Blossom Pure

Although my first experience here was bad enough to warrant a two star review, my wife sent me back as she’s a fan of their organic whole chickens. My past two visits have proven to me that this store actually needs to be downgraded to one star in my opinion.
These people are masters of wasting my time. My second visit here had me stand at the meat counter along with two other patient customers as they happily conducted a photo shoot of their meat behind the counter. The food stylist and the photographer addressed us and went to the back to get someone to help us. The owner guy once again came out to «help». He was in a nice suit so he too had to then go to the back as we waited patiently for a third person to come out to help us. I think their photo shoot could have been scheduled on any other day rather than on a busy Saturday morning.
Last visit… (ever)… I waited at the meat counter for a couple minutes before, you guessed it, the same guy came out to «help» me. I asked if he had any whole chickens. Here’s the capper: «No sir, sorry. As you see we have no chicken at all this week. We missed chicken order this week. Next week sir».
Bye bye Blossom Pure.

High initial rating because Blossom Pure is the only organic halal meat supplier in the GTA. For conscious Muslim eaters, this place should be included in your weekly or monthly grocery rounds.
I frequent the store once a month to purchase meat. The store also carries an array of dairy products, local produce, jarred delights, and other bulk grocery items. I used to buy eggs (from Hoffnug’s Farms) from here as well, but found a shop closer to my home that sells them for a dollar less per dozen. In fact, several items in Blossom Pure, especially dairy items, can be found in health shops around the city with significantly less prices. I would recommend you only buy your meat here, and head to your local health food stores for the rest.
The chicken, beef, and lamb from Blossom Pure are outstanding. Buying the fresh meat for homemade, personalized steaks, stews, curries, and grilling produces fantastic results. They also sell packaged organ meats, which are fantastic for grilling and hitting that daily needed dose of iron. Deli meats are quite good from here, too.
I will probably be a customer of Blossom Pure for as long as I’m a Torontonian, because I love what the store stands for and represents, and because, as mentioned earlier, it’s the only one of its kind in Toronto.
I do, however, have an issue with the service. The owner has good days and bad days, in terms of his communication, or lack thereof, with customers (or maybe just with my family and I?). He once told my family to visit the following time with less of us present, and seriously, only God knows why someone could say something so horrendously stupid. The more of us that were present, the more goods we purchased, so I have yet to determine what his deal was. Additionally, he always seems to have an issue when we pay with credit. Why keep the credit option if such a fuss is made each time?!
If there were ANY other organic halal meat shops in Toronto/​GTA, I’d be there instead. Kind, genuine, passionate, informative service is really important to me, and I don’t seem to experience such at Blossom Pure.

I went to this place because they are the only ones in the whole GTA who carry Kosher/​Halal and ORGANIC meat!
As I walked into the store it neat and clean and surprisingly their prices were reasonable for organic meat. I bought organic/​halal beef cutlets, beef stir fry, organic/​halal chicken breast and legs and organic turkey breasts. All of their meats were perfectly packaged and FRESh!
I also bought organic goat milk which is very hard to find in the city and few items from their organic produce section.
This is the closest I have ever gotten from farm to table when it comes to buying groceries!!!

I am excited about this place. Halal, locally and sustainably sourced. I’m not as particular about the organic aspect since I believe if the animals are fed right and treated well, «organic» is really secondary. They are the only place that carries marrow bones to my delight! The servicing was excellent and the facilities were very clean. It’s long overdue! Brownie points given for the owners knowledge of Honest Chops in NYC. :)
I also purchased bottled milk and organic eggs. The milk indeed tastes fresher than regular supermarket milk. There’s a $ 2 bottle deposits which is mentioned upfront. It’s a bit far to drive out there from Toronto but it’s well worth it. I plan to return for sure.

This place has an interesting distinction of being the only purveyor of organic halal meat in Canada from what I have been told. My friend’s family only eat halal meat and want it to be organic which is quite hard apparently so they were the one’s who found it. Will make it easier for me to entertain them in the future as this place hits both marks.
Nice clean space with neatly laid out items. The variety of red meat isn’t that much from what I saw and the marbling on the steak was mediocre. They do have grass fed version as well so I guess I can hold judgement till I have tried the steaks.
Otherwise plenty of options for chicken i. e ground (white and dark) packaged skinless and boneless and one can order in advance apparently to get the meat butchered to one’s liking.
I also enjoyed browsing the other organic items and though wasn’t looking for anything in particular found some items that peaked my curiosity. Prices were in line with other organic meats. The best part for me that even though it was Sunday the place wasn’t a mad house like other spots.
I will be back for sure and will update after I have tried the all important steaks.