To market, to market!
From I-35 traveling to the west to get to the market: Go to MLK exit, take MLK to go westbound. Go all the way to (almost) Guadalupe, but turn in the slight branch-off of the street to your left to access Guadalupe. Continue down Guadalupe to 4th and 3rd Streets to get into your favorite parking spaces (including the free 700-space State Parking Garage at 3rd and San Antonio).
From from Mopac (Hwy 1) traveling to the east: Take Cesar Chavez/5th Street exit. Take 5th Street just several blocks to Guadalupe, and turn right. Go to Third Street, and turn right again. Find one of your favorite parking spaces next to the market, in the LAZ parking lot (top 1/2 only!) or in the free 700-space State Parking Garage at 3rd and San Antonio.
For the Sunset Valley location:
The market continues on Pillow Rd. at the Toney Burger Center. FREE, AMPLE PARKING !
If you want to take a neighborhood route, then turn right on Ernest Robles Way just after Kohl’s and before the AISD Transporation Facility (you’ll see busses). Turn left on Jones Road and then turn left on Pillow Road. From Westgate, turn west on Jones Road and then right on Pillow Road.
This weekend there are plenty of free parking spaces for the SFC Farmers’ Market Downtown at the state parking garage and the 1/2 of the LAZ parking lot. No known traffic hiccups. Come for the peaches!
There is always (except for one or two times a year) FREE PARKING directly around the Austin Farmers’ Market(s) at both Saturday’s Republic Square Park (4th and Guadalupe) and Wednesday’s Triangle (46th Street and Lamar) locations! We can take in almost 1,000 cars at one time! Come check it out–we’re bigger and better than ever!
General rule of thumb for avoiding traffic or street closures coming to Downtown market (if you haven’t checked this post weekly):
From I-35 traveling to the west to get to the market: Go to MLK exit, take MLK to go westbound. Go all the way to (almost) Guadalupe, but turn in the slight branch-off of the street to your left to access Guadalupe. Continue down Guadalupe to 4th and 3rd Streets to get into your favorite parking spaces (including the free 700-space State Parking Garage at 3rd and San Antonio).
From from Mopac (Hwy 1) traveling to the east: Take Cesar Chavez/5th Street exit. Take 5th Street just several blocks to Guadalupe, and turn right. Go to Third Street, and turn right again. Find one of your favorite parking spaces next to the market, in the LAZ parking lot (top 1/2 only!) or in the free 700-space State Parking Garage at 3rd and San Antonio.