Here’s to the revival of the local butcher!

Revered for his homemade sausages, former Starfish and Ceili Cottage chef Kyle Deming and wife Lorraine have set up shop in Leslieville. Sausage Partners features hormone and antibiotic-free meats sourced in the Kawarthas from free-range animals.

The pair also sells ethically-caught Lake Huron fish (smoked on-site), baskets of fresh bread, seasonal veg piled high on harvest tables and lovely preserves like Tomato Cinnamon Jam (great on toast or burgers) ($6.50). Lazy gourmets can pick up rich cottage pies ($20), rolls of frozen cookie dough ($6) and Kyle’s famous sticky toffee pudding, while die-hard carnivores are invited to join the Meat Club (from $60) for monthly boxes of freeze-packed cuts.

As for the Naked Pork sausages? We declare these bangers a smash. —Marianne Wisenthal

Sausage Partners, 1378 Queen Street E., Toronto, 416-778-6328, www.sausagepartners.com