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| - Reviewing Summerhill Market harshly because it doesn't have the competitive prices of a mega-grocery is unfair. To use a grocery-friendly saying: it's apples to oranges, people.
...moving right along...
I love Summerhill Market (five star rating, whoops of happiness when their BBQ comes out for summertime lunches, fist pumps into the air whenever I bite into one of their chocolate chip cookies). Need more detail?
I love the neighbourhood feel,
I love the friendly staff (yes, even - especially! - the off-duty policy officer who directs parking lot traffic on weekends),
I love the specialty ingredients that are tough to find anywhere else*, and
I love to get my n0m on with these go-to staples:
- savoury pies (from tourtiere to steak and kidney) are done right
- (above-referenced) chocolate chip cookies. Other baked goods I wouldn't kick off the couch: lemon cookies, cookies with pretzel chunks baked in, oatmeal cookies
- marinated shrimp
- pecan pie (seasonally available, not too sweet and chock-a-block full of nuts)
- chicken cacciatore
- in-house roasted turkey breast (see ya later, deli slices!)
- fresh-made lemonade
*special July heatwave note: need to bring something to the masses? Summerhill's casseroles (from carbonara to veggie lasagna to chicken parmigiana) have all saved me from heatstroke in my kitchen*
I have also had experience with the catering team, and they were not only accommodating, but had great attention to detail.
Bonus points for the samples, the regular sales, and the rotation of new products.
*yuzu mayo, tough-to-find gourmet chocolate and Kawartha Dairy icecream, I'm looking at you!
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