The St. Lawrence Market of Toronto located on Front St. W. near Jarvis and is a mecca for a variety of international specialty foods, from ukrainian perogies to italian veal and eggplant on a bun, to an irish pub. One can find unique soaps, fresh fruits and vegetables and unique foodstuffs etc. The market was recently voted the Number 1 Food market in the world by National Geographic. Quite an honour for a publicly managed facility. Who would have imagined that this City of Toronto landmark property, could have managed a retail food market with such acumen.
The market is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays, and has created a vibrant crafts market on the street outside the market on those days. On Saturdays, the north side of the market is turned into a farmer's market, with fresh fruits and vegetables from the Ontario countryside. On Sundays, the building is turned into a lively antique market, and a variety of antiquities can be found both inside and out of the facility.
The uniqueness of this City Market is that it has the ability to choose vendor's based on their originality rather than maximizing rental income. Without this criteria we would have just another shopping mall like everywhere else in the GTA with Tim Horton's and other common national retailers etc. Having leased many a strip center myself, this non financial based criteria is definitely what allows this urban food market the ability to offer such unique and specialty items in such a prime urban location.
For an afternoon of international food browsing, and farmer fresh items, or antiquing or crafting, check out The St. Lawernce market. You may also stumble across our crafts table called Nice Things
http://www.nice-things4u.com/ selling hand made silver jewelley. You never know what unique item may catch your eye.
Ola,
The Adventure Guy
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