Big variety & great food & you'll be sure to find what you want ... love the cake shop, deli &…read moreflowers...

OHHH I LOVE this place…read more I swear I could live here (at night.. when its quiet). It has EVERYTHING food wise you could imagine, and more. - Freshly (like right in front of your eyes) made orange and apple juice. - Meat, meat MEAT - every meat you can imagine and drool over - Baked goods... so many... try and avoid it! - Fresh ALL AUSTRALIAN produce.. yum! But the best part is the cafe inside. Open till 3pm every day - they serve all the traditional breakfast dishes like Eggs Benedict, Big Breakfast & Smashed Avo... but they also have adorable cakes, wraps and toasted sandwiches. Great service and price too... I want to go back right now :)

At first glance Bivano and Sons appears to be a high quality and well stocked fruit and vegetable…read moreshop. But anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting this well known grocer knows better! Yes B & S has the best looking and diverse range of fruit and veg I have seen, but it doesn't stop there. There is a beautiful range of flowers to choose from as well as a deli section I could very well live in. Any shop that has a fridge of Ben and Jerry Ice-Cream has my vote. And yes, they do stock a range of sauces and deliciousness from Gourmet Simon Johnson. This grocer is not only filled with beautiful products but friendly staff and a conjoining butcher for all your carnivourous needs. This place is a pleasure to visit and its produce joyous to consume. Yes, it is that good. All other greengrocers take note please.

A while ago I heard about a cheese shop which was located in the industrial area of Thomastown but…read moredidn't know what the name was and didn't know where it was.......until recently at one of the stalls at the salami festa I tasted the most delicious skewer of Buffalo boconcini, cherry tomatoes and basil, drizzled with Italian olive oil and balsamic. I picked up a brochure and discovered it was "That's Amore" located in Thomastown! That's the place! They don't just sell cheese here either. If you love beautiful Italian cheese - imagine fresh tubs of ricotta & tasty pecorino, delicious ricotta canoli to have with coffee, or fancy mouth watering porchetta in a crispy bread roll, like those you may have tasted in a Perugian town in Italy, then you should definitely visit That's Amore.

Found an instant favourite place hidden in the industrial area in Thomastown for lunch today…read more That's Amore Cheese! Huge selection of cheeses direct to the public and an amazing deli. Also really great pork roast panini, chicken and more.

I often do my shopping at the Coburg Market. It is a small, old-fashioned fresh food market with a…read morebull-nosed, corrugated iron front. The whole place is worn but clean. There is a high old corrugated iron ceiling spanning the whole market and an old pressed tin ceiling at the entrance. There is another entrance at the back of the market, the truck delivery bay, but that is not so attractive although it does go directly to the car-park. Today I'm shopping for a dinner party and I think that I can get everything that I need under this one large roof. Seasonally there always is something different at the market. There is a large fruit and vegetable stand where I buy grapes, purple onions, rocket leaves and baby spinach leaves. And the fish stand where I buy half a kilo of mussels. I compare prices at the two butchers, and two chicken butchers and the two delicatessens. Actually chicken breasts are cheaper today at the butchers on Sydney Road. Finally, some nuts from the nut shop to go with the cheese and to complete the meal. There is a small tobacco stand is built into the market - I don't need any of that for the diner party.

Fast service, nice staff. Seafood was decent. If you're limited to staying in a suburb I recommend…read morethis place.

Top fish and chips, potato cakes can very in quality yet still pretty good. I don't give 4 stars…read morelightly when it comes to fish n chips.

This isn't the closest fruit and veg shop to my house so I don't come here unless I happen to be on…read moreSydney Road and it happens to be a convenient time to do some vegetable shopping. The first few times I came here I thought they were rather pricey compared to my local fresh produce shop, but a recent visit has led me to change my mind. La Manna had lots of good deals going, and I managed to find tarragon there, which I hadn't found in other stores in the neighbourhood. I don't know if I just never get the nice, smiley staff member at the cash register, or if none of them smile or make an attempt to be friendly, but that's just how it goes in La Manna. It would be nice if they were nicer to me, but if it were that easy for everyone to be nicer to each other, there would probably be less fighting in the world. How on earth did I go from fruit and veg to more peace and love in the world please? I think it's time for afternoon tea break.

Last Sunday my partner and I did something we've never done before... we awoke before 9am. But more…read moreimportantly, we got our butts out of the house and decided to stock up our fridge for the week (and stock it healthy.) La Manna is just a short walk away and is an absolutely gem of a local grocer. Piles of fresh fruits, veggies, flowers and all that other healthy stuff that you look at in the supermarket but always walk right past. You know the ones - quinoa, freekah, sunflower seeds and anything green... We stocked our basket sky high with enough veggies to feed a small family and smugly strutted out on to Sydney Road - proud smile on our face for all that we had achieved before 10am on a Sunday - and all for just a few clams! A highly recommended destination when you want the best and freshest veggies without the hefty price that can often come along with them.

This is one of those delis that I absolutely adore. None of those big named products happens to be…read moreon sale here. This is sort of one of those places where you visit to grab a spread for a party, or even for a small get together. The other thing is that, like a lot of places, they also do coffee and tea, and the tea they served was quite nice. It was a shame that they didn't have any loose leaf tea available for sale.

Provata is the absolute perfect add-on to a shopping village that contains Coles. They are so…read moreideally suited, you'd be forgiven for wondering why Coles hadn't yet bought them out. Provata is a delicatessen in the traditional sense of the word. Stocking your usual suspects like cheeses, dips and other moreish nibblies they also have a sensational range of 'that other ingredient in this recipe I want to try that I have no idea where to get' type stuff. Persian fairyfloss, vanilla icecream made fresh with actual vanilla beans, tomato paste with anchovies, blue corn chips... you get the idea. Whilst you'll find many other stores like it around, it's that it's perfectly placed next to an incredibly popular Coles supermarket that makes it just right.

Give the DELI a miss, no range or products, no service and overpriced. The Café is a little better,…read morebut not much ! ....the owner looks like he doesn't want to be there !