Cheese
Cheese Boutique
45 Ripley Ave., 416-762-6292 This 10,000-square-foot gourmet food store is not your standard grocer. Even more impressive than its selection of specialty goods is its in-store, open-to-the-public vault that stocks $1 million worth of cheese products.

Barbecue
Bloor Meat Market 2283 Bloor St. W., 416-767-2105 Everything you need for a backyard barbecue is available at this butcher shop: marbled AAA New York strip loins, house-made sausages, organic Irish salmon, kebabs, ribs and Mennonite-raised chickens from St. Jacobs.

Cookies
Sweet Flour Bake Shop
2352 Bloor St. W., 416-763-2253 At this bespoke-cookie bakeshop, customers face two tough decisions: which dough—original, oatmeal or peanut butter—and which of the 20-plus add-ins. (Pre-baked goodies are also available.)

The buyer: Marc Kravis, Doctor The street: Riverside Drive The Price: $1.575 million

In October 2014, Marc and his wife, Melita, began searching for homes in Swansea, where he grew up. The area’s older houses and hilly topography made the hunt challenging; several places the couple looked at had structural issues. Eventually, in January, Melita found their ideal home through an Internet listing. “We saw behind what was obviously dated,” Marc says. “We saw the stateliness of the home.” Six months of renovations cost them double their initial budget, but, by the end, the couple had enlarged the 80-year-old Tudor-style house’s small kitchen, replaced its rear windows and converted an upstairs bedroom into an ensuite. The house is smaller than their previous one in Burlington, but they don’t see it as a downgrade. “It’s close to all the amenities we like,” Marc says. “We love the ravines, and we just like being in an older, established neighbourhood.”

What’s Selling

96 Durie St. Detached, four bedrooms, four baths Listed for $1.689 million Sold for $1.6 million

5 Brule Gardens Detached, five bedrooms, four baths Listed for $2.695 million Sold for $2.495 million

2 Brule Gardens Detached, six bedrooms, six baths Listed for $3.998 million Sold for $3.525 million

Markets
Evergreen Brick Works 550 Bayview Ave., 416-596-1495 It’s not just the Arcadian Don Valley setting or the stunning industrial architecture that makes this market a Saturday morning ritual for some 2,000 shoppers—and their accompanying spoodles. The selection of meat, cheese, produce and baked goods is fresher, tastier and more diverse than any other in the city.

Takeout
All the Best Fine Foods
1101 Yonge St., 416-928-3330 Rosedale’s go-to food shop is known for its dinner-party provisions, particularly the prepared foods made fresh daily in the company’s off-site Leaside kitchen. Top sellers include chicken pot pie—a flaky-crusted, creamy, oozy mealtime staple beloved by every school kid in the neighbourhood.

Couture
Advice from a Caterpillar
8 Price St., 416-960-2223 The main attraction at this button-cute boutique, located just off of Yonge Street, is a collection of mostly European-designed clothing for kids ages six and under—including Bon-Ton dresses and Petit Bateau nautical wear from France, Stella McCartney’s children’s line, and organic cotton onesies by Mini Rodini.

What’s Selling

56 Dale Ave. Detached, four bedrooms, five baths Listed for $2.595 million Sold for $2.595 million

24 Whitney Ave. Detached, five bedrooms, five baths Listed for $3.95 million Sold for $3.725 million

90 Roxborough St. E. Detached, four bedrooms, five baths Listed for $5.25 million Sold for $5.06 million

Market
Artscape Wychwood Barns
601 Christie St., 416-653-3520 The Saturday farmers’ market at the Barns is a paragon of cheerful yuppie socialism: stroller-steering families stuff Monforte goat’s milk brie into reusable shopping bags, indie bands perform, resident Artscape artists find new patrons and, for a few hours, the world is a happier place.

Barbecue
The Stockyards: Smokehouse and Larder
699 St. Clair Ave. W., 416-658-9666 It took chef Tom Davis two years to perfect his recipe for lineup-luring fried chicken: the meat is prepped for 48 hours before being brined, dredged in a thyme-jerk mix and deep-fried. It’s time well spent: Davis’s chicken is the best bird in town.

Shop
Javad’s Buy and Sell
818 St. Clair Ave. W., 416-652-2611 Browsing this perilously packed emporium is like navigating a military obstacle course. But after you vault over the vintage wooden chairs and duck around the leaning towers of china, you might find some treasures: we once spotted a Tiffany-style lamp for $150 and a cowhide banjo for $100.

What’s Selling

52 Burnside Dr. Detached, five bedrooms, two baths Listed for $1.35 million Sold for $1.25 million

79 Helena Ave. Detached, three bedrooms, three baths Listed for $1.169 million Sold for $1.34 million

8 Wychwood Park Detached, five bedrooms, four baths Listed for $1.99 million Sold for $1.895 million