Grande Cheese

Grande Cheese is like an old friend who we take for granted sometimes. This place has always been here, the selection is exceptional, store is spotless and your cheese cravings of all varieties including Spanish sheeps' cheese will be satisfied. The independent little pizza place churns out a decent pie! I truly love these folks.

They used to carry bread products last year from a quality bakery. Buns had texture. They must have cheapened out and now buy from Weston's. Like eating cotton balls. I guess it's cheaper. I emailed the head office to ask what previous bakery they sourced from and not even the courtesy of a reply. I was a regular shopper weekly buying Silician Meat Products. They are now gone from this location as well. I can only assume less choice and inferior replacements is their new business motto. Good luck from a similar customer.

Great spot on Orfus Road. It's an Italian grocery but the amazing cheese selection. Also, lots and lots of European in Italian foods. Very brightly lit. Lots of parking. And I found the staff. Very pleasant. Definitely worth the trip.

The best for cold cuts and cheese, a lot of variety and very authentic, make sure to stop by and have a look.

Dude it's a meca. The name is literally Big Cheese. They got big cheese alright. They are the big cheese. They got all you want for cheese. I've always been set. The deli counter is supreme as well, and has served me well over the years. It's always been a one stop shop for me because I love my sandwiches so much. So it would be obvious why a place like this is one of the most relevant in my life. I'm a regular.

There are good things that have been created, or atleast accelerated, because businesses have had to adapt. This happens to be one of those cases. Grande Cheese never had pizza before. This only started up during the pandemic, and as a regular, I was shocked.
The slices look pristine, the toppings were exciting, and they were huge. For like 3 bucks. Do you understand how much of a score that is to find an insta regular spot with bomb ass pizza that's 5 minutes from me. Game changer.
Ya the actual pizza is extremely serviceable. Not my all time favorite, but a really good OG style homemade vibe kinda slice. It will hold you down, it's cheap, and it is made with things that they actually have. I'm getting pizza from the guy that is the spot for cheese and meat.

With that being said, there are times when the pizza can be better. Like when I've made it at home and pull it a little too early. You gotta ask them to cook it for three more minutes, you know crunchy on the bottom. But hey, that's how it goes sometimes. You fine tune your fav spots and you get the most out of them.

It's really that straight forward. It's a slice that I can go get at mostly any point and it'll do me right.

Cheese-y place to be in.
They carry predominantly imported products from Italy, chips from Spain etc.

NEW in Grande Cheese is a pizzeria at the back of the store (left side).
$2.99/slice, $18.99/large, $24.99/party size two toppings included.
$2 extra each for extra toppings.

Good place to sample-buy small quantities of cheese.
Italian sodas in their fridge to enjoy with the pizza.

Grande Cheese on orfus another great location of this massive cheese factory. Fortunately this location does not have the pizzas and other hot meals to take out. This location offers a much broader and variety of groceries with its Italian Heritage and selection.

Today the store had an amazing sample of cheeses which I had to grab a few extra bricks on the way out. One of my favourite is still the fresh ricotta with fresh baguette with drizzled honey on top.

If you haven't tried Grande Cheese find yourself a local location in Toronto.

Beware of the frozen Regina ravioli. Grande Cheese still sells past due date frozen food. After cooking the ravioli they tasted moldy and I was worried I was going to get food poisoning. Beware the frozen food.

Shopped here today (Covid days) for the first time and very impressed. Sanitizer provided for your hands and rubber gloves to wear ( was told only store provided gloves allowed ) very well done!! I have not seen this service anywhere else.

They have an incredible selection of meat and cheese along with other things such as espresso coffee, pastries, Olive oils, pastas and a frozen food section.
Very clean and was told recently renovated as I could see because everything looked new.
Staff very friendly ( with social distancing of course) .
Very pleasant shopping experience and will return again for sure. I have also recommended this location to my family members as well.
Hats off to the management and staff for a job very well done during these times.

This sure is a cheese shop. If you are in the great Orfus Road area, you might as well pop in. I had never seen anything like it, because there just isn't space in the city core to have this much stock. It's essentially a grocery store dedicated to cheese.

Sadly, cheese is an expensive item these days, and so I was limited in what I bought and tried. But I would go back if I was searching for cheese. The employees actually know what they're talking about. That's another treat when you leave the city core.

I would like to invest more time in this expensive hobby, but I'm afraid of what might become of me if I do!