About us
Raising the bar since 1963
Authentic butchers and the city’s finest prepared fare. Peerless, personal service and the most diverse collection of gourmet, artisanal and imported products. For more than 60 years, we’ve set the standard for what it means to live, and eat, well in Toronto. We take great pride in travelling the world to find and share the rare and unique products we find with our customers. This is who we are. This is our family tradition.
Visit our Macelleria where our butchers will cut your meat to order, consult with our grocery specialists to select the best olive oil or balsamic vinegar for you, and choose from an array of fresh pastries and cakes at La Pasticceria, the bakery.
Special occasions call for special service. Whatever the event, we’re ready to serve you—with catering, gift baskets and fabulous florals. Browse our catering options for everyday, special events and holidays menus. Shop a curated assortment of gifts and gift baskets created with food lovers in mind, we’ll deliver them across the country with a hand-written note. And round-out your gifting or brighten your home with a fabulous bouquet or custom arrangement from Folha, our flower shop. Order online, year-round.
Cosimo's Guide To A Life Well Lived.
In 1957, a young boy named Cosimo Pusateri arrived in Canada, from Sicily, with his parents and sister. Soon after the family opened a small produce market on St. Clair Avenue in the heart of Toronto’s Corso Italia neighbourhood. The family’s passion for food and service was at the heart of the business and the small market was discovered as one of the best in the city. Part of its success lay with a busy, forever-smiling, 12-year-old boy serving customers, unloading produce and maintaining the shop. This was Cosimo.
At a young age, Cosimo dedicated himself to the store and his customers, developing his skills to become a master butcher, and growing into leading the business. He is most remembered for his love of life, food and people; he could talk to anyone, especially about food, friends and family, and the appreciation of the finer things. To him, these were part of a full life, and food was at the center of it.
Cosimo’s vision for Pusateri’s went deeper than produce and being the best neighbourhood grocer. In 1986, Cosimo transformed an Italian neighbourhood shop into a fine-food emporium specializing in gourmet imported goods, specialty products and fine foods. Along the way, Pusateri’s helped introduce Toronto to many delicacies, including Wagyu beef, Godiva chocolate, Spanish Iberico ham, caviar from the Caspian Sea. Cosimo believed in the best, and only the best. His spirit is our guiding principle, our standard of excellence.
Today we continue to evolve from our foundations, striving to uphold a standard of excellence which goes beyond our stores, integrating social responsibility with initiates that support animal welfare, the community and environment, and food safety. We are concerned about the food security in our city and are proud to be partnered with The Daily Bread Food Bank where in recent years we have donated over 15,000 lbs of food and more than $30,000 in funding.
Meet us at Avenue Road
A trip to our gourmet grocery store is a feast for the eyes and the body. You'll find our expansive butchery with our signature in-house dry-aged premium beef, freshly made prepared foods, baked goods from the city's leading bakeries, local and imported cheese, NO. 1 grade fresh produce, sustainable seafood, and a complete assortment of everyday and gourmet pantry items.
Our philosophy and purpose is simple: filling life with quality food worth celebrating.