Husted’s Farm Market & Cider Mill

Fantastic produce, cider AND donuts!
The donuts here are lightyears ahead of Verhage’s donuts, which taste like they were made in an Easy Bake oven.

Farmer’s markets are the best places to get fresh, homegrown, in-​season fruits and veggies. The problem is that you can usually only hit up your local farmer’s market one day a week for about four hours, and if it’s raining you may as well skip it. Husted’s is like a fabulous farmer’s market that is open seven days a week until 7:00pm every night. Delicious produce at reasonable prices with convenient hours? Yes please! The fruit and vegetables are so delicious and the staff is always very friendly. They sell bottles of cider all year, local honey and maple syrup, and incredible homemade seasonal pies.
While I have to admit that the strawberries and blueberries are phenomenal when they’re in season, the time to stop in is absolutely fall. It’s pumpkin and apple heaven. The fresh cider is so addicting that I have to buy several gallons at once. But the most amazing thing that can be purchased are the donuts. Oh. My. God. If you get there at the right time, they’re still warm, crispy on the outside, and soft and delicious on the inside. They’ll keep for several days, but that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t binge on all of them right then and there. So stop in and buy your kid a pumpkin and then a dozen donuts for yourself, and while your kid carves their pumpkin, hide in your garage and consume the entire dozen. Don’t worry, there’s no shame in that.

So this place is a veggie stand. We stopped in because the place looked cute and we needed tomatoes.
I didn’t expect the variety home goods there. Surprise! Absolutely the best strawberry rhubarb pie I have ever tasted. Now I am not really a pie kind of person but this pie is insanely good. Crust is perfection and the berries are fresh from the stand. Martha Stewart and Paula Dean eat your heart out! They only make the pie if the fruit is ripe and in season. Amazing. Worth a special trip. You will thank me.

If you live in Kzoo or grew up in the area there is no way you should not be aware of Husted’s.
I grew up form a wee little thing going at least once a week with my mom and getting donuts (when I could eat like a normal person) and caramel apples and cider.
This place has no changed-​literally its 20 years later and the «store» portion is the same. The cider is just as fantastic. They cut up donuts for people to taste test-​I haven’t been here really since I found out I was gluten free and it was VERY VERY VERY hard to not just try one small bite and suffer the after effects, that is how good the donuts used to be to me.
We got caramel apples, which is a staple for the fall time. Again-​did not disappoint. They tasted exactly how they did when I went as a child.
Fresh produce they grow themselves and prices are within reason. We also got some cherry type cider-​I was impressed with it when we got back to Louisville. I prefer it chilled.
Love this place and I hope it stays around for many more generations and kids look forward to going and think of it as a treat just as I did when I was younger.

There was a time when I was content to limit my pantry to the wealth of options available at Meijer. Meijer has everything. There’s no need to shop elsewhere.
But since I’ve grown up, I’m more willing to explore things. Yes, Meijer cider is awesome, but what if there were an even better cider? That’s what brought me to Husted Market.
According to their website, their cider is made weekly with no preservatives or pasteurization. (Cider purists say this is the way to go.) I bought three gallons to sustain me in the cider wasteland that is Chicago. At $ 5/​gallon, it was worth the price.
The Husted cider is really smooth but tangy. My friend said it tasted like candy apples. That’s a pretty apt description. It also tastes pretty good with a dose of rum if you’re feeling adventurous.
The market also includes lots of locally made jams, butters, honey and preservatives. They also have donuts and pies. It would be an awesome place to stock up on gifts for women. I only wish they were open later in the year. The worker told me they shut down the weekend before Thanksgiving.
I feel like I found an awesome secret stash of delicious goodies. Now I share it with you, Unilocal