3 Best Shopping in Toronto, Ontario

Eataly is a sprawling and bustling monument to Italian food and cooking. Over three floors and 50,000 square feet within the Manulife Centre, the hybrid specialty food store/restaurant market is teeming with fresh Italian and locally sourced products from house-made cheese to fish, meat, bread, pastries, gelato, pasta, prepared meals, and more. There are also Italian wines and house-brewed beer, made in the basement Birroteca by Indie Alehouse (one of seven on-site cafés, bars, and restaurants).

From humble beginnings as a Little Italy produce stand, Pusateri's has grown into Toronto's favorite high-end supermarket, with in-house prepared foods, local and imported delicacies, and desserts and breads from the city's best bakers, among many other treats. This second location is among the most high-end, curated to meet the Yorkville neighborhood.

A neighborhood grocer that goes back more than a half century, Summerhill Market is now one of the bougiest shopping experiences you can have in the city. Not so much the "pop in for a couple of things" market unless your grocery budget is very high, it's the spot to get fancy culinary condiments, fish, meat, produce, and prepared foods.