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Warmia Deli Enters the Deadpool

Posted by Joshua
Filed in Eat & Drink
August 8, 2008

Warmia Deli Closes A pillar of the Roncesvalles Polish community, Warmia Deli closed its doors Monday. This local gem is the latest family run Polish business in Roncesvalles to close up shop, and I doubt a Polish deli will replace it.

Although there are still plenty of options up and down the street to get pierogies, pickles or packzi, Warmia's offerings were particularly notable. For those who venture out of Roncesvalles for Polish, though, all is not lost.

Warmia's crammed shelves, full of Polish jams, soups, chocolates and candies, can be found in Mississauga, where they have a second (now only), larger location. Although the many Polish sausages and cured meats offered at Warmia's can be found up and down Roncesvalles, the superb butchering of fresh meats will be missed.

For the devotees to Warmia's fresh meats, the 3km trek to Andy's Sausages Factory and Outlet will be worth it, as the Warmia crew opened a new retail location Tuesday with all the fresh meats and some of the other products. That location is across from International Cheese on Mulock Ave.

Although I do most of my business at Chicago Butcher Shoppe or Spring Creek next door, I will miss having Warmia just up the street.

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The best (and I'm pretty sure the cheapest) paczki can be found in the Bloor West Village, at Astra's. But yeah this is sad too.

Posted by: Eric at August 8, 2008 9:25 AM

I'm into the meat, but they had a great deal on chocolate: 100g bar, 70% cacao for $1.49!

Posted by: Jason at August 8, 2008 11:48 AM

Sure looks like a dump from the outside apeparance, perhaps it they took more pride in their storefront?

Posted by: Thunn at August 8, 2008 3:05 PM

How exactly does it look like a dump? Because the sign was in bad shape? The deli had a warm and pleasant inside, it was clean and not in a state of disrepair. There was nothing wrong with it. You must also judge your literature by the graphics on the cover.

In reality, many Polish immigrants have moved to Mississauga, and hence some of the delis have moved with them.

Posted by: A.R. at August 9, 2008 3:06 AM

It also turned out that the building owner(s) decided to sell the building, and Warmia had to move. That's why they have a related offshoot on Mulock.

Posted by: Joshua at August 9, 2008 9:28 AM

"Although I do most of my business at Chicago Butcher Shoppe..."

Dude, have you ever walked past the back entrance of that place? You might like it a little less when you see the shirtless hairy men rolling dough in the kitchen, and the pigeons that walk in and out unmolested.

Posted by: Ratpick at August 9, 2008 11:46 AM

They get the job done.

Posted by: A.R. at August 9, 2008 8:39 PM

The Warmia Deli owned the building, they were not forced to move. They sold it as they found it was too much work to have 3 locations and are busier at the Miss. location & outlet.

Posted by: Lorraine at August 13, 2008 1:21 PM