The Food District

Locally designed with the help of some of Toronto's best street style artists, La Carnita is the spot to enjoy delicious tacos, a handful of churros, run through a mixtape, and wash it all down with a fresh cocktail or beer. At the heart of what we do is always to serve up a dynamic menu, and connect with the community through our love of art and music.

When it’s time for a cuppa, there’s no better place than Tao Tea Leaf. Take your pick from 180 varieties of tea, including chai, chamomile and everything in between, plus some award-winners (several of Tao Tea Leaf’s blends have taken top prize at the North American Tea Championship). For co-founders Tao Wu (a certified tea sommelier) and Mingzhu Gao (an accountant), tea is both a business and a pleasure, and they strive to share the world’s best brews with their customers.Beautiful tea ware is also part of the experience, and many items, such as the cast iron teapots, are steeped in Chinese tea-drinking tradition (see what we did there?).

MyOlive Premium Olive Oil & Balsamic Tasting Bar. Welcome to MyOlive where you can enjoy a selection of over 60 Premium Olive Oils and Balsamic Vinegars. Everything in our store is 100% pure and natural, so that you can enjoy the best possible ingredients at home as well as the perfect gift for all occasions. Our Olive Oils are fresh and picked early to ensure our Olive Oil offers the best nutrients and flavour possible. Our Balsamics are made by a 3rd Generation Family in Modena Italy and they are all barrel aged. We also offer a selection of gourment products like Truffle Olive Oils; Olives; salts;hand cut Pasta from Italy; rubs and many other goodies.

Ma’s Best Quality Soups offers a variety of premium-quality soups made with nutritious and delicious all-natural ingredients. They carry many gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian options to satisfy everyone’s needs.

Uncle Tetsu’s Japanese Cheesecake is made with carefully selected ingredients in precise quantities, including decadent cream cheese, premium butter and the finest farm-fresh eggs! Each ingredient is mixed and baked with care to produce a cheesecake that tastes pure, natural and of course, delicious! We guarantee you’ll be back for seconds…

Baked Fresh! BigFatCookies crispy on the outside and awesome inside! Our cookies are made with premium ingredients and pure butter. Crispy on the outside and awesome inside. Our signature Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookie is crispy on the outside and gooey awesome inside. Every bite is packed with Belgian chocolate chips and chunks of walnuts. Enjoy!

Sweet Jesus was born out of a love for experimentation. As leaders in the confectionery game, the goal is to combine conceptual thinking with high-quality ingredients and products, in an effort to make something that tastes and looks, unlike anything you’ve ever seen and had before. Toronto born and globally grown; Sweet Jesus is the little ice cream shop that wouldn’t quit.

Whoever said you need to leave the city to have a true winery experience, has never been to The Wine Shop and Tasting Room. The Wine Shop and Tasting Room proudly serves wines from the Niagara Peninsula and includes award-winning offerings from Peller Estates, Trius Winery, Wayne Gretzky Estates, and Thirty Bench. We believe that great wines should be experienced, not simply sipped.

Caffeine = shopping fuel. This Toronto-based specialty coffee roaster sources the best beans from around the world (think Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ethiopia), so you can have a delish cup of joe right here at home. Hale’s beans are roasted without chemicals or additives, so all you’re tasting is pure goodness. Need a light bite to eat with your flat white? You’ll also find satisfying salads, sandwiches, and baked goods. Lactose-intolerant and vegan coffee drinkers will love the oat milk Cappuccino. Craving a cold drink? Hale Coffee also serves kombucha and nitro cold brew. No matter what you’re looking for, this team of baristas will send you off shouting, #HaleYeah!

A family-owned company, they are the first of their kind in the GTA: a chocolate shop that specializes in gourmet Brazilian brigadeiros. Described as a cross between truffles, caramels, and fudge, brigadeiros are a must-try for chocoholics. Every single confection at Chocollata Gourmet is made by hand, and the loving attention to detail shows. These brigadeiros, which are hand-rolled in chocolate pearls, crushed nuts, and sprinkles, are serious eye candy! And Chocollata Gourmet’s boxes are gorgeous too—a selection of brigadeiros makes a great gift (and beats a basic box of chocolates hands down).