Retail 1: Corner shops / Toronto
Small but perfectly formed
People have moved back to urban centres and we no longer do a ‘weekly shop’, which has prompted a surprising revival: the corner shop.
The Lucky Penny is bustling with flavour: fresh produce on the pavement stand, aromatic coffee pots on the counter in the back amid trays of chocolate-chip cookies and slices of banana bread. Opened less than a year ago on the corner of Shaw Street and Lobb Avenue in Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods, the snug grocer is now a favourite one-stop-shop for neighbourhood residents and passing visitors. Offering groceries, sandwiches, skincare and even comic books, the café-cum-general store sources most of its products from local suppliers such as Blackbird…
