Off the Smoker, Thursday to Sunday. Call ahead: we sell out.Off the Smoker: Thursday to Sunday

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Come hungry. Leave with more than you planned.

Meat cut in-house, seafood, pies, local finds, and one seriously busy smoker. Dar’s is a family-run butcher and country market on Wellington Road 7 in Elora, since 2011.

TODAY AT DAR’SSMOKER THU–SUN
Explore Dar’s What’s on the smoker?

4.7 on Google · 307 reviews Winner · Butchers & Meat Shops · EloraFergusToday Reader Favourites 2025

Racks of baby back ribs glazed deep red, stacked on the wire racks inside Dar’s smoker.
Baby back ribs · on the smoker

DAR’S COUNTRY MARKET

6458 WELLINGTON RD 7 · ELORA ON

519-846-8600

THIS WEEK

STOREOPEN 7 DAYS

OFF THE SMOKER

THUBABY BACK RIBS

FRIJERK CHICKEN, JERK PORK, BBQ CHICKEN

SATBRISKET, PORK BELLY BITES, SMOKED SAUSAGE

SUNBABY BACK RIBS + A SEASONAL SIDE

CAME FOR2 STEAKS

LEFT WITH2 STEAKS + 12 MORE

TOTALWORTH THE DRIVE

Call519-846-8600 Pre-order online

Come for steaks. Leave with pie.

A butcher shop, a smokehouse, a deli, a bakery shelf, a produce stand and a pantry of Ontario makers, all under one roof on Wellington Road 7.

Raw sirloin, fillet and a bone-in rib steak on a working butcher block.stock photo
The butcher counter

CUT IN-HOUSE · CUSTOM ORDERS
Close-up of sticky, glazed ribs lined up on the smoker racks.
Off the Smoker

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY · SELLS OUT
Baked mac and cheese with a golden crumb crust in a foil pan.stock photo
Deli & Dar’s kitchen

DIPS, DRESSINGS, SOUPS & SANDWICHES
Bakery shelves: loaves of bread, cookie trays and bags of holiday treats tied with red and green ribbon.
Bakery & pies

PIES, BUTTER TARTS, BREAD AND BUNS
Raw sea scallops on crushed ice.stock photo
Seafood

WHAT’S IN THE CASE CHANGES WITH SUPPLY
Wooden produce shelves with red onions, cooking onions, sweet potatoes, field tomatoes and pints of strawberries.
Produce

ONTARIO FIRST, IN SEASON
Bundles of fresh Ontario asparagus stacked upright.
Local & specialty

CHEESE, HONEY, MAPLE, SAUCES AND FINDS
Dar’s Country Market: Off the Smoker

You smell that?

That’s Dar’s Off the Smoker. Papa Jim fires it up Thursday to Sunday and cooks in limited quantities. When it’s gone, it’s gone.

THUCALL FOR TIMES

Thursday Ribs

BABY BACK RIBS$17.99/LB

Priced by weight

Pre-orders open

FRIREADY ~12 PM

Caribbean Friday

JERK CHICKEN$13.99

JERK PORK$13.99

BBQ CHICKEN$13.99

Served with Jamaican festivals

Pre-orders open

SATCALL FOR TIMES

Smokehouse Saturday

3 PROTEINS + 2 SIDES$41.99

2 PROTEINS + 1 SIDE$34.99

Pick from: smoked brisket · pork belly bites · smoked sausage
Sides: mac ’n’ cheese · baked beans · potato salad
Coleslaw with every combo

Pre-orders open

SUNCALL FOR TIMES

Sunday Ribs

BABY BACK RIBS WITH A SEASONAL SIDE$17.99/LB

With a seasonal side · priced by weight

Pre-orders open

Prices from our September 2026 menu, in CAD. Rib prices are by weight.

Order ahead

Best bet

Call 519-846-8600 or DM us on Instagram to put your name on a rack and pick a pickup time.

Walk in

Feeling lucky?

Come early. We make what we make, and we sell out. Every. Time.

See what’s smoking Call to pre-order

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Sunday ribs on the smoker racks, lid open.
Sunday ribs, lid up
Charred chicken pieces cooking over the grill.
Caribbean Friday
Dar’s Country Market from the parking lot: the red Butcher Shop sign, the Dar’s sign, the Seafood sign and the ICE freezer by the door.
Wellington Rd 7 · Elora

“We try hard to have the best products at the best price and as much local product as possible.”

Dar, replying to a Google review

We’re picky. So you don’t have to be.

Quality meat, cut here. Local whenever we can get it. Products we’d bring home ourselves, sold by people who know what they’re selling.

WHAT YOU’RE PAYING FOR

MEAT CUT IN-HOUSEYES

CUSTOM CUTS & ORDERSJUST ASK

LOCAL MAKERS ON THE SHELFLOTS

PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE FOODDAR & CREW

A SMOKER THAT RARELY RESTSTHU–SUN

INDEPENDENT, FAMILY-RUNSINCE 2011

CORPORATE HEAD OFFICENONE

BALANCE DUEONE VISIT

We take meat seriously. Ourselves? Slightly less so.

Our butchers cut in-house, so you can have it your way: a thicker steak, a roast for a crowd, a big order for the freezer.

Two raw ribeye steaks with rich marbling on a scarred wooden butcher block.
From the butcher counterstock photo
  • BeefSteaks for the grill · Roasts for Sunday and for a crowd · Ground beef · Prime rib burgers (a regular’s favourite)
  • PorkChops and roasts · Pork schnitzel (regulars buy them by the dozen)
  • Chicken & turkeyWhole birds and pieces · Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys by pre-order
  • Sausages & moreChorizo · Turkey sausages · Summer sausage sticks and pepperettes from Ontario makers
Ask us for a custom cutThe butcher counter

THE SEAFOOD CASE

USUALLY IN THE FREEZER

SEA SCALLOPS20–30 CT

BACON-WRAPPED SCALLOPS

RAW BLACK TIGER SHRIMP21–25 CT

COCONUT-BREADED SHRIMP

IN THE DELI CASE

SMOKED SALMON

HOMEMADE SALMON DIP

Changes with supply. Call before you drive over.

And seafood, too.

Scallops, black tiger shrimp and smoked salmon are regulars. What’s in the case changes with supply, so it pays to ask.

What’s fresh this week?

Small makers. Big flavour.

Some of the Ontario makers on our shelves lately, and how far they travel to get here.

  • Bela Crema BakeryEloraGluten-free baking1 min
  • Sunlane Farms Inc.AlmaOntario maple syrup, 100 ml to 4 L11 min
  • Pattie Mon new!GuelphGourmet Jamaican-style patties23 min
  • Eby ManorWaterlooMilk (2% and 4.8%), 4% chocolate milk, 10% cream26 min
  • Stone Crock Bakery GF tooSt. JacobsCream pies, butter tarts (plain, raisin, pecan), focaccia27 min
  • Springbank Cheese Co.WoodstockCheddars (mild to 4-year white), cheese curds, jalapeño havarti, brick with dill & garlic, marble, mozzarella, Swiss80 min
  • Gunn's Hill Artisan CheeseWoodstockFirm cheese, including 5 Brothers Smoked85 min
  • Dalton White FarmsDelhiAsparagus, in season111 min

All our local makers

You never know what you’ll find.

Come in for dinner. Leave with a new hot sauce, a pie, smoked brisket and three things you didn’t know you needed. It happens to everyone.

The store packed with shoppers in winter coats at Christmas, in front of shelves of sauces and preserves.
A December Saturday at Dar’s

DAR’S COUNTRY MARKET

A TYPICAL SATURDAY

CAME FOR

GROUND BEEF1 LB

LEFT WITH

GROUND BEEF1 LB

PORK SCHNITZEL6

“WE USUALLY GET ABOUT 20” — A REGULAR

SMOKED BRISKET + 2 SIDESSAT

GREEN GODDESS DRESSING1

JALAPEÑO HAVARTI1

BANANA BREAD (BY THE TILL)1

buy it. trust us.

MAPLE SYRUP, SUNLANE FARMS1

BUTTER TARTS6

A NEW HOT SAUCE1

THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED3

ITEMS11

PLANNED1

REGRETS0

THANK YOU · COME AGAIN

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOULL FIND

Don’t take our word for it.

307 people have reviewed Dar’s on Google. Here are a few, word for word.

The smells as we drove by made us come back for lunch!!!

Daniel F. · Google · 2026About: the smoker · the jerk

Dar repliedAhh shucks! Thanks Daniel! We are so grateful for your review and your business. We love what we do and try to do it the best we can. We got you anytime you are back down in these parts!!!

4.7
307 Google reviews
checked Sep 26, 2026
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Dar and Papa Jim in black aprons, arm in arm in front of the big black smoker trailer under the canopy outside the store.
Dar & Papa Jim

Dar’s is a person.

Darlene Dunn spent years as an assistant manager at a national grocery chain, and kept noticing how much Elora wanted a market-style grocery store. So in 2011 she opened one on Wellington Road 7.

Fifteen years later, it’s still family-run. Dar is in the store and answers her own Google reviews. Papa Jim works the smoker. A granddaughter edits the Instagram reels, with way too many special effects.

2011THE MARKET OPENS ON WELLINGTON RD 7

20176TH ANNIVERSARY · ARTS CENTRE BBQ

2025VOTED WINNER · BUTCHERS & MEAT SHOPS

2026OFF THE SMOKER, THU–SUN

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Baby back ribs on a rack in the smoker, the bark caramelised and glossy.Lattice-top fruit pies in white boxes on a pine shelf, with a handwritten sale sign.The corner of the store under a blue summer sky, with the red Butcher Shop sign and two Dar’s Country Market signs.Chicken and pork cooking side by side on the smoker grate.

Worth the drive. Easy to find.

On Wellington Road 7 at Speers Road, on the south side of Elora, in the Home Hardware plaza beside The Beer Store. Park right out front.

Map: Dar’s Country Market in Elora Dar’s is on Wellington Road 7 at Speers Road on the south side of Elora, about two minutes from downtown Elora, with the Grand River and the Elora Gorge to the west and the Elora Quarry to the north-east. Downtown Elora Elora Gorge Grand River Elora Quarry Wellington Rd 7 FERGUS 9 MIN ↗ GUELPH 24 MIN ↘ Dar’s6458 WELLINGTON RD 7

6458 Wellington Rd 7 · Elora

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Hours

6458 Wellington Road 7
Elora, Ontario N0B 1S0

Get directions Call519-846-8600

MONDAY10 AM–6 PM

TUESDAY10 AM–6 PM

WEDNESDAY10 AM–6 PM

THURSDAY10 AM–6 PM

FRIDAY10 AM–6 PM

SATURDAY9 AM–6 PM

SUNDAY10 AM–5 PM

Summer hours since May 4, 2026. Holiday hours are posted on Instagram and Google.

DOWNTOWN ELORA2 MIN

ELORA GORGE4 MIN

SALEM4 MIN

ELORA QUARRY5 MIN

DOWNTOWN FERGUS9 MIN

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