The full marks are for the ginormous lobster painting on the front of this Metro during its Grand Opening, which grabbed my attention and made me warm up to this place.
To be honest, I was sad to see that Metro was moving into this space. There is already another Metro SO close to here in Liberty Village. And the trusty FreshCo is still right across the street, with a lot of common brands at prices much lower than Metro. This Metro caters to a young, working crowd (walk-in traffic?) with deli goodies, ready to eat cooked food, take-out lunches and on-trend brands, plus all the usual Metro offerings.
One difference from the quite giant Liberty Village store is that the shelving is not quite so tall - I wonder, is this a design decision marketers made so shoppers could check each other out?
Another difference, very apparent around the opening - is the number of security guards. (Not sure if this is still the case.) They were there at the door, they were around the store, they were in the basement. Shopping in such a securitized environment is a little disconcerting.
One surprise here is that this Metro has a specially dedicated cooler of LCBO Ontario craft beers that you can purchase at LCBO prices during the same hours the LCBO is open. This could be quite useful if you were in this vicinity shopping for din-dins and not wanting to haul yourself any further for a couple of cold cans.
Welcome to the neighbourhood, Metro. Hope you keep surprising us with the window art.