Notes from Trinacria and Lexington Market

I haven't been to Lexington Market in ages, and I've only been to the nearby Trinacria Italian deli once, so the other day I headed over to both. I spent $20 altogether - more than I had planned - but got some good loot for my troubles:

* God I love all the other stuff they have there. It smells wonderful there, too.
* The tiramisu from Trinacria is wonderful. You need to buy some, especially at $2.50 a slice.
* I wanted a cannolo but forgot to order it. I'm a doof.

Altogether I spent about $11 at Trinacria, for tiramisu, some anchovies, polenta in a tube and some mozzarella balls. The tiramisu was clearly my favorite thing. I will definitely get that again.


Over at LexMart, I know that you can find many things. I had heard Jane and Michael Stern on last week's installment of The Splendid Table speak wonderful things about Lexington market (of course), particularly Faidley's. I was surprised to find out that you could get squirrel and muskrat at LexMart, too. So I figured I would try to find it:

* I parked on street, cut through parking garage and ended up iin Lex Mkt East, that smallish addition across the street from the BIG main market
* I couldn't find the squirrel, but I had no idea that Faidley's - which carries blue crabs in just about any Chesapeake-friendly format - also carried muskrat. I didn't catch the price. I did see raccoon advertised at $20 a pop. They were out when I went.
* There was also a roach in Faidley's. Ick. It would've ick'd me out even more but in a massive market like Lexington, is it really any surprise that there are roaches anywhere?
* As I Tweeted a few days ago, I have discovered that Bergers cookies are no longer the best cookie in America. That title now belongs to Bergers cookies bought freshly made at their Lexington Market stand.
* Go to their stand and you see first-hand that Bergers makes sooooooo much more than that famous cookie. I had no idea that Bergers made snickerdoodles. Good snickerdoodles. I bought about $7 worth of Bergers legendary cookies, plus a chocolate top and some butter cookies and the aforementioned snickerdoodles.
* Also had a very nice chili hot dog from Konstants. More than made up for the three fried oysters I had earlier, each buried in a massive pillow of breading. It should be a crime to do that to an oyster.