This place is open!…read more In many ways, it is a classic convenience store with fruit elements, but to me, what sets it apart is the amazing plant selection! Really cute and well-priced succulents and cacti. Not to mention, these are not sad little plants. They're in good condition and they're not the varieties that you see everywhere. I believe there are flowers as well, but the potted varieties are the most impressive. There's a good selection, ok! Go there!

I live down the street from Wong's and it's really a great place to have close by if you don't live…read morenear a grocery store. I don't have a car so I tend to stock up when I go grocery shopping but I hate running out of fresh produce. This place has a ton of stuff - lots of different types of lettuce, citrus fruits, seasonal fruits, onions, peppers, herbs - you name it they've got it. And you'd expect this corner store to gouge you for the convenience but the prices are really quite reasonable. I really recommend this to anyone looking for some fresh fruits and veggies. If you can't get to Dominion or Sobeys (or Kensington, which also has great produce) this is a great second choice! Oh and don't forget to stop and smell some of their absolutely beautiful flower arrangements.

Great selection of services. Key cutting, atm, good selection of dry food, well stocked fridge,…read morecool Korean products, and more. This place is very established in the community with many regulars. Great and kind owners.

I always feel like i should preface reviews of random places like this with some sort of…read moredisclaimer. This is a review of the shop for what it is-a neighbourhood convenience store. It's not fancy or anything and you'll pay more than in the big supermarkets but it's VERY convenient. They've somehow managed to squeeze most things you could randomly happen to want into one small shop. They have usual grocery bits and pieces, milk, dairy, some ready meals and packaged cakes. Even chocolate chips-my downfall. There's no excuse not to clean-lots of laundry/household detergents etc. Randomly-they have DVDs for rent -there's a photocopier -the clothes hung in plastic bags in the back corner are because they offer dry cleaning -they'll cut your keys -good selection of greeting cards -coffee and lottery! The random mishmash of different services makes me smile and it's so so handy. They open pretty late too...not entirely sure how late but until at least 11pm. Win!

Busy Bee is a family run bodega style operation in the heart of the downtown core. They are one of…read morethe only stores that bring the "convenient" back into convenience stores. Only here have I seen such a wild array of goods from all over the world that you won't find anywhere else. Exotic cheese? They got it. Premium Ginger Beer? Of course they do. Korean snacks and instant ramen? This is the place to check out. From plumbing supplies to rice cakes Busy Bee has it all. I can't say enough about how friendly the staff are and how professional they are handling their customers. Given their location on the corner of King and Bathursts entertainment district and being open 24 hours, they get a lot of party animals on weekends and the occasional panhandler sitting outside their doors.

Yes, it's a convenience store, but it's an independently-run convenience store, is in my…read moreneighbourhood, and is open 24 hours. Busy Bee has been a bacon-saver for me for some time now. Once at 11:00pm I realized that I needed a blank CD to load some files onto for the next day. With everything else closed, I took my last shot with Busy Bee. They were open and the only question they had in response to my blank CD request is "how many you need?" Definitely what you want to hear. It's a large store with a wide range of merchandise that will help you out in those emergency times of need. The staff are efficient in their manner and will help where they can. It does have the tired look of a place that is open 24 hours, but you'd be exhausted to, if you worked around the clock.

Wonderful store, great service, I buy all my garden plants here. The owners are knowledgeable and…read morevery kind!

Great store, one of the few convenience stores left in the south Annex. They have, in addition to…read moreeverything else a convenience store carries, a terrific selection of plants and flowers. I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this place has been a godsend during COVID. Many thanks to them for their hard work over the past year! Especially when the occasional jerk wandered in!

The store offers a wide variety of everyday groceries, specialty foods, and handmade goods, with…read morefresh ingredients and interesting items that really stand out. The staff is friendly and welcoming

I have been to Old's Cool General Store quite a few times. It is eclectic and jam-packed with…read moreamazing treasures that I keep coming back to see more. Customer service has always been super kind and helpful. I often come in looking for something I saw on their Facebook page and they have helped me find it like their travel straws. The peanut butter chocolate ice cream is excellent and when you are looking for those hard-to-find items like Lime Rickey Pop Shoppe Pop or Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, this is the place you want to go. It is also great for finding special gift items and books, from essential oils to a unicorn corkscrew, this place has everything. Including retro candy and chocolate bars not to mention freshly baked treats too. This is much more than a general store. It is a treasure. You can read the whole story and see the tour here: http://www.suziethefoodie.com/olds-cool-general-store/

I've never been to a cleaner supermarket. It was amazing. I was able to procure most of the…read moreingredients for a minestrone soup recipe. Unfortunately summer squash seems to be out of season and pancetta was not to be had. Employees tried to be helpful in my requests but those items were unavailable. Prices seem reasonable.

I passed by this spot on my last visit to the largest retailer in the world…read more There was steady flow of people on the last visit so made a note to myself to visit this grocer when I am in the area. One of the bigger no frills and even has a kiosk to do your banking with the PC Financial. Lots of aisles and there is even a meat and seafood section. Decent selection of Ethnic items and some special cuts of meat though there was an off putting smell in the meat section. Produce section was well stocked. Checkout was drag but that was expected as it was the weekend and they had some special going on that kept bringing in people. One of the better no frills I have been to. 3.5 Stars.

This is a great spot for all your bee/honey needs. A great variety of housewares, jewelry,…read morebeekeeping tools, beeswax candles, books, gardening tools, honey (obvs)... literally anything that has something to do with bees. The service is great and very helpful. I came in looking for a gift for my mother-in-law and found an elegant white and gold dish for her and a cute bright coral scarf for myself. A lot of their personal care products skew towards the natural, which I always love. Check it out!

Nice honey place. I might have bought it from Walmart if they didn't only have some Jemima-looking…read morestuff. I bet Jemima didn't start out being 127% sugar like fifty years ago. Anyways. Yeah really nice lady. Very pleasant to correspond with. Donna, I think? I should know her name... I mean she dropped off honey at the door all through the pandemic once a month. It was great. Well, not for free, not like Santa Claus, I did have to buy it in bulk. I think it was like ~44 bucks or so. That gets you about 2.5 kg of honey but later the threshold cost for deliveries grew larger. Like 60 or 70 bucks worth. Well, it was time to get out of the house but I mean, c'mon, who are these people? Only bears eat that much! Are there black bears in the economy now? No wonder I can't get a job. But she always smiled and waved..must be nice. Or maybe she was just glad to be delivering to a human..instead of a bear for a change. Those boxes were packed very tight and cozy, by the way...never any nick on the jars..more professional than Amazon. Lol. As if I'd ever trust that delivery conglomerate with food. And always exactly what I ordered...not that I'd know the difference...they're all honey. The store is stocked with so many different kinds of honeys...and descriptions...like what region it came from and what season, wildflower or clover or sourwood, and if they taste like berries or if they're bitter or spicy or evaporate in your mouth like dry ice (no actually, none of those last three things). Their descriptions are definitely thought out, however. There was one, I think it said it was 'for kids' or something, and when I tried it the taste was exactly like a slice of childhood drinking honey out of those bear-shaped bottles. They come in 1kg and 500g jars. Around $20 for 1kg. Also there's a 3kg pail, which might be a gimmick but it's on the website so...bears, of course. Some really nice ones get sold out too...like the BrrrGirl one, or BeeGirrrl, or something. I dunno, it was tasty. Maybe the bees took it back. Absolutely Pure is the brand they always have. It's good. There are some interesting mixes as well. I got a honey with lavender...creamed honey...like a spread to put on toast and fries (don't put it on fries). Wonderful! Also, honey with bee pollen in it. What a rich flavour! I didn't try much after that but they have many concoctions and I bet they're all worth it. You can buy wildflower honey or raw honey as the two main categories: Let me warn you, if you have that golden flowing liquid nectar of the gods vision in your head then go with the first one, that's the real honey. Raw honey is the one that's like...vegan..like kale...it's like OJ with pulp when no pulp is so much smoother so why would you bother. Raw is the grainy one, it's the one that solidifies in the cupboard and you have to put it in warm water to rejuvenate it. Get it because it's 'raw' (big applause) or get wildflower, because it's honey. Chapstick-They also have chapstick. They make everything from bees...it's wild. Beeswax chapstick is like wearing the diamond ring you stole from your best friend...the bees will smell it! They will find you!! But I bought it. Actually, bees don't hover around and stab your lips with stingers. Never saw any come close. It just makes your lips smell nice and stay moist. Pure comb honey-This stuff is good! Oof. It's costly and I only ever got it once but it is just the best stuff. All the honey still in its shell, and you get to eat the comb...which is that hexagonal lattice we stole away from those hardworking bees...oh I hope they don't pass on the knowledge. Candles-I got some nice candles here. They have a lot of candles, candle sculptures, made from beeswax. Candles will teach you there's a difference between things being expensive and things being unnecessary. I don't think these are that expensive.

I have shopped at this store for over 30 years but not much in the last few years. Their prices…read moreused to be great but not anymore. Their selection has also declined. Very disappointing.

You really need to go here to discover the awesomeness yourself. Basically this is a HUGE…read morewarehouse-sized space with bulk food. But it's so much cooler than that. The bulk food is sold by weight so it's all in containers where you scoop what you want into a bag. (Definitely check out the pictures I posted!) The foods include: -Candy including candy bars (which I've never seen in bulk) and unusual gummy items (like fried eggs and belly buttons). -Chocolate -Snacks and nuts -Dried spices And REALLY random stuff like: -Powdered cheese sauce -Powdered beef broth And YUMMY looking stuff like: -Giant pieces of peanut brittle (it's weird to see something so big that is still bought by weight) Remember those places called "Sweet Factory" that were in every mall in the early 90s where they had all sorts of candy in every color and you just turned the crank for the amount you wanted and then were overcharged by weight? It's like that - but with ridiculously random things like powdered chicken gravy. I'm still really not doing this place justice - you better look at the photos. Imagine hundreds upon hundreds of random foods sold by weight. I've never actually bought anything here. I just like to run around and see what they have. Their prices seem reasonable, and they have some items that are so good my mother-in-law always comes here when she's in town. They also have a deli in the back and a few food products sold the "regular way" (a.k.a. not weighed at the counter). But one other can't miss thing is the giant statue of Mr. Peanut behind plexiglass when you first come in. I know it doesn't sound like it but it's really awesome - trust me.