Small town diners and restaurants outside the GTA [Ontario]

[Zoeliculious (Zoe)]

@Phoenikia

A visit to Strathroy, Ontario

I made another visit to Strathroy, in March 2026.

I revisited Art’es Bakery.

I also purchased some pierogi and borscht from Alla’s. Alla’s Pierogi are my second favorite Pierogi in Ontario.

UKRAINIAN PIEROGIES INC | Taste Ukrainian Tradition

I bought quite a few groceries at the Strathroy Deli and Dutch Shop, too.

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I plan to return, to try the Rusty Wrench.

Rusty Wrench Brewing Company

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I have tried at least 20 different Ukrainian and Polish pierogi in Ontario , over the past 15 months.

In Toronto, my favourite pierogi are from Chopin Restaurant in Toronto, a Polish restaurant.

Restaurants, bars, bakeries, coffee shops, stores and anything else [Toronto, Roncesvalles]

Here are photos from our Pierogi Crawl. The Daily Plate. Cottage cheese and potato pierogis. (Cold, meant to be reheated at home) Blintzes which we did not try. [PXL_20241109_193924437~2] [PXL_20241109_194040275~2] [PXL_20241109_194315291~2] [PXL_20241109_193854594~2] Café Polonez We tried the cottage cheese potato and cheddar potato pierogis. The cheddar potato pierogis were our favourite today. [PXL_20241109_195444500~2] [PXL_20241109_192830974] [PXL_20241109_195324364~3] Interste…

Hoyra, new Ukrainian Gastrobar near High Park [Toronto, High Park]

I ordered the Ukrainian salad [PXL_20250911_210755159~2] vegetarian borscht (I added a dollop of sour cream before eating) [PXL_20250911_210911330~2] sauerkraut varenyky (pierogi) [PXL_20250911_210527012~2] chicken pelmeni [PXL_20250911_210716559~2] and potato pancakes [PXL_20250911_210626674~2] from Hoyra tonight, to go. Garlic bread was included. [PXL_20250911_210856449~2] The borscht was a little saltier, and less sweet and sour than the one I make and am accustomed to. I…