I visited the great city of Toronto yesterday to attend my beautiful friend Natalia's wedding. The bus schedule got me to town earlier than needed, so I took the opportunity to explore the city I used to call home. A spot I have been itching to check out, which happened to be a 5 minute walk from the wedding, was the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws.
I love groceries and I love grocery shopping, a trait I inherited from my mother. I love checking out the weekly flyers, I love walking down the grocery store aisles, I love looking at all the possible foods I could eat! Or deals I could get! I just love the whole experience. So my love of groceries coupled with some high expectations about the new Loblaws based on some photos I had seen, got me pretty excited to be on Carlton street in Toronto yesterday. And my excitement and expectations were met entirely by what I encountered throughout my twenty minute visit! First case in point: when I walked into the store I was greeted with the sites and sounds of an Elvis impersonator doing a show. Amazing!! And Like a good tourist, I took a bunch of photos!!
The place is gigantic and beautiful. There is a full LCBO, a coffee shop, a Joe clothing store, and many incredible specialty sections. Oh and just an entire regular grocery store as well. I was completely overstimulated by the site of so many fresh foods and prepared treats, countless varieties of meats and cheeses - my heart be still till the next time I'm in the T-Dot. Oh and they have free wifi if you want to surf the web while shopping. I loved it.
Everything in the store is classy. Even the signs that indicate what aisle you are in are classy.
They also pay homage to the history of Maple Leaf Gardens with a giant blue maple leaf made out of the former seats. It was a neat touch.
I live in a small town, so the other highlight for me was the variety of foods in the international foods section - and how inexpensive they were!! Next trip I am bringing some reusable bags and loading up! Memo to Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws: I will be back!
Have you checked it out? What do you think?
I love groceries and I love grocery shopping, a trait I inherited from my mother. I love checking out the weekly flyers, I love walking down the grocery store aisles, I love looking at all the possible foods I could eat! Or deals I could get! I just love the whole experience. So my love of groceries coupled with some high expectations about the new Loblaws based on some photos I had seen, got me pretty excited to be on Carlton street in Toronto yesterday. And my excitement and expectations were met entirely by what I encountered throughout my twenty minute visit! First case in point: when I walked into the store I was greeted with the sites and sounds of an Elvis impersonator doing a show. Amazing!! And Like a good tourist, I took a bunch of photos!!
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| Elvis was just doing a show in the lobby. Obviously. |
The place is gigantic and beautiful. There is a full LCBO, a coffee shop, a Joe clothing store, and many incredible specialty sections. Oh and just an entire regular grocery store as well. I was completely overstimulated by the site of so many fresh foods and prepared treats, countless varieties of meats and cheeses - my heart be still till the next time I'm in the T-Dot. Oh and they have free wifi if you want to surf the web while shopping. I loved it.
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| Wall of Cheese! So many choices!! |
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| Classy meals to go section. |
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| An actual deli in the grocery store - did I mention the Loblaws is really big?? |
Everything in the store is classy. Even the signs that indicate what aisle you are in are classy.
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| Looking for ice cream cones has never been so upscale! |
They also pay homage to the history of Maple Leaf Gardens with a giant blue maple leaf made out of the former seats. It was a neat touch.
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| Go Leafs Go! |
I live in a small town, so the other highlight for me was the variety of foods in the international foods section - and how inexpensive they were!! Next trip I am bringing some reusable bags and loading up! Memo to Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws: I will be back!
Have you checked it out? What do you think?
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Wow Jen, what a great experience for you! The place looked amazing; who would've thought that grocery shopping could *be* an experience? :-)
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