What to eat at Front Street Foods, Union Station’s new summertime market
What to eat at Front Street Foods, Union Station’s new summertime market
From now until the end of August, the new-and-improved plaza outside Canada’s busiest transit hub is an open-air food market. Open daily, the summer-long pop-up will give commuters, office workers and tourists a chance to taste dishes and drinks from some of the city’s best chefs and food vendors. It’s a welcome sight after years of ugly construction and snarled traffic along Front Street, and the strip’s hot dogs now have to share their street meat title with pollo-pibil tacos, jamon serrano pintxos and snow crab–topped fries. Weekly highlights include breakfast service by a select number of vendors, a licensed bar open Wednesday through Saturday, live music during weekday lunches and a farmers’ market every Wednesday. The current crowd favourites might be Holy Chuck’s freshly ground burgers and Uncle Tetsu’s spongy cheesecakes, but here are 16 other snacks to consider.
Monday–Sunday, 7 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m., 65 Front St. W., frontstreetfoods.com
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- <strong>Bacon Nation</strong> serves BLTs, burgers and bacon salad. But it’s the breakfast only Classic Canadian—a saucy sandwich stacked with back bacon, fried egg, fresh lettuce and tomatoes—that will ease the pain of that early morning commute ($6.95).
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- <strong>Cava'</strong>s booth is a gem for cinq à sept fans: the outpost of the popular midtown spot serves a number of small plates, sandwiches, paella, and pintxos.
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- <strong>Station Cold Brew'</strong>s New Orleans–style drink is their market-only special. The naturally sweet, almost chocolatey beverage is a creamy mix of their cold brew concentrate and Rolling Meadow’s grass-fed whole milk, all fortified with home-made chicory simple syrup ($6).
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- Buy a fresh loaf at <strong>Fred's Bread</strong> or grab one of the ready-to-eat take-away treats that have been specifically made for the market. Think sweet, breakfast-friendly cinnamon or chocolate buns ($3), or a rotating selection of palm-sized, focaccia-style pizzas ($4). Bonus: pastries can be re-heated in an on-site oven.
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- The outpost of Queen West’s seafood-centric sandwich shop <strong>Off the Boat</strong> carries a couple of items from their popular menu: choose between the snow crab–topped Frisco Fries ($10), or the Atlantic lobster roll that comes with fresh-cut seasoned fries and house broccoli slaw ($15).
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- <strong>Greenhouse Juice Co.</strong> sells its full line of raw, organic, cold-pressed juices and nut milks from its market stall ($4.50–$15). Tip: some of the items are really popular with the morning crowd, so place a pre-order (they accept them here).
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- <strong>HotBunzz</strong> offers a changing lineup of oven-baked, brioche-style buns. The portable snacks are stuffed with the likes of jerk chicken or chickpea falafel ($7 for two), and slow-braised bison short ribs or jerk lobster ($8 each or $15 for two).
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- At <strong>Jamie's Cracked Corn</strong>, small batches of kettle corn are made on site using mushroom popcorn (named for its post-pop shape) and a 200-year-old technique. The resulting product is nut-, dairy-, gluten- and trans fat–free ($5.75–$6.75)
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- At <strong>Jedd's Frozen Custard</strong>, order the frozen dessert in a cone or a cup on its own or topped with fruit, nuts or syrups. Better yet, try the flavour of the day as an affogato that mixes the frozen treat with a shot of freshly brewed espresso ($6).
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- At Chase Hospitality Group's <strong>Little Fin</strong>, choose the crispy haddock with seasoned wedge fries ($11), or the refreshing tahini-dressed soba salad that’s topped with a skewered of chili- and lemon zest–marinated grilled shrimp ($13).
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- Besides hawking its house-made tortilla chips, dips and sauces, <strong>Mad Mexican</strong> also turns out tacos. Choose from the pollo pibil (slow-roasted chicken), carnitas (slow-roasted pork) or fajitas ($4.50 each or $12 for three).
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- First time vendor <strong>Michelle Rose'</strong>s globally inspired, hand-rolled doughnuts play up classic flavours with flare. The current crowd favourite: the “Homer Simpson," topped with fluorescent pink icing and rainbow sprinkles ($3.50 each, $12 for four or $18 for a half-dozen).
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- Order up a trio of churros at <strong>Pancho's Bakery</strong> ($5 for three).
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- Canada’s first kombucha bar, <strong>Pekoe</strong>, offers its organic, probiotic-rich and naturally carbonated kombucha (fermented tea) bottled or on draught. Or, try the alcohol-free, sangria-style cocktail that pairs a kombucha flavour with fresh fruit ($5).<br />
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- <strong>Toben</strong> serves its slow-smoked beef brisket, bourbon- and maple-glazed Berkshire pork, summer greens, a veggie-and-granny-apple slaw and slices of jalapeno-cheddar cornbread—all on one plate ($13).
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- <strong>Wanna Banana</strong>, a Dubai-based (but Canadian-developed) frozen dessert company, is showcasing their vegan, dairy-free, ice cream–like dessert that’s made from a single ingredient: bananas. Find it jazzed up with cinnamon and maple, topped with date syrup or blended into smoothies with almond milk ($5.75–$8.50).
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From now until the end of August, the new-and-improved plaza outside Canada’s busiest transit hub is an open-air food market. Open daily, the summer-long pop-up will give commuters, office workers and tourists a chance to taste dishes and drinks from some of the city's best chefs and food vendors. It's a welcome sight after years of ugly construction and snarled traffic along Front Street, and the strip's hot dogs now have to share their street meat title with pollo-pibil tacos, jamon serrano pintxos and snow crab–topped fries. Weekly highlights include breakfast service by a select number of vendors, a licensed bar open Wednesday through Saturday, live music during weekday lunches and a farmers' market every Wednesday. The current crowd favourites might be Holy Chuck's freshly ground burgers and Uncle Tetsu’s spongy cheesecakes, but here are 16 other snacks to consider.
Monday–Sunday, 7 a.m.–9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m., 65 Front St. W., frontstreetfoods.com
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Make sure to check out our Bouquet Bar every Tuesday at the market. Buy a bouquet for yourself or we can send them to anyone south of St Clair in 2 hours or less! Stay Blooming :)
cute idea, overpriced.
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Have enjoyed meeting all the vendors and trying some great stuff normally not available near the station. May it be a success so they do it again!
Most everything is on par with prices found at brick and mortar establishments. The exception being a 40% markup on the Uncle Tetsu cheesecake. The lobster roll with a generous helping of fries was only $15 and it was very much worth it.