World's Best Food Markets: St. Lawrence Market Tops National Geographic List

The Huffington Post Canada  |  Posted: 04/ 4/2012 10:17 am Updated: 04/ 4/2012 4:49 pm

Savour the win Toronto. St. Lawrence Market was named by National Geographic as the world's best food market. The Toronto landmark beat out a lot of tasty competition including New York's Union Square Greenmarket and London's Borough Market.

The National Geographic blurb on the market doesn't say much, touting the area's revitalization in the 1970s and 1990s but leaving out delicious market highlights like the mouth-watering peameal bacon sandwiches, Kozlik's mustard cornucopia and the dozens of other food vendors that leave our wallets lighter but our grocery bags a little fuller.

The market was founded in 1803 and has been pivotal to Toronto's history, serving as city hall at one point in its history. Today, the market houses more than 120 vendors, a farmers' market and an antique market.

The list is featured in National Geographic's book Food Journeys Of A Lifetime.

What do you think? What are some of your St. Lawrence Market favourites? Which of Canada's markets deserve to be on the list?

SEE: National Geographic's list of the world's top food markets:

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Savour the win Toronto. St. Lawrence Market was named by National Geographic as the world's best food market. The Toronto landmark beat out a lot of tasty competition including New York's Union Square...
Savour the win Toronto. St. Lawrence Market was named by National Geographic as the world's best food market. The Toronto landmark beat out a lot of tasty competition including New York's Union Square...
 
 
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04:42 PM on 02/08/2013
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10:27 PM on 04/27/2012
Best Sandwiches in the world! Back Bacon on a Bun at Carousel!
12:53 PM on 04/07/2012
ST. LAWRENCE MARKET 'S GREAT TROPHY/WORLD RANKING BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IS THE GREATEST WIN-WIN NOT ONLY FOR THE CANADIAN FARMERS AND THE EYE-OPENER FOR THE CANADIAN FOOD POLICY MAKER BUT ALSO FOR THE FOOD POLICY MAKERS OF THE WORLD . THIS PRIZE MUST PROPEL OUR THINKING ON FOOD AS AN ENTITY OF NOURISHMENT AND WELL BEING RATHER THAN FOOD FOR FORCEFUL NO OPTIONS OFFERED WHILE ONLY OPTION IS CONSUME ONLY FARMERS FOOD UNDER RETAIL ENVIRONMENT . CANADIAN FOOD SUMMIT 2012 RECENTLY HELD IN TORONTO BECAME A SUMMIT OF FARMERS FOOD MARKET VERSUS RETAIL STORES FOOD MARKET . THE VERDICT IS CLEAR. FARMERS MARKET , LOCAL FOOD MARKET IN THE NAME AND STYLE OF ST. LAWRENCE FOOD MARKET WON THE TROPHY . FOOD POLICY MAKERS OF CANADA MAY KINDLY TAKE A NOTE OF IT----- THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S VERDICT ON FOOD AND PEOPLES ACCEPTANCE ON FOOD.
12:30 PM on 04/07/2012
ST LAWRANCE FOOD MARKET TRULY DESERVES MUCH MORE ATTENTION AND PRAISE FROM TORONTONIANS AND CANADIANS . CANADIAN FOOD SUMMIT 2012 RECENTLY HELD IN TORONTO BECAME A SUMMIT OF FARMERS FOOD MARKET VERSUS RETAIL STORES FOOD MARKET AND MR. GALLEN WESTON , CHAIRMAN OF LOBLAWS BECAUSE THE CENTRE OF ALL ATTENTIONS IN THE PRESS AND PUBLIC WHEN HIS COMMENT " FARMERS LOCAL FOOD MAY KILL OR OF THAT SORT " . THIS EMBARASS THE WHOLE FOOD EATING AS WELL AS THE FOOD POLICY MAKING COMMUNITY . THE UNIVERSAL FOOD LAW (THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS) POPULARLY KNOWN AS CODEX AS ENACTED UNDER THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION , ROME, ITALY'S DIRECTOR GENERALSHIP DR. BINAY RANJAN SEN ALWAYS WAS ON THE FARMERS LOCAL FOOD SIDE MORE ON THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD BASED ON LOCAL FOOD MARKETS AND IT SEEMS EVEN IN THE AGE OF GMO FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE THE LOCAL FOOD , FARMERS MARKET , LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT IS AGAIN ALL APPEARING IN THE MAIN STAGE OF FOOD AND NOURISHMENT WHEREAS RETAIL FOOD OR SO TO SAY CORPORATE STYLE OF PLACING THE FARMERS FOOD BEFORE THE CONSUMERS MOUTH IS UNDER SEVERE CRITICISM BECAUSE NOURISHMENT IS UNDER HUGE DOUBT.

ST. LAWRENCE MARKET 'S GREAT TROPHY/WORLD RANKING BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IS THE GREATEST WIN-WIN NOT ONLY FOR THE CANADIAN FARMERS AND THE EYE-OPENER FOR THE CANADIAN FOOD POLICY MAKER BUT ALSO FOR THE FOOD POLICY MAKERS OF THE WORLD .
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butchcliff
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05:45 AM on 04/07/2012
Grandpa used to take me there as a kid & get lots of food stuffs, but always side bacon cut 1/4" thick. Used the market since while in Toronno (sic). Best baklava too. Sadly no longer there & can't eat those any more. Never forgotten the odors of the market. Wonderful place.
07:29 PM on 04/06/2012
Granville Island Market on a sunny warm day.
06:17 PM on 04/04/2012
Kensington market, in Toronto.
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unclelew
03:10 PM on 04/04/2012
I've spent many happy hours spending small fortunes at St. Lawrence Market. A friendlier bunch of merchants would be hard to find. And a special shout-out to the Sausage King, who knows how to get the best out of the wurst.
02:43 PM on 04/04/2012
Congratulations St. Lawrence Market, you deserve this honour. I have been there and it is fabulous.
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cameron d
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01:23 PM on 04/04/2012
Just another reason why my home-town is the best City in Canada.
11:33 AM on 04/04/2012
What about Marché Jean-Talon!?
11:37 PM on 04/04/2012
It's a really small market, not that great in my opinion