Market day, most days.

The neighborhood's easy mid-week stop, set in the Westfield Fashion Square parking lot off Riverside Drive. A vibrant mix of locally grown produce, artisan foods, and handcrafted goods, with free parking and EBT accepted — the one you fold into a normal Tuesday.

A community fixture for more than 25 years on Ventura Place, run as a non-profit by the Studio City Chamber Foundation and Residents Association. The vendor roster runs deep: grass-fed beef and fresh seafood, artisan breads, olive oils, raw honey, hot prepared food, and tables of peak-season produce.

One of the Valley's larger, most community-rooted Sunday markets, run in support of the ONEgeneration nonprofit on Victory Boulevard. It gathers 30-plus farmers from across Central and Southern California alongside 25-plus food vendors and a row of crafters — heavy on organics, and a little less crowded than its neighbors.

The last working produce farm in Encino, and the answer for any day that isn't market day. The Tapia family settled here in 1984, with farming roots tracing three generations to the 1930s. They grow roughly 80% of what they sell on about 100 acres in the Sepulveda Dam Basin — famous for crimson tomatoes, sweet corn, and strawberries, with a fall pumpkin patch and winter Christmas trees.

The everyday flagship, right in the heart of Sherman Oaks on Ventura Boulevard. Full-service organic produce, butcher and seafood counters, a deep prepared-foods hall, and the wine and specialty aisles that make it the default weeknight run.

Los Angeles's cult luxury grocer, in the Shops at Sportsmen's Lodge. Pristine organic produce, a famous tonic bar and smoothie counter, chef-driven prepared foods, and the most beautifully merchandised aisles in the city. As much an experience as an errand.

The polished California institution at Hayvenhurst and Ventura, beloved for exceptional produce, a serious butcher and cheese program, and a prepared-foods counter that does half the dinner party for you. The grown-up grocery run.

The beloved value staple on Riverside Drive for pantry runs, snacks, flowers, and the rotating seasonal finds that have a cult of their own. Quick in, quick out, and always a few minutes away.