ThisCabbagetown food emporium sells a variety ofhigh-end cheeses, fresh bread, olives, gourmet gift baskets, and affordable breakfast and lunch options.
Back in 1980, when a customer suggested Patty Junior should call her newly opened cheese store “The Epicure Shop,” Patty didn’t even know what an epicure was. She could hardly have predicted, at the time, that the number of self-described “foodies,” “epicures,” and “gourmets” in Toronto would explode in the succeeding decades, making her wares —artisanal, locally-sourced dairy, olives, and condiments —something of an accidental trend.
Patty and her staff love the Parliament Street store for a simpler reason though; “we like food,” she says.
We offer several breakfast sandwiches made to order using only the freshest ingredients. Our top three sellers are: Prices vary from $2.99 - $4.99 * Add a medium coffee for a loonie
