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BB Cafe / Middle Eastern Products

6095 Yonge St. 416.505.5855 Website
BB Cafe

BB Cafe has been thriving in North York in the heart of the Persian community for the past two years, though the cafe strikes me as the type that would...


Valentino's Smokin' Salmon / Seafood

140 O'Connor Dr 416.425.2177 Website
Valentino's Smokin' Salmon

Valentino's Smokin Salmon is the new kid on the block when it comes to smoked fish, but the family-run shop has already landed on the shelves at Pusateri's, Fiesta Farms,...


Pantry Foods / Prepared Foods

3456 Bathurst St. 416.785.0996 Website
Pantry Foods

Pantry offers prepared kosher food made a little bit trendier than at its North York neighbours. And it's not just the decor - though the bright green walls, wooden accents,...


Salsicharia Pavao / Butcher

1435 Dundas St W 416.533.7667 Website
Salsicharia Pavao

Salsicharia Pavao is a fixture in Little Portugal and a longtime Toronto source for imported Portuguese groceries and freshly prepared meats. The butcher shop is family-owned — as many beloved...



European Quality Meats Outlet Centre / Butcher

16 Jutland Rd 416.251.6193
European Quality Meats Outlet Centre

European Quality Meats and Sausages may be closing its Baldwin Street location, but that doesn't mean the more than 50-year-old business will shut down production anytime soon. The original European Meats...


Statis Local Foods / Local Products

476 Roncesvalles Avenue 416.533.1079 Website
Statis Local Foods

Stasis Local Foods is all about eating locally all year round. That is, eating locally all year round without forgoing some of your favourite, though out-of-season foods. So, while you...


Butcher's Son / Butcher

2055 Yonge Street Website
Butcher's Son

The Butcher's Son has something fantastic called the "Bacon Explosion." The meaty masterpiece consists of seasoned ground pork mixed with sautéed onions, which is formed into a log and encased...


Alimento Fine Food Emporium / Cheese

522 King St. West 416.362.0123 Website
Alimento Fine Food Emporium

Alimento is really three businesses in one; it's a "fine food emporium" (or grocery store, to the layman among us), a bakery (which, technically, operates under the name Forno Cultura),...



Caribbean Food Basket / Latin American Products

6620 Finch W 416.745.7979
Caribbean Food Basket

Caribbean Food Basket offers everything to do with Caribbean eats. In fact, this Finch West store just east of Highway 27 is really three shops in one; it's a bakery,...


Sausage Partners / Butcher

1378 Queen St. East 416.778.6328 Website
Sausage Partners

Sausage Partners, to the perpetually immature, will always be the perfect name for a low-grade adult film series. But to the people of Leslieville and surrounding areas, it signals high...


Market-tino / Latin American Products

2801 Keele St. 416.614.7701 Website
Market-tino

Market-tino probably has every type of soda available in Latin America. While the store itself isn't exactly expansive, the small space manages to cram in bottle after bottle of brightly...


Toronto Weston Flea Market / Market

404 Old Weston Road 416.654.6455 Website
Toronto Weston Flea Market

Toronto Weston Flea Market can be an intimidating place for a first-time visitor. The parking lot on a weekend may be overwhelming enough, but once you emerge from the safety...



Heisei Mart / Japanese Products

3160 Steeles Ave. East 905.305.0108 Website
Heisei Mart

Heisei Mart is a Japanese grocery store in Markham, part of the Japanese J-Town complex. Now, J-Town isn't like other GTA malls with aisles of divided shops and a Fido...


Famu / Butcher

3160 Steeles Avenue East 905.475.5005 Website
Famu

Famu totes itself as the only Japanese butcher in Toronto. Technically, it's in the J-Town Japanese mall in Markham, but I suppose the idea still stands. I headed to Famu to...


Marche Istanbul / Middle Eastern Products

3220 Dufferin St. 416.782.8668
Marche Istanbul

Marche Istanbul is a Turkish grocery store in an unremarkable strip mall by Lawrence and Dufferin. I'm sure I've passed right by this store countless times, yet I've never much...


Ruby Eats / Prepared Foods

742 Queen St. East 416.901.3355 Website
Ruby Eats

Ruby Eats is a new shop of chef secrets. And these aren't just any secrets, mind you. Ruby Eats has the choice cookware, the preferred produce, and the favourite finds...



City Fish / Seafood

2929 Dufferin Street 416.256.7373
City Fish

City Fish welcomes me with eyes--lots of them. I'm used to buying my fish already gutted and cut into neat little portions, so the sight of hundreds of fish, just...


Grande Cheese Factory Outlet / Cheese

22 Orfus Road 416.787.7670
Grande Cheese Factory Outlet

Grande Cheese Factory Outlet is not just a cheese shop. Rather, it's a sprawling Italian superstore, stocked with grocery basics and edible indulgences. While the Orfus Road shop does have...


Goodbye Gluten / Health Food

2066 Avenue Road 416.781.9191 Website
Goodbye Gluten

Goodbye Gluten has everything gluten-free, all on one space. While many bakeries and grocery stores in Toronto have dedicated gluten-free sections, Michelle and Ricki Fenwick were committed to making their...


Lakeview Storehouse / Prepared Foods

1134 Dundas St. West 416.546.8889 Website
Lakeview Storehouse

The Lakeview Storehouse is a grocery store and take-out spot that feels like an old-school pantry. Old wooden crates propped on their sides house an eclectic mix of sauces, jams,...



SOMA Chocolate / Chocolate

443 King St. West Website
SOMA Chocolate

SOMA Chocolate on King West is the second and newest SOMA location in Toronto, and I find it already buzzing on its very first day in action. Perhaps it's the free...


Royal Beef / Butcher

1968 Danforth Avenue 416.421.1029 Website
Royal Beef

Royal Beef just celebrated its 25th anniversary, due in no small part to Carmen Estrela's ability to connect with the people around her. "Hello there, hun!" she says to me as...


Ontario Spring Water Sake Company / Japanese Products

55 Mill Street, Building 4 416.365.7253 Website
Ontario Spring Water Sake Company

The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company has opened in the Distillery District giving a shot in the arm to the sad state of sake availabilty in Toronto. A beverage long...


Mexi-Can Market / Latin American Products

1232 College St. 416.534.8489
Mexi-Can Market

Mexi-Can Market parades its mantra in its name. "We don't want to be a Latino market, serving just Latino customers," the owner tells me. "We want to have these products...



Hooked / Seafood

888 Queen St. East 416.828.1861 Website
Hooked

Hooked has brought accessible, sustainable fish to Toronto. You'll find it on Queen Street East, just west of Logan Avenue where colourful fish cutouts dangle in the big window by...


Karma Co-Op / Health Food

739 Palmerston Avenue 416.534.1470 Website
Karma Co-Op

Karma Co-op is a not-for-profit food store tucked away in a residential area on Palmerston Ave. Though it has served as an alternative to commercial grocery stores for nearly 40...


Centro Trattoria & Formaggi / Prepared Foods

1224 St. Clair West 416.656.8111 Website
Centro Trattoria & Formaggi

Centro Trattoria & Formaggi has been the place to go for imported Italian foods on St. Clair for over 30 years, and it's exactly what you would expect from an...


More than Pasta / Prepared Foods

121 Ossington Avenue 1.877.927.2782 Website
More than Pasta

More Than Pasta tells you all you need to know about its products in its name. With six times the protein of regular pasta and just one third of the...



International Cheese / Cheese

67 Mulock Avenue 416.769.3547 Website
International Cheese

The International Cheese Company's retail store is like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory for the cheese lover. Walking into the factory shop near Keele and St. Clair, all I can see...


Kristapsons / Seafood

1095 Queen Street East 416.466.5152 Website
Kristapsons

Kristapsons is known as the place to go for some of the best smoked salmon in Toronto. Prepared fresh and cold-smoked to boost omega-3 oils, this Leslieville shop has been...


ChocoSol / Chocolate

6 St. Joseph Street 416.923.6675 Website
ChocoSol

ChocoSol isn't just about making chocolate. Its philosophy, Mathieu McFadden tells me, is about "community, social enterprise, and traditional methods." You'll find ChocoSol on the fourth floor of 6 St. Joseph...


Herbs & Nutrition / Health Food

572 Bloor St. W 647.348.8064 Website
Herbs & Nutrition

Herbs & Nutrition just opened its newest space in Toronto, and the store is huge. All that room means lots of healthy, organic products, and tons of selection and variety....



Nuthouse / Bulk Food

1256 Bloor St. West 647.352.3385 Website
Nuthouse

The Nuthouse stands out among the restaurants and discount stores in Blansdowne - just look for the giant walnut jutting out from the storefront. "It's iconic," co-owner Liza Lukashevsky says....


Junction Fromagerie / Cheese

3042 Dundas Street West 647.344.8663 Website
Junction Fromagerie

The Junction Fromagerie is a new addition to the Junction providing quality Canadian artisinal cheese. It's owned by the same people who churn out some of Toronto's best chocolate down...


Provenance Regional Cuisine / Prepared Foods

800 Dundas St. West 416.504.9889 Website
Provenance Regional Cuisine

Provenance Regional Cuisine sits like a tiny beacon of light that shines its delicious produce, hearty pantry stables and wide selection of cheese and meats throughout the whole neighbourhood. At...


Chocolateria / Chocolate

361 Roncesvalles Avenue 416.588.0567 Website
Chocolateria

The Chocolateria, a cocoa lovers' dream on Roncesvalles, opened quietly without advertising in the middle of a construction nightmare. You might call it a bad business move. But, when a...



Majesteas / Tea

950 Queen St. East 647.350.4646 Website
Majesteas

Majesteas might not just be a clever play on "tea" as so many tea shops seem unable to resist the urge to pun. Co-owner Ian Macdonald actually has some...


Tealish / Tea

728 Queen St West 416.203.3301 Website
Tealish

Tealish knows a thing or two about location. Having been in the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood for quite a few years now, their location on Walnut about 1/2 a block...


Steeped and Infused Tea Bar / Tea

338 Queen St. East 416.955.4791 Website
Steeped and Infused Tea Bar

Steeped and Infused inside Adornments on Queen recently opened after changes to the city's Regent Park plans saw the introduction of mixed income properties and an opportunity to plant a...


Village Cheesemonger / Cheese

171 East Liberty Street, Unit 155 Website
Village Cheesemonger

The Village Cheesemonger opened last month right smack in the heart of Liberty Village in the Liberty Market Building (unit 155). The neighbourhood's first dedicated cheese store melds modern features...



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