DC Grey Market will be held in the Howard University area this Sunday from 12 – 4 p.m.

Maya Robinson started D.C. Grey Market because she saw a gap in the prospects for small food businesses owned by non-specific populations. “The D.C. Grey Market is an opportunity for people with a small business or just an idea to reach customers without having to compete in the very competitive farmers market and grocery store scene,” Robinson said. “The market gives everyone a chance.”

Bourbon pecan cakes, sweet potato chocolate swirl pie, homemade banh mi sandwiches, jelly donuts and fruit sushi are just a scattering of the array of goodies expected to sell at the first DC Grey Market of the year on Saturday.

Local sausage maker 13th St. Meats is all over D.C. these days. This meat-producing newcomer has become the favorite cylindrical meat provider of several neighborhood watering holes and two of the city’s popular music venues’ kitchens.

Photo by Mr. T in DC. While I’ll certainly write this feature more often once the seasonal farmers markets start opening up for the Spring, the underground market – at the restaurant Kushi Izakaya & Sushi (465 K Street NW) and happening right now (12 to 5 p.m.) is an interesting development in the farmers market scene. Named the DC Grey Farmers Market, the market is a “private membership club that serves as an…