Booths Corner in Garnet Valley, Delaware County, has been operating for 75 years. Under the pandemic, it’s considered an essential service, so it's still open.
But owner Benjamin Cohen said it’s not the leisurely stroll it used to be.
“Before the pandemic, people really did come and hang out. And so we removed any ability for them to congregate and hang out. So now, what we want is people to come in, get their stuff and get the heck out the door,” he said.
Cohen said all benches and seating have been removed from the market, but the market and its vendors are doing everything they can to help customers, cultivating their curbside pickup in the last six weeks.
Additionally, he has actually been getting calls from a handful of customers who give him their orders. Cohen then goes to each vendor and delivers the five or six bags of goods to the customer as they drive up in their vehicle.
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Mayor Jim Maley of Collingswood, said the Collingswood Market is also encouraging curbside pickup, which begins May 2, at the new site — the Scottish Rite Auditorium — which is a few blocks from the original farmers market.
“We’re having a 'Farm-to-Car' farmers market, which has everyone pre-ordering and prepaying for their produce and items. And then there will be like, a little caravan in the parking lot of the Scottish Rite Auditorium,” Maley explained.
Maley said the Collingswood Market is going to be spread over four sessions in three days, to allow everyone access to the farmers and their products.
The sessions will be every week, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and noon to 2 p.m., and then on Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.