Oh T&T, the jack of all trades, master of none. It receives a healthy 3.5 stars for me. There are so many good things and a little bit of bad as well. Let's break this down.
++Pros++
1. Shopping baskets with wheels
2. Excellent selection of prepared foods
3. General store cleanliness
4. Good place to go to when you need an 'east meets west' shopping visit (i.e. pork blood and Pop Tarts)
5. More reliable produce vs Chinatown
6. Short walk to Polson Pier, so you can shop and check out the nice Toronto skyline too (bring your camera)
--Cons--
1. For Asian items, prices are more expensive than in either Chinatowns or suburban T&T's
2. Prices for western packaged foods is a bit on the high side as well
3. Poor quality of prepared foods
4. Announcements on PA in English (WTF, I want an authentic experience!)
5. Location. Unless you have a car, it is kind of difficult to get there, which sort of defeats the idea of a 'downtown' T&T, no?
6. $1 deposit on the shopping carts (what happened to the quarter?) with a hella complicated system for untangling the cart from the chain of carts!