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6 reviews for Summerhill Market
6 reviews in English
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Review from melanie t.
Toronto, ON
5/18/2012
It's elegant displays, country charm, and gourmet food makes shopping at Summerhill Market a treat. It's ridiculously expensive, but not more than Pusateri's. Compared to Pusateri's, Summerhill Market is cleaner, has better quality in-house products and friendlier and more informed staff. Of their in-house prepared food, among my favourites are their steak and mushroom pie, stuffed chicken breasts, donuts, and lemon meringue pie. They post the ingredients on their products and most of it is natural (ie. no chemicals, MSG, or fake sugars).
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Review from Shari M.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 7/6/2011 4 Check-ins Here
I feel almost bi-polar about this place. I have gone back, tried it again, and am being won over a bit at a time.
Being someone who like very flavourful food, I am realizing why Summerhill Market's prepared food isn't overly flavourful....low fat, low sugar, etc. I will say the food is not greasy, and a couple of their items have won me over - their chocolate chip cookies and their meat pies.
This place is still not an "average Joe's" shop. I find the only times it is worthwhile for me to stop here is if I am on my way home from work and don't want to cook, don't want to order in and need something for dinner and lunch tomorrow. Even then I try to talk myself out of stopping in! I at least know that the food is MSG free and better for me than McDonald's or Pizza Pizza.
Summerhill has some great prepared salads, but their overall produce section is super tiny and OVERLY priced. Some of their stuff makes Whole Foods look cheap.
The other thing that brings me back is well....the luxury. I would be lying if I didn't love the pretty packaged food, the ultimate customer service, the cop directing traffic on weekends, etc, etc. This place really lets me feel like I am wearing my tiara and being noticed for my pure princess abilities ; )Listed in: Push the Grocery Cart
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11/11/2009
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Review from Grainne M.
Toronto, ON
5/26/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I didn't know how to rate this place really. I think if I could afford to live in the area and was earning millions, it might seem like a reasonable place to shop. I'm not sure I could stomach the prices even then though, having spent my life to this point living in the real world.
I've been grumbling about the lack of Fage Greek yogurt here since I moved over 11 months ago. An ancient thread on Chowhound suggested that there might be some at Summerhill Market. I had time to kill so pottered along for a look around. I was delighted to see that they had it in various sizes, flavoured and plain, 0% fat and 2%. The unfortunate thing was that I absolutely couldn't bring myself to pay the outrageous price they were charging. A small pot at home cost €1. Here, it's $2.99. The large (500g) pot is priced at a whopping $8.99. Unless they've hidden the winning lotto max ticket in it to justify that price, it's daylight robbery. I suggest trying the President's Choice version for $3.99 which is the closest I've found to it in taste. Liberté and Oikos are fine if you prefer it tart.
There is a nice meat section with some lovely looking cuts of steak/lamb etc. Yes, you would probably have to sell a kidney to buy one of theirs, but I'm sure it would taste good. There was a decent selection of cheese and some yummy looking but rather expensive cakes.
They have a good selection of prepared meals. I hear their chicken pot pie is exceptionally tasty. My friend in work loves it-she just doesn't love the guilt that comes with having spent so much on something she could make herself.
They had some randomly interesting things like the Clif bar "variations"-the Z bars for kids (which are smaller and handier) and a large selection of the Mojo and Builder bars. They also had a big selection of Think Thin bars too which are difficult to find elsewhere. I keep trying them thinking I'm going to like them and find one that doesn't taste of protein powder. Someday I'll succeed.
Did a quick price check on cottage cheese to give myself some idea of their pricing. Nordica was $4.49. I think it's about $2.69 in No Frills at the moment. Longos have been hovering around $3.20-$3.49. "Good for you" banana bread was $7.99 vs $4.99 in Longos. That's some mark-up!
I felt better about the Fage disappointment after I'd devoured their samples. The salty crackery thing and the pound cakey thing were delicious. They just about revived me after the shock of the prices.... -
Review from Sarah Y.
Vancouver, BC
2/2/2011
Here's the jist of this place.
If you can afford to live in the neighbourhood - this is where you'd probably do all your groceries, including those special occasions like Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner where you'd go there, buy your pre-made/roasted turkey, roasted/mashed potatoes, pecan pie, etc and pawn it off as your own homemade meal.
Hey, all the rich housewives over there do it! They even have cake mix batter all ready in a tub for you to scoop out and bake - provided that you know how to operate an oven. If you don't, no worries, they have an awesome bakery section, complete with chewy fat-free ginger snaps!
If you can't afford to live in the neighbourhood, make like the locals who know their shiz and pop by when you can and keep an eye out for those lovely orange stickers that indicate 50% off!
Yes - you can get amazing prepared meals at 50% off - for example...duck breast and duck risotto - serves four, normally $15-18, you can get it at half off.
For regular folk, it's only good if you're sticker hunting.
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Review from Michael T.
Toronto, ON
3/6/2011 1 Check-in Here
It's a wannabe Pusateris without the quality and with an added mark up.
The selection /quality of organic produce is abysmal. -
Review from Kevin F.
Toronto, ON
5/12/2009
Summerhill Market is a local grocery store for Rosedale residents that carry 'high-end' grocery brands and offer freshly prepared meals. I wouldn't recommend using Summerhill as the go-to place for all your groceries as there's a mark-up on all items. For example, I bought a $10 bottle of organic cranberry juice frm Loblaws that Summerhill sold for $18. Summerhill is more of a place to pick-up great prepared meals, which are fairly priced. During the summer, get to Summer hill between 11am and 3 pm and order one of their amazing burgers that are freshly grilled outside.
