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Alex Farm Products

Rating: 2.5/5 (41 votes)

Posted by Staff / Reviewed on July 7, 2007

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Located in the south-east corner of St. Lawrence Market, Alex Farm has a huge selection of cheeses. They also have three other locations in Toronto.

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Nathan (Vancouver) / July 1, 2009 at 12:39 pm
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Be wary of unmarked prices here: I paid significantly more than I should have based on other stores in the St. Lawrence market that I checked after the fact (~$10/100g for aged Gouda?, ~$8/100g for Idiazabel?). I didn't make a fuss because I was with colleagues, but I will never shop here again on my visits to Toronto. Not recommended.
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Bobby / March 16, 2010 at 09:30 pm
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I had the same experience with these guys..I paid ~$20/220g of aged Gouda and I didn't notice till I got home..that's much more than double what I've paid in other stores at the market, and I do shop at the market quite often..fool me once shame on you, there won't be a second time
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Leah / April 12, 2011 at 07:37 pm
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I've been to both the St. Lawrence Market location and the Danforth one often and never had this issue of over priced cheese. I've found it both reasonable, the selection has varity for all tastes, and the employees, both helpful and knowledgeable.

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Leslie / July 15, 2011 at 10:53 pm
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Over the course of the past 15 years plus, I have given this shop a go at all of it's locations. On the Danforth, at the Market, in the concourse in the Manulife centre... you get the picture. My experience has been consistent each time. Rotten. (with the exception of their bulk petits cornichons) Oh yes, the sales clerks talk a good game, but if I ask a question that's outside the realm of their self-proclaimed VAST knowledge of cheese, I am treated like an idiot. Each time I arrived home with at least one far over-ripened and not fit for consumption cheese for which I've paid double what i find it for in Kensington... I do not recommend this store.

As someone who grew up in France - (home to 500 varieties of cheese!), I'd say you'll have a better experience paying a they cashier at Loblaw's for a pack of Kraft Slices... and eating them too.
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Judith Hayes / November 29, 2011 at 05:05 pm
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I regularly shop at the Humbertown store and find the staff very helpful. As someone who lived for years in Leicestershire where they make Stilton cheese, it is one of the few places in Toronto to get good quality, creamy, not over-salty Stilton. Other gourmet stores, including the Cheese Boutique , do not stock nearly as good quality Stilton, and the guys at Alex's can also name the dairy the cheese has come from. Obviously, it is expensive becasue it is imported but I have yet to find a Quebec blue to compare.
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Gillian / March 29, 2012 at 02:03 pm
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BEWARE. I asked for a price last week on the Sartori Bella Vitano balsamic washed cheese and this week, when I returned home realized I was charged almost $20 per kilo more than quoted. That is not only more than I was quoted, but more than any other cheese seller charges for this. When I phoned them, they said the price is $65 per kilo which is what I paid. I will NEVER go there again, which is a shame as the guy that sold it was very nice and helpful.
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AJITH / April 7, 2012 at 12:46 am
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TO ALL THE COMMENTS I SAW IS THAT, THIS IS EXPENSIVE IN THAT STORE. MAN YOU KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE TO STORAGE CHEESE.IF YOU PAY IN KENSINGTON MARKET IT'S DIFFERENT PRICE COUZ COAST IS NOT EXPENSIVE THAT MUCH HAS STOR LOCATION AND FRANCHIES. SO DON'T BLAME ALEX FARMS FOR THAT IN KENSINGTOM MARKET RENT IS ABOUT $ 3,500 PER MONTH, BUT ALEX FARMS STORE'S THEY PAY ABOUT $6,500 PER MONTH.THAT'S WHY THOSE PLACES THEY CAN SELL CHEESE.
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