March 11th, 2011 by Dawn Becker

Leslieville is seeing some shopping additions lately including a new fish market called Hooked. They recently opened their doors and I’m excited to visit soon. Also new in the area is The Foodist Market that touts itself as a one-stop grocer for people who value what they eat and where it comes from. Their new website is here.

Full disclosure here, the owner of The Foodist Market, Dolores Golob, has been a friend of mine for many years. We’ve spent countless evenings dining together and chatting about the dishes we love to cook, recounting the places we’ve traveled and eaten at, and sharing our most vivid food memories. So it was no surprise to me when Dolores decided to open The Foodist Market.

Good food is a priority to Dolores and The Foodist Market does not fail to take her philosophy about food from the farm to the table and make it accessible to her neighbours. Leslieville has been crying out for a decent produce shop for years and The Foodist Market has answered, conveniently located at 1129 Queen Street East, between Pape and Jones Avenue. The market carries a varying selection of certified organic and conventional fresh fruits and seasonal vegetables…

… locally sourced deli meats and dairy from Ontario and Québec,

… standard and specialty cuts of meat from local farmers raising animals in a humane environment with no antibiotics, hormones, or animal by-products in the feed,

… as well as an assortment of dry goods and a soon to be expanded line of prepared take home foods.

If we want to keep our local shops vibrant we need to support them so next time you’re in the area make The Foodist Market one of your stops. The Foodist Market is still in its infancy but if customer comments since it opened a few short weeks ago are any predictor, the market is certain to grow and develop into a vital and essential shop in Leslieville. Come on in. You might just find me behind the cash register lending a helping hand in support of my long-time foodie foodist friend.

Note: As an aside, this blog post was written using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software that helped me type this post without using my still recovering injured hand. It was actually fun to use. I’d recommend this program to anyone who has arm, hand or wrist issues or anyone who wants a break from typing and wants to try dictation.