Stock-in-Trade

Ordered our turkey from Stock-In-Trade this year for the first time and the entire experience was just phenomenal. The service was outstanding, from start to finish. The turkey was the best we have ever had and while I would love to take all the credit, it is not hard to make a good meal when you are using such quality ingredients. Everything I've ever bought from Stock-In-Trade has been of the same high standard and I've never been disappointed. Thank you!

Definitely your local butcher shop to go to if you are around the area. Even if you don't, it's great service with good food. This place will make you coming back for more.

Aside from some the staff having phenomenal knowledge and taste in hip-hop the food is also great. BBQ pulled chicken rice bowl is a value deal. But when I say value I don't mean "oh yeah that was fuel and hit the spot but ya know the flavour wasn't really there" type of value. No I mean the quality and price are in harmony. Serving size is proper and the extras, well damn they put nuff pickled things in it to make me a happy man. Also Kanye is whack and Nas shouldn't have done that last album, what was he thinking.

Stock in Trade has terrific customer service wonderful meat and sides. They also craft the BEST sandwiches ever. Their home made pastrami is other-worldly and the katsu and chicken sandwiches are terrific. Great burgers. The sandwiches are all so great it almost doesn't matter which ones are on offer. They are all great. Best family sized pot pies I have ever had. I can no longer make these at home; they will never be as good as theirs. So happy to have this gem in the neighbourhood!

Great service. They trimmed our cuts. Very friendly staff and they remember their customers. Supper was delicious thanks to Stock and Trade. Thank you

I'll start this review saying that I'm South American, and I grew up going to South American butchers with my family. It's a tradition. Then I came to Canada, and I spent many years not eating red meat because steak here is sold prepackaged and doesn't taste "right" One day, an Argentinean co-worker told me about this place. I was greeted by two folks who were clearly younger than me. I asked for a piece of picanha, which they didn't have pre cut, but that wasn't a problem - they came back with a HUGE piece of meat, and asked me if that looked good enough - they would cut the picanha out of it right away. I can't say I wasn't VERY impressed. It was an experience I had never had in Canada, and that level of skill I haven't seen since I was their age, still in South America. I absolutely love seeing people who are passionate about their trade. And, in this case, you can taste it when you bring your steak back home! I brought my steak back home that day, and became a loyal customer. I also recommend them to all my neighbours! This, my friends, is how a real butcher is like. Please never change. Toronto needed this place.

Amazing sandwiches! Tasty, well priced and friendly staff - located behind 7Numbers off Danforth - they took over the back dining area. Had the Cubano $13 and Crispy Maple Pork (Japanese inspired Katsu style) $11 sandwiches. I remember going to their Danforth east location and their sandwiches and potato salad were delicious. Please try them out and support this great little shop.

Stock n’ Trade or The Pieman Cometh Simple Simon met his Pieman sometime in the 15th century. It took Mother Goose another 250 years to immortalize that encounter on the printed page but as she had no smart phone available, the time lag is understandable. That she bothered to do so at all gives testimony to the importance of the meat pie in a society historically fascinated with obtaining creature-comfort and convenience. Plagues and freezing temperatures do not diminish our interest. They do, however, turn our pie-search into something almost heroic. When that happens, the source becomes almost as important as the pie itself. Galahad didn’t find his Grail at No Frills; ergo, I don’t want to find my pie there. That brings me to Stock N’ Trade, 307 Danforth Ave (at the corner of Bowden St.) It’s only one of several fine butchers in this part of town so the outstanding quality of its meats – locally, organically and humanely sourced – is not enough to make it an “escape”. That status comes from a variety of other factors. The shop has a pleasantly rustic character, with its wooden floors and furnishings, its chalkboard menus and its comfortable lighting. You relax upon entry. That’s all good, but it’s the young staff that make it a refuge. They produce virtually everything they sell. The butchery and the baking are all done in-house. They are knowledgeable, professional, pleasant and, above all, passionately committed to the quality of their wares and the happiness of their customers. That dedication to excellence is wonderfully evident in three ever-changing items: their lunchtime sandwiches, their rice bowls and, of course, their pies. All are creatively composed, substantial in size, very fairly priced and guaranteed to make your taste buds forgive you all previous crimes. That’s why the store has a local following that’s almost cultish. It’s also why their tortieres have become my standard Whiskey Tasting Night’s main course. Galahad took the Grail to Heaven. As the TTC doesn’t go there, I just took my pie home. There my friends and I agreed that it was close enough to heaven for the time being. Try them. You’ll agree. Cheers!