T.O. Tuck Shop

More like a 4.25÷4.5 star.
I hate running errands.
Between getting healthy food, soaps, shaving cream, man wax, cleaning supplies, and then doing all the other things that matter, it’s really a hassle.
When I am (more) successful, my lacky will get all these things done… Til then, Tuck Shop helps in that it is so close and it is open late. It has some decent snacks too.
Most the people who work (ed) here, since I came to the area are pretty nice.
Randy and Andrew (sorry if I got your names wrong!) are good guys. As much as I hate running around doing busy work (such as making sure my place is livable), the experience is made better here.
Good music too.
Update:
Shortened it. — March 9 2015
Long story it died like everhthing dies here.
It wasn’t that good. 2 stars. In a less terrible city, 1 stars. I was being nice before.
That’s not me anymore.

Great little tuck shop (that actually fits the definition of the term ‘tuck shop’ — which means ‘store at the base of an apartment building or condo) in the Cityplace complex of condos. This was one of the first places in the city to offer Vitamin Water when it first came to Canada.
It could stand to have later hours (closes at 11 or 12 as far as I remember) and things get a little claustrophobic if there’s more than, say, one other person in the store with you (not including the cute Irish cashier), but otherwise it’s a reliable little shop that sells magazines, energy drinks, nuts, ice cream bars and chocolates.
Don’t expect anything fancy like tools, dryer sheets or birthday candles. This place exists solely to quench your thirst and sate your munchies.

Some time around the end of 2007, there was an article in the National Post about a fancy new convenience store that would be hitting the streets of CityPlace soon. It talked of stylish décor and organic produce. I’m not sure if that is the same store that wound up moving in, because the store that’s there now doesn’t seem like much more than a normal convenience store with nice shelves.
There’s certainly a lot of stuff crammed into those shelves — all manner of daily consumable necessities, from snacks to actual food. The biggest thing is their prices tend to be slightly to considerably more expensive than the Rabba located not five minutes away — a store that I don’t consider to be the best deal around as it is. You’d also think that if they’re going to charge that much for a bottle of pop, it would be kept cold, but still the 2L bottles sir, unrefrigerated and exposed for all to see.
A recent addition is delivery service — for an extra $ 3 or so your order can be delivered to your door, provided you live in one of the CityPlace towers they serve. I can see this being useful for anyone who can’t leave the house because of illness or injury or what not, but for anyone else, it seems a tad decadent — paying for delivery service from an already pricey store.
Who knows, maybe my delicate suburban sensibilities simply can’t handle what might very well be normal food prices for you city-​dwellin’ types (shouldn’t such a large market mean that product can be delivered much cheaper?), but at any rate I find this store to be pricey and not overly noteworthy apart from its incredibly convenient location for the many people who live in the area. Until the big grocery store across Spadina opens, this is the only game in town — at least, for those who can’t walk a block and a half north.