Shirley, is that the one near Kipling/Bloor ?

Thanks,
Carrie

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> wrote in message
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> Calling all westend Torontonians!
>
> I've shopped at Bonchef for just above wholesale priced greens and
> herbs (in winter, when I can't grow them) since I moved back into the
> big city.
>
> But I hadn't been over for a while. Spurred by a mention of a new
> outlet store in this past weekend's Toronto Star in the Shoestring
> Shopper column, I went over tonight to pick up some salad greens for a
> pack of houseguests that I"m hosting this weekend.
>
> You gotta go.
>
> Not only are they carrying their long reputed greens and herbs, but
> they've also got baby veg and heirloom veg (golden carrots, purple
> carrots) edible flowers, freshly peeled garlicand fresh lemon grass,
> The veg and greens are very competitively priced ($3.99 Cdn for a 1/2
> lb bag of mesclun mix), $1/packet for the fresh herbs. They had big
> bunches of basil and rosemary.
>
> he new part was the two rooms of Canadian gourmet treats that I
> haven't seen anywhere else in the city... not even at the Cheese
> Boutique.
>
> Salmon chowders from the west coast, duck and goose liverr pates from
> Quebec, Hero jams, regional Canadian jams and preserves, swedish
> cookies, crisp breads and crackers, Some belgian chocolates I haven't
> seen anywhere else, and so on.
>
> I ended up getting a couple ofgenerous packets of mint at $1 Cdn
> each, a self-grind bottle of herbes de Provence, fresh lemon grass,
> and organic Canadian maple syrup in addition to my salad greens. Yum,
> yum. There are so many neat meat and specialty stores tucked into the
> industrial area south of Bloor St and the GO line, between Kipling and
> Islington.
>
> Shirley Hicks
> Toronto, Ontario