Here at the Village Grocer, our customer base and employee base have both grown exponentially, and for many of these great people, Chinese (Lunar) New Year is the biggest holiday of the year; a time for family to gather around the table to celebrate their ancestors and to spur on blessings of luck, prosperity and
Read MoreWe started our little business about 33 years ago on a hope and a prayer. Pretty well every morning I have a seat in our cafe and savour not just the coffee, but the experience. We have met a lot of folk, and have been supported by a community unlike any other. Our co-workers have
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Hey guys, Evan here… Now is time for friends and family to gather around the table and enjoy a delicious meal and even better company. Many enjoy a festive turkey, while others a succulent ham. With that said, many will take the back seat to carving… but it is really quite simple. I have put
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If I could quote my son Thomas, never reticent about letting you know how he feels; “it was the best day of work ever”! I think that says it all for us. From the Docs and Specialists who helped out, to some of our suppliers who helped when they found out what was happening. To
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“Giving Thanks” Join us on Saturday, October 19th as we “Give Thanks” to the Markham Stouffville Hospital by donating all of our daily sales (from open to close) to the hospital. We’ll have MSH doctors, nurses, clinicians and other community leaders working throughout the store to assist and serve you throughout the day. Prepare your
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After a few soggy days….in a row, we are about to be blessed with a few good days….also in a row! What we’ve got going on is a further shipment of Kimberley Queen Sunshine ferns, more Boston shade ferns too, and ……Maiden Hair ferns. The latter are fairly delicate and wispy, and for the shade
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Ready or not, we have the BEST fresh pasta in town from our new friends at Baldassarre. Born in Montreal and raised in Vaughan, Leandro Baldassarre’s first pasta-making experience was helping his nonna roll gnocchi and pinch ravioli. At 18, he started cooking professionally at Splendido, where he learned to make dough for egg yolk
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On Easter Saturday, Elaine Walsh and her crew will be here looking after the sale of pansies, and all proceeds will go to Pancreatic Cancer Canada. This is something that Elaine has undertaken for the last several years and I urge you to support this very worthy cause; not that you need a lot of
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We have the best rotisserie chickens in town and it’s not even close! 1) We just got a new oven that we brought in from France that’s state-of-the-art. Holds them at a steady temperature and bastes them as they cook. 2) The birds themselves are incredible. They’re locally-raised and are also massive. You’ll see roast
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At risk of offending the nomenclature police, this is now known as Sweet Pickled Boneless Pork Loin, or something close, but if you labelled it as such, you would confuse everyone and when you travel in the southern States, this is considered “Canadian Bacon”. We just think of it as normal country breakfast, or lunch
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