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Specialty Grocery Stores in Toronto

This is where I go to buy my exotic ingredients, spices and other sundries that can't be had at your average No Frills grocery store.

1. Domino Foods

93 Front St E
Toronto, ON M5E 1C3
Canada
(416) 366-2178

Categories: Specialty Food, Grocery

Neighbourhoods: St. Lawrence, Downtown Core

Update - 1/7/2010

When I used to have a desk job in an office with frighteningly few snack-like amenities nearby, I would store NO FEWER than ten types of specialty dark chocolate in my top desk drawer. We used to have dark chocolate meetups in my office area, where a…More »

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12/15/2009
I love salt, to the point that it worries my loved ones and astounds my acquaintances when I pull… Read more »

2. House of Spice

190 Augusta Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 2L6
Canada
(416) 593-9724

Category: Specialty Food

Neighbourhood: Kensington Market

2/16/2009

If you're on the hunt for small quantities of obscure ingredients like asafetida, fenugreek, cardamom, arrowroot flour, kaffir lime leaves or blue mung beans (OK, I made up that last one), House Of Spice is the only place to go.

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3. Kohinoor Foods

1438 Gerrard St E
Toronto, ON M4L 1Z8
Canada
(416) 461-4432

Categories: Grocery, Ethnic Food

1/5/2010

I once took an eight week Indian cooking class and the freshly immigrated instructor insisted that we pick up supplies from Kohinoor Foods, and only Kohinoor Foods. We took a daytime field trip together and loaded up on on Indian spice basics like…More »

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4. Fu Yao Limited

643 Gerrard St E
Toronto, ON M4M 1Y2
Canada
(416) 778-1920

Categories: Grocery, Fruits & Veggies, Ethnic Food

Neighbourhood: Riverdale

12/22/2009 First to Review

I'm so excited I could burst!

When walking to Hanoi 3 Seasons today, Vivek "I will kick your ass with a homemade greeting card" S. and I passed through "Chinatown East" and the specialty stores within it.

I took a quick glance inside - the shelves are…More »

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5. Essence of Life Organics

50 Kensington Ave
Toronto, ON M5T
Canada
(416) 506-0345

Categories: Grocery, Health Food Store

Neighbourhood: Kensington Market

Update - 10/28/2009

How on earth did I initially only give my favourite health food store only four stars!? This is a ten star store. The only thing that could elevate it to The Only Store I'd Ever Shop At™ status would be if they could bring back Tings (…More »

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Essence Of Life is one of at least four health food stores in Kensington Market, and it's the one… Read more »

6. Carload On The Beach

2038 Queen St E
Toronto, ON M4L 1J4
Canada
(647) 345-9282

Categories: Fruits & Veggies, Grocery

Neighbourhood: The Beach

9/30/2009 First to Review

When I was riding by on the Queen streetcar and saw Carload's signature yellow and red signage I literally lept out of my seat and instructed the driver to let me off immediately. Could it be?? A duplicate of Carload in Bloor West Village (…More »

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7. China City Supermarket

247 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 3A8
Canada
(416) 979-7288

Categories: Grocery, Ethnic Food

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core

1/25/2010

This is "the other" Asian grocery store on the east side of Spadina in Chinatown.

I buy some things here and others at Hua Long next door (http://www.yelp.ca/biz...); you can tell the two apart because this one's brightly lit, above ground and has…More »

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8. Hua Long Market

253 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 2E3
Canada
(416) 977-8597

Categories: Fruits & Veggies, Ethnic Food

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core

12/6/2009 First to Review

Unless you have the patience of, oh, I dunno, a professional toilet trainer for toddlers or small-bladdered puppies, I wouldn't recommend coming here. Ever. I'm only ever here for 5 minute intervals but when I leave I feel like I've just competed in…More »

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9. All The Best Fine Foods

1101 Yonge St
Toronto, ON M4W 2L7
Canada
(416) 928-3330

Categories: Bakeries, Cheese Shops

Neighbourhoods: Rosedale, Summer Hill

2/10/2010

Baked Gnocchi and Gruyère with breadcrumb topping.

I repeat: Baked Gnocchi and Gruyère with breadcrumb topping.

I couldn't draft up a tastier flavour combo in my very own dreams! The lasagne-like dreamboat was served by weight (who knows how much 100g…More »

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10. Bulk Barn

17 Leslie St
Toronto, ON M4M 3H9
Canada
(416) 466-4512

Categories: Grocery, Wholesale Stores

Neighbourhood: Leslieville

4/7/2010 First to Review

I heard a sad, sad thing the other day: there is no Bulk Barn (or equivalent) in the U.S. So where do Americans shop for over 4000 products by weight? I'm sure you could plop a 5000 square foot store into any town and it'd instantly have a lineup out…More »

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11. Scheffler's Delicatessen

93 Front St E
Toronto, ON M5E 1C3
Canada
(416) 364-2806

Categories: Delis, Cheese Shops

Neighbourhoods: St. Lawrence, Downtown Core

5/10/2010

Am I the best person to send on a wild boar chase around the city in the hot pursuit of cured juniper ham (aka Speck)?? Probably not, but I found myself in this very predicament and my nose led me straight into Scheffler's arms after over a dozen…More »

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