Fruit people of Toronto i need info :)

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by DrummerJazzyJay on September 18, 2012 at 5:24am

Toronto is not too bad for fruit. You can find ripe boxes of bananas at wholesalers for 10$ although not organic. Regular are 20-30$ for a box of conventional or 30-45$ for organic/fair trade. Chinatown is good for tropical fruits.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Orenji on October 28, 2012 at 12:00am

How much would these boxes weight generally? do you know where some of the wholesalers are located?

Chinatown has so many kinds of tropical fruits it's great and persimmons started showing up too :)

Thank you! 

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Sergio Rezende on October 28, 2012 at 12:37am

There is a organic farmer's market near Union subway  Station all year long,its located right in front of the Kensigton Market , I am not sure if they open only on saturday or sunday .. Also, I shop a lot in the big carrot located in the greek town near chester subway station :) 

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Orenji on October 28, 2012 at 3:18am

Costco i heard that you can get a lot of stuff in bulk just not so sure about fruit...

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Nick on October 28, 2012 at 6:21am

Costco is alot better then the grocery store, I dont know about bananas but there dates are pretty cheap. I just got my first box of organic bananas from a local market for $25.                                                                                             oh and if i were you i would avoid eating too many carrots because they could cause your skin to turn orange

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Orenji on October 28, 2012 at 3:15am

Thanks! i'll be sure to check that out :), is it too pricey though? (college student on a tight budget..)

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Christina on May 17, 2013 at 5:28pm

Hi, I will be stopping by in Toronto this August. Are there any raw vegan restaurant as well as markets that you would recommend (ideally based in the downtown area)?

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Orenji on June 11, 2013 at 6:37am

Hi :)

I don't know much about the raw vegan restaurants, but the cheapest fruit you can get(at least from my experience) is in Chinatown around Dundas and Spadina. You also have st Lawrence market and kensington market (more expensive) which also has some health food stores with organic produce. This is all in the downtown area...

Hope that helps!

• ▶ Reply