Campagnolo Restaurant is thrilled to welcome back their neighbours for the summer; the farmers and purveyors of The Main Street Station Farmers Market. The Main Street Station Market at Thornton Park opened on Wednesday, June 5. The market runs from 3PM until 7PM every Wednesday until October 2 and is located just steps away from Campagnolo Restaurant. The chefs from Campagnolo will be at the market every week picking the freshest ingredients of the day and creating Market Wednesday features, available for dinner service at Campagnolo Restaurant starting at 5pm.
In addition to the Market Wednesday features, Campagnolo has set up a stall at the market where they sell their house-made dried pasta. All proceeds from the pasta sales benefit Thunderbird Elementary School’s food program. There is no set price, allowing market shoppers to make a donation in exchange for a bag of pasta. Thunderbird Elementary School has a large number of students enrolled who come from low-income families in East Vancouver. Campagnolo hopes to bring awareness to the public that kids are going to school hungry in Vancouver communities and want to be a part of the solution through fundraising.
“Students should be able to focus on learning, not the rumbles of an empty stomach,” says Tim Pittman, Co-Proprietor and Operations Director of Campagnolo Restaurant. “With almost the entire student body participating in the program at Thunderbird Elementary, we saw a need and we found a way to help.”
Market Wednesdays Details:
At Campagnolo:
Guests can visit Campagnolo Restaurant at 1020 Main St. after 5pm every Wednesday and sample a different market fresh featured menu item.
At Main Street Station Farmers Market
Market shoppers are encouraged to visit the Campagnolo market stall (1100 Block Station Street along Thornton Park) between 3PM and 7PM, and pick up a bag of house-made pasta in exchange for a donation to Thunderbird Elementary School’s food program. Fresh market finds are the perfect pairing for an inventive mid-week pasta.
About Campagnolo Restaurant: Serving rustic affordable Italian dishes made with integrity, from locally sourced seasonal ingredients, in a welcoming space, Campagnolo buzzes with engaging energy and laughter. Though spacious and open, the atmosphere is cozy and intimate in the 65-seat dining room and 25-seat wine bar. Campagnolo was named one of the hottest new restaurants in the world by Condé Nast Traveller and is consistently recognized at the annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. Located only five minutes from Rogers Arena, Campagnolo is just steps from major corridors into Vancouver’s downtown core. Campagnolo is open seven days a week for lunch from 11:30am – 2:30pm, and dinner nightly from 5pm. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis with reservations only taken for parties of eight or more dining with one of our family-style group menus.
P: 604.484.6018
A: 1020 Main St. Vancouver BC, Canada
About Vancouver Farmers Markets: Vancouver Farmers Markets (otherwise known as Your Local Farmers Market Society) is about people who love fresh food at festive gatherings. Through the Markets and our special events, the Society spreads awareness of agricultural issues facing our largely urban society. These issues range from the truths about genetically modified foods, to fair pricing for agricultural products, to the glory of a variety of foods available with a locally networked food system. When you shop at Vancouver Farmers Markets, you help keep BC farmers farming.
W: eatlocal.org
About Thunderbird Elementary Food Programs: Thunderbird Elementary is a designated Inner City school located in East Vancouver that serves the needs of a high number of multicultural, low-income families who have limited resources. They have the 2nd highest number of vulnerable families in the Vancouver School District. Every day 95% of the students participate in the lunch program and currently between 25% and 35% of the students access the breakfast program every day. In the winter months this number doubles.
