Vitamin Daily

It’s funny how we’ll spend hours touring grocery stores in NYC, while breaking records for speed-shopping in Montreal. In fairness, there’s kind of a big difference between Dean & Deluca and the Super C.

Now Montrealers have their own gastronomic haven with Fou d’Ici, the new urban market for home chefs and take-out masters alike. Serious cooks can choose from mounds of fresh meat and produce, serious spices, and other hard-to-find ingredients, while the rest of us can pick up a Prêt-à-manger dinner created by executive chef, Daren Bergeron, and a cannoli by La Cornetteria and call it a day. —Jennifer Nachshen

Fou d’Ici, 360 de Maisonneuve W., Montreal, 514-600-3424, www.foudici.com