday, Nov. 25, it holds a special pre-Thanksgiving market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The published season has gotten longer over the past twenty years, starting earlier in spring and closing later in fall. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is now an extra market day on a weekday the market doesn't usually use.

A Thursday Market With a Wednesday Add-On

The market's regular schedule hasn't changed in years. NorthJersey.com's 2026 farmers market guide listed the Teaneck Farmers Market for Thursdays, noon to 6 p.m., from May 7, 2026, through October. October came and went, and on Oct. 27 the Township of Teaneck announced that the market would continue through November. Patch reported on Nov. 6 that the regular market runs every Thursday throughout the month.

Thanksgiving this year is Thursday, Nov. 26, and the pre-Thanksgiving market is scheduled for the day before. Patch describes the Nov. 25 date as a "special shopping day" ahead of the holiday, separate from the weekly Thursday market.

The hours change too. A regular Thursday runs from noon to 6 p.m., built for lunch breaks and the walk home from work. The Wednesday market opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m., which suits a morning run for pies and produce better than an after-work stop.

A Season That Keeps Getting Longer

Put the market's published seasons side by side and you can see the drift. Across two decades, the season has moved from a June opening to early May and from an October close to November.

The 2012 season was announced as the market's sixteenth year, "still located in the Municipal Parking Lot at Garrison Avenue and Beverly Road, just off of Cedar Lane." The address has stayed put the whole time. The calendar is what keeps changing. Between 2006 and 2022, the published season grew from five months to more than six, starting in early May rather than June and running well into November.

The market's Thanksgiving week presence follows from that. Once a market is still open in mid-November, the step to a holiday shopping day is a short one. In Teaneck, that step was taken in 2019.

Where the Holiday Market Came From

The Pascack Press covered that first Thanksgiving Market, held Nov. 24, 2019, under a large tent in the Cedar Lane municipal lot on Garrison Avenue from noon to 4 p.m. It rained steadily all day. The paper reported that shoppers filled bags with cheeses, soups, honey and maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, coffee, Amish pies, apple cake and pickles, while other tables sold essential oils and soaps.

The sponsor was the Cedar Lane Management Group, the organization that supports businesses along Cedar Lane. According to the Pascack Press, it does not charge its members a fee to take part in community events like this one. Karen Careccio, then chair of the group, told the paper:

"We have about 175 businesses in our district. This is our first Thanksgiving Market, and even with this bad weather, I hope to see a few hundred people throughout the day. From the response I've seen so far, we will definitely do this again next year."

The same article listed the group's other annual events: the weekly farmers market, a Memorial Day Street Fair, a Halloween Festival, and Zumba, ballroom dancing and Pilates classes. That context matters for the Nov. 25 market. The farmers market sits inside the business district's own event calendar, and it is run by the people whose stores line Cedar Lane. One parent quoted by the Pascack Press in 2019 said her family visited the weekly market during the season, and that her children loved the holiday market "because it has so many desserts."

Seven years later, Cedar Lane Management Group still runs the market. Patch identified the group as the operator in its Nov. 6 coverage of this year's pre-Thanksgiving date.

What to Expect on Nov. 25

Here are the essentials for the Wednesday market, drawn from the Township's announcement and Patch's report:

• When: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Where: Municipal parking lot at the corner of Garrison Avenue and Beverly Road, just off Cedar Lane
• Run by: Cedar Lane Management Group
• What's there: Patch describes the market as more than 10 tented vendors selling fresh produce, artisan foods, baked goods, plants, flowers and handmade products

The market has a long roster of past vendors, and some names have been familiar for years. In 2012 it announced returning farm stands Sunden's Stone Pointe Farm and Stoltzfus Produce, along with The Amish Country Bakery, Angela Logan's Mortgage Apple Cakes, Picklelicious and Hoboken Farms. When The Jewish Link visited in 2022, it counted close to 20 vendors. It reported that the Stoltzfus Produce farmer had been coming since 2011, and that Picklelicious also has a storefront at 384 Cedar Lane. Those are records of earlier seasons, not this year's lineup, and the Nov. 25 tables will be whoever Cedar Lane Management Group has signed up for the day.

For anyone shopping for a kosher holiday table, The Jewish Link's 2022 report is a useful reference point. At that time it confirmed The Cheese Guy and Picklelicious as certified under the RCBC and Wandering Que under Star-K. Those confirmations describe the 2022 season. The same report cautioned that some vendors advertised as kosher without displaying a hashgacha, and advised shoppers to check certification before buying.

The Next Morning, a Walk Instead of a Market

Thanksgiving morning has its own outdoor tradition a short drive from Cedar Lane. The Bergen County Audubon Society and Teaneck Creek Conservancy are hosting the BCAS Annual Thanksgiving Walk on Thursday, Nov. 26. It starts in the parking lot at 20 Puffin Way. It's a guided walk to look and listen for birds, insects and other wildlife. Guides help newer birders with identification, and BCAS runs two walks a month at Teaneck Creek as part of the Conservancy's year-round free programs.

A few details before you go:

1. The walk is free, open to all ages, and runs rain or shine.
2. Registration is recommended through the event page, which is also where to confirm the morning start time.
3. There are no restrooms, and some trail sections are hard going with a stroller.
4. The BCAS contact listed for the walk is Don Torino.

If you're planning around both, the week takes shape easily. Wednesday is for the market at Garrison and Beverly, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday morning is for the creek, back home before the oven needs attention. Either way, the 2026 farmers market season isn't ending in October the way the spring listings said it would.

At BLGRV Estates, we keep track of the dates that shape a Teaneck week, from a Thursday market that adds a Wednesday to a holiday walk at Teaneck Creek. If you'd like a local perspective on Teaneck this season or next, Work with Monique.