Grumbel’s Deli-Cafe Shop

Fantastic selection of luxury European baked treats. A favourite is the 5 year aged cheddar, crumbly, zesty and ‘farm’ style cheese. I have never found it’s equal even though regularly shop at St. Lawrence market and Kensington for cheese.
Mother and daughter staff are friendly and feel like family after you’ve been going for a while. Charming old world as well as the chance to order your own pipe band for events
Highly recommended.

The sweetest little hidden café. The display in the windows are so tempting with so many yummy baked goods to choose from. Inside there is a deli counter and a shop filled with an assortment of German food products. In the back of the shop there is a sit down café also. But it is hard to figure out what is on the menu for the day before deciding to sit down or have take away.

I have only had the butter tarts here but they were the best tart I have ever had…

I grew up in the area and have been to Grumble’s a lot, mostly before dance class with my mom to get something little to eat, when I was ages 6 – 13. I haven’t been here too often since, but everything has pretty much stayed the same.
It’s a specialty shop, they have a lot of imported German food, candy and beverages here. They make sandwiches to order for you here, have a lot of baked goods and you can buy meats and cheeses too.
I love their sandwiches and my favourite sandwich from here is the schnitzel sandwich. It’s so good, it’s great with harvati and mustard. It’s expensive for what you’re getting though, so I don’t buy it often… but still a good sandwich. Their seating area isn’t very big and they don’t have a patio, but it’s still nice to visit every once and a while.
I suggest everyone at least visit this place once.

Stopped by here yesterday on a whim just because I vaguely remembered hearing about it somewhere. I was in the area looking for a place «near the funeral home with that makes tasty chickpea snacks» (according to my sister). I didn’t find them unfortunately.
Was kind of hungry so I went in to be greeted very kindly by the two women behind the counter. There was a customer already leaving who was chatting with one of them at the front counter. The woman behind the counter seemed intent on serving me to the point where she broke off the conversation early (that was a nice touch).
I ordered the corned beef sandwich. Was offered the choice of rye or kaiser bread and 3 types of mustard (honey, dijon, regular). The meat was heated in the microwave and then topped onto the bread. Paid, left, hopped onto the streetcar home, and dug into it during the ride.
It was a nice and moist sandwich. But seeing as it tasted like something I could have done at home, it’s definitely losing points there. To be fair though, I didn’t really know what to order. Maybe I should gone for something more interesting like a schnitzel sandwich or something.
They had a lot of imported german foodstuffs and candies (is there really enough of a market for German cough drops in Toronto?). And their baked goods selection looked (and smelled!) delicious. I saw a pretty looking apple strudel that had started out rather large that was practically gone.
So overall, if I was ever in the neighbourhood again, I would try another sandwich from it. I would definitely pick up some pastries. And the two women were very friendly and approachable (never a bad thing).
They do have a small amount of seating within it and during the summer they apparently break out outdoor seating. So there could be a nice experience to be had there…