Sundays are for Summer Pop Up Markets: Toronto Urban Collective

Summer Pop Up Market: Toronto Urban Collective

The girls do not like shopping much. Maybe they are not yet of that age, but it looks as though they did not inherit the gene from my side of the family.  My mom and I love checking out bazaars and local fairs to discover stuff we won’t easily find elsewhere. So we were excited to go to the Summer Pop Up Market of Toronto Urban Collective.

Summer Pop Up Market: Toronto Urban Collective

Last Sunday, the event was held at The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. The venue was perfect--great that it was indoors as the heat and humidity would not have been conducive to retail therapy.

We loved that the vendors were all locals and the quality of the merchandise was really good. We noticed that there were quite a few stalls selling soap, but the goods were pretty varied. There were hand-sewn leather products, clothing, jewelry, and even plants! Grandma bought each of the girls a pair of cute earrings and after that, we could tell that we were slowly turning them into shoppers! 

They started looking really interested at the variety and uniqueness of the merchandise on offer. Hmmmnnn….not sure if Hubby will be pleased to know that…Anyway, I also got each of the girls personalized stamped leather tags (made right before their eyes!) for their school bags.

Earrings and Leather tags from Little Orbs and Hide&Seam: Toronto Urban Collective

After that, we just got food, food, and more food. We snacked on some Caramelized Apricot Vanilla Raspberries and Toasted Banana Smores paletas (Latin American-style, fruit-based vegan popsicles), Vanilla Ricotta and Cappuccino cannolis (Italian pastry) 

Holy Cannoli Shells and Cream: Toronto Urban Collective

and Kimchi Bacon and Korean chicken dumplings! 

Steambox Dumplings: Toronto Urban Collective

And because we got stuffed, we just brought home everything else we wanted to try--we got some macarons (of course!), popcorn, 

Roq Desser Co macarons and popcorn: Toronto Urban Collective

Peruvian dulce de leche cookies, 

Sol cookies: Toronto Urban Collective

and uber-gorgeous Brigadeiros (Brazilian chocolate treats, like truffles, caramel and fudge all in one!). Foodie heaven, indeed!

Chocollata Gourmet: Toronto Urban Collective

There were about a hundred local and one-of-a-kind vendors in this pop-up. We truly enjoyed discovering each of them. The girls confirmed they did, too! Watch out, retail world, a couple of new shoppers are being released soon!