Small makers. Big flavour.

• Bela Crema BakeryEloraAt Dar’s: Gluten-free bakingOwner Micki Dudok started the bakery in 2018 after going through culinary school with food intolerances.1 min
• Gente Urban Italian EateryFergusAt Dar’s: Half pizzas, lasagna, meatballs, lentil soup and roasted red pepper soupChef Angelo D's cooking is inspired by the simplicity of Neapolitan cuisine.10 min
• Sunlane Farms Inc.AlmaAt Dar’s: Ontario maple syrup, 100 ml to 4 LTaps 1,000 maple trees each spring, making syrup the farm's first crop of the season; the farm also milks 65 cows and manages 1,000 acres.11 min
• BeeHaven ApiariesAlmaAt Dar’s: Honey gift box12 min
• Country FlavourArissAt Dar’s: PreservesTaste Real's favourites are their 'hot' jams, a twist on traditional cherry, strawberry and apple.19 min
• Pattie Mon new!GuelphAt Dar’s: Gourmet Jamaican-style pattiesThey bake once a week: orders close Wednesday at noon for Friday 'Pattie Day'.23 min
• Eby ManorWaterlooAt Dar’s: Milk (2% and 4.8%), 4% chocolate milk, 10% creamTheir Waterloo farm milks 60 registered Guernsey cows, and every cow is tested for 100% A2 protein.26 min
• Stone Crock Bakery GF tooSt. JacobsAt Dar’s: Cream pies, butter tarts (plain, raisin, pecan), focacciaWellington County's butter-tart guide credits Dar's butter tarts, including gluten-free ones, to Stone Crock Bakery.27 min
• Rootham's Gourmet PreservesPuslinchAt Dar’s: Preserves and gourmet condimentsTangy Red Pepper Jelly, made with fresh Ontario red peppers, is 'the product that started it all' and still their best seller.42 min
• Lisboa SaucesKitchenerAt Dar’s: Piri-piri hot sauceLisboa Bakery & Grill in Kitchener bottled the piri-piri 'secret sauce' it had served for more than 10 years.47 min
• Garlic KingNew HamburgAt Dar’s: Garlic spreadEach batch is still hand mixed and packaged in New Hamburg, using only Ontario-grown garlic.58 min
• Backerhaus VeitMississaugaAt Dar’s: Marble rye breadTheir marble rye adds whole and ground caraway seeds to light rye and pumpernickel doughs.75 min
• Springbank Cheese Co.WoodstockAt Dar’s: Cheddars (mild to 4-year white), cheese curds, jalapeño havarti, brick with dill & garlic, marble, mozzarella, SwissRenamed in 1980 after Springbank Snow Countess, Woodstock's celebrated Holstein 'world champion milk producer'.80 min
• Gunn's Hill Artisan CheeseWoodstockAt Dar’s: Firm cheese, including 5 Brothers SmokedThe milk comes from Friesvale Farms, the Ysselstein family dairy farm right next to the cheese plant.85 min
• Cedar BakeryVaughanAt Dar’s: PitasIt began as a 1,000 sq. ft bakery making 500 pitas a day; founder Aref (Eric) Yehia launched it with two items.86 min
• Grassroots Woodfired PizzaLucknowAt Dar’s: Frozen wood-fired pizzas, including a gluten-free optionTheir farm is one of the few that still carries the family name from its original 1855 Crown deed.107 min
• Dalton White FarmsDelhiAt Dar’s: Asparagus, in seasonThe family has farmed the same Norfolk concession since 1869, through seven generations; asparagus is 'the heart and soul' of the business.111 min
• Jensen CheeseOdessaAt Dar’s: Marble cheddar, old cheddarFounded in 1925 by Danish master cheesemaker Arne Jensen; the cheddar is aged in underground coolers in Simcoe.248 min

Drive times are approximate, from our store on Wellington Road 7. Know a maker we should carry? Tell us at the counter or email hello@darscountrymarket.com.