About Us

Close to the Bone is Mary and Darryl ... well, mostly Mary.

We opened this shop to be a small neighbourhood butcher shop with the purpose of providing high quality, locally raised meats at a fair price.

Our shop is modelled after butcher shops from years gone by. We do standard and custom cuts of beef, pork and lamb, as well as chickens, turkeys and a variety of in-house sausages. We do not do prepared foods.

Some things to keep in mind when you come by:

Never assume that something is not there if you do not see it in our display counters. Speak up. Ask.

We are not chefs. We do love to cook, and are very knowledgeable when it comes to cooking and cooking techniques and, of course, meat. If we have sold out of what you were looking for ask us for an alternative cut. Our customers have been pleasantly surprised with the results.

If you need a special something, please order it with as much advanced notice as possible. We deal exclusively with small farms, and our animals come in once a week. We do not have an infinite supply, so once a body part is sold, it is no longer available that week.

 

How to Contact Us

Come Visit 929 Kingston Road
Toronto ON


We are four and a half blocks west of Victoria Park Avenue between Silver Birch Avenue and Willow Avenue on the south side of Kingston Road. Come on by and introduce yourself.
Google Map for Close to the Bone
Phone 416.699.2663


Aside from face-to-face, the phone is our preferred way to communicate with our customers. We do our best to answer the phone when you call, however, if we are dealing with customers, or otherwise occupied, then we may not be able to answer. Please leave a voice message. We promise that we will call you back.
Email  info@closetothebone.ca


As you can probably tell by the lack of on-line instructional videos and social media links, we prefer to keep things basic. We do check Email, but no more than once a day, and probably not on Saturdays. If you use Email, please be patient. We will get back to you, just not at break neck speeds.

 

Hours of Operation

929 Kingston Road, Toronto ON

Please note our modified hours for our Canada Day Weeekend 2017

Day Time
Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Thursday 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Friday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

 

Products

Fresh Meats

We are proud to have found so many great local Ontario sources for our fresh meats and deli.
Some of our featured farms and sources are:

We also prepare some in-house specialities:

Pantry

Much like our meat choices, we try to stay close to home with our pantry options. Most of our options are from Ontario producers, however, some options come from much farther away.
A few of our favourite finds are:

Planned Sausage Schedule

by week ending date

July 2017
July 29 Chilli & Sage, Slavic Farmer
August 2017
August 5 Toulouse, Bacon Jalapeño*
August 12 Apple & Sage, Slavic Farmer
August 19 Leek & Ajvar*, Apple & Sage
August 26 Closed - No sausage this weekend
September 2017
September 2 Bacon Banger*, Pork Pourri
September 9 Toulous, Tuscan
September 16 Fresh Kolbasa, Sage & Thyme
September 23 Tunisian Heat*, Toulous
September 30 Chilli & Sage, Slavic Farmer

Note: We make our sausage in small batches as we feel that this helps maintain the highest quality. If we sell out of any sausage we will make more so long as we have the ingredients on hand.

Custom Orders: You can request any recipe (ours or yours) at any time. For these custom orders, there is a five pound minimum order.

Sausage Making Classes: We do sausage making classes, but always with The Spice Trader, and at their facility. A complete list of The Spice Trader classes list can be found here

* Subject to ingredient availability.

Customer Recipes

Coming Soon(ish)