St. Lawrence Market Lauded by National Geographic

It's not in our area, and Kensington is closer, but I'll always have a gooey spot in my heart for St. Lawrence Market.

I have fond childhood memories of slipping out of bed early on a Saturday and going there with my father to soak up the sounds, sights and smells.

The market struggled to survive a few decades ago and I will be forever grateful that it didn't become one of Toronto's many sad stories of razing and rebuilding.

When I go to St. Lawrence Market these days, it invariably is packed, packed, packed. No doubt the many new condo dwellers in the area have bumped up its pool of customers.

And there are exciting new plans for the north market; promises to be stunning.

So, I'm a big fan, but even I was taken aback to discover that National Geographic's Food Journeys of a Lifetime lists it as Number One in street markets internationally, ranking it higher than Santiago, Chile's Mercado Central and New York's Union Square Greenmarket.

Wow-ah.
Cheers,

Vanessa