Lady York Foods - Traditional Italian groceries
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TorontoJoe
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@Figgin' A - I don't know if you ever get this far east but if you ever pass through, it's close to the 401. Colangelo Brothers market on Midland Avenue. It's an Italian food oasis. http://www.colangelos.ca/. Fresh, local meat every day from Highland in Stoney Creek.... Rare, quality imports. Tiny building, and family owned. The parking lot is a zoo but the quality and selection are excellent. Fresh bread from Calabria bakery down the road. If you want a Sicilian taste near Easter, Francesca https://francescabakery.com/.... they still make old school almond marzipan that looks like museum art coming up to the end of march Francesca also has a italian/canadian hot table 
Figgin' A
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Thanks for the links, Joe. I will definitely check them out. Ironically, many years ago, we lived in Scarborough near Midland and St. Clair, but I didn't know those places existed. Maybe they weren't there back then. Anyway, looks like I will be going there soon@Figgin' A - I don't know if you ever get this far east but if you ever pass through, it's close to the 401. Colangelo Brothers market on Midland Avenue. It's an Italian food oasis. http://www.colangelos.ca/. Fresh, local meat every day from Highland in Stoney Creek.... Rare, quality imports. Tiny building, and family owned. The parking lot is a zoo but the quality and selection are excellent. Fresh bread from Calabria bakery down the road. If you want a Sicilian taste near Easter, Francesca https://francescabakery.com/.... they still make old school almond marzipan that looks like museum art coming up to the end of march Francesca also has a italian/canadian hot table
Francesca's Sicilian cannoli and sfogliatelle look so good that I just must try them
TorontoJoe
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They were there... I was also there then....Thanks for the links, Joe. I will definitely check them out. Ironically, many years ago, we lived in Scarborough near Midland and St. Claire, but I didn't know those places existed. Maybe they weren't there back then. Anyway, looks like I will be going there soon
Going down for the night.... we should talk
You should also look for North Pole Bakery on Danforth
My family had a deli/bakery in the east end..... I grew up there
TorontoJoe
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It's too bad I can't grow figs 12 months a year....Tomorrow I'll post pics of some my winter hobbies
Figgin' A
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Thanks for the links, Joe. I will definitely check them out. Ironically, many years ago, we lived in Scarborough near Midland and St. Clair, but I didn't know those places existed. Maybe they weren't there back then. Anyway, looks like I will be going there soon
These are genuinely delicous! Authentic stuff. If you live in GTA and have a sweet tooth, do yourselves a favor and visit them. @TorontoJoe Joe, thanks for your recommendation!
P.S. Francesca's Bakery is very dangerous. I wish it were closer to me, but at same time, I am happy that it's not
TorontoJoe
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These are genuinely delicous! Authentic stuff. If you live in GTA and have a sweet tooth, do yourselves a favor and visit them. @TorontoJoe Joe, thanks for your recommendation!
P.S. Francesca's Bakery is very dangerous. I wish it were closer to me, but at same time, I am happy that it's not
They’re a real gem in the east end. If I wasn’t still feeling like death I’d be heading up there.
If you get the chance to go approaching Easter, definitely do so. IMO the are the foremost marzipan artists in the city.
This is all marzipan. The flavour is authentic Parmelitano
Figgin' A
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Oh, I will!
TorontoJoe
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Those sfogliatelle (top of first pic) The stuff dreams are made of.
Figgin' A
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I can vouch for that
I looooooooove sfogliatelle, and these were absolutely top-notch.
ktrain
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I need some of that in my life. lol
Figgerlickinggood
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You really know how to torture me. Yes torture because I’ve eaten them and know how wonderful they taste. Especially the Sfogliatelle, some people call them “lobster tails”.These are genuinely delicous! Authentic stuff. If you live in GTA and have a sweet tooth, do yourselves a favor and visit them. @TorontoJoe Joe, thanks for your recommendation!
P.S. Francesca's Bakery is very dangerous. I wish it were closer to me, but at same time, I am happy that it's not
Figgerlickinggood
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Here’s how they make the sfogliatelle doughThese are genuinely delicous! Authentic stuff. If you live in GTA and have a sweet tooth, do yourselves a favor and visit them. @TorontoJoe Joe, thanks for your recommendation!
P.S. Francesca's Bakery is very dangerous. I wish it were closer to me, but at same time, I am happy that it's not