Short answer: Me & McGee Market is an open-air farm market at 10409 US-70 in North Little Rock, an easy drive east of downtown. It is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and closed on Mondays, so go right at opening on a Saturday for the best produce, bring cash or a card, and plan on 30 to 45 minutes of browsing.
Some places in Central Arkansas feel like a chore. Me & McGee Market feels like a detour you take on purpose. It sits just off US-70 under a canopy of pecan and oak, with vines climbing the pergola posts and a hand-painted sun watching over the gravel lot. You park on the shoulder of the drive, walk past the EXIT ONLY sign, and you are immediately in the middle of it: wagons of Arkansas-grown watermelon, tables of tomatoes and peaches, hanging baskets swinging overhead.
What you will actually find
The produce tables are the heart of the place, and they turn over with the season. In late summer, that means Arkansas peaches sold by the pound, red tomatoes, cucumbers by the armful, sweet onions, and the occasional oddity like purple bell peppers that will absolutely make your dinner guests ask questions. Watermelons ride in garden carts near the front — the Joy Ride variety they stock is seedless with dark pink meat and enough juice to make it a porch-and-paper-towels situation.
Past the produce, the market turns into a general store. There is a full wall of jars: sweet pepper relish, sweet onion relish, pickled beets, sauerkraut, million dollar pickles, bread and butter pickles, pickled jalapenos, muscadine jelly, concord grape jelly, apple butter, and a frog jam that people buy mostly because of the name and then come back for. Nearby you will find Arkansas honey, bottled grape juice, small-batch hot sauces, mustards, barbecue sauce, Poppy hand-crafted popcorn in flavors like pimento cheese and Asheville mix, and baskets of house pork rinds in plain and chili lime.
The plant side is easy to overlook and should not be. Rolling racks of herbs and starts sit in the shade, and the pergola is hung with ferns, begonias, hibiscus, and geraniums. Concrete urns and galvanized tubs are scattered around the entrance. If you have been meaning to fix a bare porch, this is a one-stop trip.
In the house, you will find frozen meat, fresh raw milk, fresh eggs, and a few other goodies. They have a diverse selection of locally sourced, farm-fresh, and pasture-raised meats provided by regional family farms. Beef: Options include 100% grass-fed and finished beef from Hoien Farms and American Wagyu from Dale & Son Wagyu Farm. Pork: Sourced from farms like Circle K Farm, their forested, pasture-raised pork selection includes baby back ribs, pork chops, bacon, and craft sausages (my favorite). They also have pastured chicken and lamb, and they also have Exotic & Specialty Meats: The market regularly features unique options such as ground emu.
Why it beats the grocery store run
Prices are what you would expect from a real farm stand, not a boutique: tomatoes and peaches in the two-to-four dollars per pound range, sweet onions around a dollar fifty a pound, specialty peppers higher. Signs are handwritten and honest about what is Arkansas Grown and what is trucked in. Staff will tell you what came in that morning if you ask, which is the whole point of shopping this way.
Best time to go
The market keeps a tight window: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It is closed all day Monday, so do not plan a Monday run. That short five-hour day matters more than people expect — roll in at 2:45 p.m. and you are shopping the leftovers. Weekend mornings are peak, and peak is part of the fun, but the produce tables are fullest in the first hour or two, and the shade under the pergola matters a lot in July and August. If you want quiet, come on a weekday around 1 p.m. If you want the market at full volume, Saturday right at 10 a.m. is the sweet spot. Call ahead in late fall and winter: this is a seasonal, weather-dependent operation, and hours shift with the harvest.
Parking and logistics
Parking is gravel and informal, along the drive and in the open area beside the stand. Follow the posted ENTER and EXIT ONLY signage, because the lane is narrow and people walk it with full wagons. Bring a tote or a box — the wagons are for use on site, not for hauling to the car. The ground is packed gravel and mostly flat, but strollers and wheelchairs will find it bumpy in spots.
Make it a morning
Pair it with a drive out to Burns Park or a loop on the Big Dam Bridge, then bring your haul home for lunch. Peaches, a tomato, a jar of pickles, and a bag of chili lime pork rinds is a genuinely good Saturday.
