Scadding Court Community Centre
  • Phone :

    416.392.0335

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    707 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 2W6

  • Email :

    scccinfo@scaddingcourt.org

Market 707

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MARKET 707

Housed in retrofitted shipping containers, Market 707 is Toronto’s most unique street food and retail market. This space brings together local entrepreneurs serving up more than 10 types of delicious international street food, along with unique goods and services to create an urban food and shopping environment unlike any other. Stop by for an event or take a lunch break on the sidewalk patio.

WINNER of 2013 Special Jury Award from the Toronto Urban Design Awards!

VISIT MARKET 707

 

“Market 707 is an incredible community of forward-thinking entrepreneurs, hoping to utilize environmentally sound and creatively stimulating platforms to purvey their goods.”

– BlogTO

MARKET 707 OPENING HOURS

SPRING & SUMMER (Apr. to Sept.): Tuesday to Saturday 11:30am – 7pm
FALL (Oct. – Dec.): Tuesday to Saturday 11:30am – 5pm*
WINTER (Jan. – Mar.): Hours vary depending on the vendor

* Hours of individual vendors may vary

ABOUT MARKET 707

In 2009, during one of Scadding Court’s international programs in Ghana, SCCC staff witnessed innovative uses of shipping containers transformed into vending stalls and we thought – why can’t we do that? And in 2010 – we did. In response to community feedback, a desire for broadened local employment opportunities and an emerging redevelopment vision, SCCC developed an outdoor market along the Centre’s Dundas Street frontage. Attractive, colourful salvaged shipping containers retrofitted by Storstac now form the basis of a vibrant outdoor neighbourhood market that uses business and community economic development to animate the streetscape, link the surrounding neighbourhoods, generate jobs and revitalize an underutilized area of the City. Market 707 is ideal to start up your business, located in the up and coming Dundas Street West neighbourhood, between Kensington Market, Queen Street West and Chinatown.

Products are now available for sale 5 days a week year-round. These include local cheese and meat products, bubble tea, international street food, bicycle repair and more. During the summer months Market 707 features a Summer Event Series with extended hours, additional vendors, family focused activities and live performances. With hundreds of people coming by to shop, snack and enjoy, this space has successfully been transformed from a drab strip of concrete into a vibrant community and entrepreneurial space.

MARKET 707 VENDORS

Cleanlocs

CleanLocs is committed to providing a positive Loc experience by offering a steam-based gunk / lint removal process, and general education regarding LocMaintenance in an effort to dispel the negative myths and stigma associated with wearing Locs.

Tel. 647-496-0106 (by appointment only)

Cookie Martinez

Cookie Martinez is all about passion and love for food. All recipes are hand crafted, using mostly, local, and organic ingredients with a Latin twist. Serving delicious Ice cream sandwiches and introducing new savoury dishes with a variety of menus from, Gluten Free to Vegetarian options.

Tel. (416) 573-5817*

CUPE 2998

The Association Of Community Centres
&
University Settlement House

Flame & Smoke

Flame and Smoke brings together the many cultures and flavours that make Toronto a unique and amazing place to live. We put a creative spin on long-loved dishes to bring you a new and existing culinary experience with a seasonally alternating menu. Created by a local chef with over 9 years’ experience, we believe that gourmet food doesn’t need to come at a gourmet price.

Gushi Japanese Street Food

Gushi means skewer in Japanese; so Japanese-style skewers are definitely on the menu! Along with a host of other unique Japanese delights.

Find us on the web or on Facebook

Tel. (416) 525-7351*

Kanto by Tita Flips

Find us online, on Facebook or Twitter @TitaFlips

Family business serving authentic Filipino dishes and pastries.

Match Box Tattoo

Toronto’s first tattoo parlour run out of a storage container!

Mazar's Afghan Kitchen

We at Mazar’s Kitchen combine moms secret recipes and friendly service with an extensive menu, Offering a wide range of fresh healthy Afghani entrees and appetizers. In traditional preparations, all dishes are made by hand with Fresh Ingredients Each and Everyday using fresh Vegetables. We offer certified halal by hand, free range, raised without the use of hormones and steroids premium quality Meat.

Nil’s Pocket Bakery

Authentic Turkish bakery! Selected home made natural bakeries.

NomNomNom Crepes

Tel. (647) 636-0707*, (647) 478-9599*
Find us on Twitter:  @nnncrepes  Instagram: @nnncrepes
Facebook: /nnncrepes
French Street Food. Crepes, croissants sandwiches, homemade ice cream, Italian sodas and more!  Catering available.

Nantana Thai Food & Desserts

Have a taste of authentic Thai food at a friendly price! Our signature dishes are Pad Thai, Green Curry chicken, Basil chicken and we also serve Thai Iced Tea too!!

Catering is available for events of any type.

Contact: jubjang_1980@hotmail.com

Original Taste

Authentic and delicious homemade Jamaican food.

SELLTECK

Tel. (416) 625-6462

SELLTECK sells mainly samsung and apple products and also offers the finest accessories, unlocking and repairs to your broken screen, home button, power button. Why pay the Steve Jobs price? When you can get it for little less…. at SELLTECK.

Singhs Trini Vibes

West Indian roti, jerk chicken and other spicy dishes from the Caribbean.

Snacko

Snacko is a quick and easy place to stop and grab your favourite snack or drink. They also deliver to your door via Uber Eats, SkipTheDishes, DoorDash and Foodora. Choose from their great selection of chocolate, candy, chips, ice cream, drinks and more at snacko.ca.

Spin Can

Tel. (647) 967-9883*

Bike parts, repair and tune ups. Get your bike ready for any season here. In winter services offered by appointment only.

Stuff’D Grilled Cheese

We offer delicious gourmet soul food in the form of jam packed grilled cheese sandwiches and Tater Tots. Feast on the Double Cheese Burger Tots, the Jamrock Grilled Cheese, and the Bombay Bad Boy Grilled Cheese!

The Turtle’s Compass Bakery

This unique gem delights customers with its cute and cozy decor, warm and chatty owner/baker, and premium hand-crafted baked goods. Perfect for gifts, celebrations, office lunches, or an afternoon treat.

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* Vendors can take order by text message. No need to wait in line!

IN THE MEDIA

2020
August 4 Nom Nom Nom Poutine: Inside the tiny stall doing Toronto’s best poutine

How Montrealer Marc Perreault quit his executive job and started slinging poutine at a cult-favourite Market 707 stall  – NOW
August 4 Kanto by Tita Flips: “Filipino street food was unheard of” – NOW Magazine
April Over the course of this 4-day event, the incoming students learned about the various programs the Scadding Court Community Center provides – University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
2017
August 17 Repurposed shipping containers are the latest affordable space trend, but city planning policies need to catch up – NOW
July 31 Syrian newcomers add another layer to Canadian food identity – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Come visit one of our newest vendors at Market 707 for a delicious taste of Syrian food – other amazing new food vendors include Nev’s Sandwiches, Bagel Box, and soft serve icecream. Yum!  While here, check out Peoples’ Champ Vintage clothes and the DunBat Skate Shack.
June 8 Best Filipino Restaurants in Toronto – TORONTO.COM
May 15 Subsidized eatery opening soon in Toronto – TORONTO STAR
2016
October 28 Learn to make Mnandi Pies’ Zimbabwean-style beef and kale – TORONTO STAR
2015
September 23 Learn to make Kanto’s tapsilog, a Filipino breakfast of champions – TORONTO STAR
September 4 Community Arts Report – Market 707, Mohess Howard Ganga – SOUNDCLORD, JAZZ-FM91
August 28 Community Arts Report – Kevin Lee, Market 707 – SOUNDCLOUD, JAZZ-FM91
August 28 Market 707: Kevin Lee, Scadding Court Executive Director – Shirley Camia, JAZZ-FM91
August 26 City releases program for Nuit Blanche – Metro News Toronto
August 12 Toronto’s Best Street Food – NOW
August 7 Kultura Filipino Arts Festival – Global News Morning Show
August 4 Filipino Street Eats: Recipes for Beef Tapa, Taho and Atchara – CTV News
July 5 Foodcrawling: 5 Best Latin Restaurants in Toronto – thelatinkitchen.com
June 18 Flavours of the City meets “Gone Fishinʼ” as the Scadding Court Commercial Kitchen is unveiled – Post City
June 4 Toronto’s Market 707 finds success thinking inside the box – Metronews
June 3 Expansion is next step for out-of-the-box marketplace – Toronto Star
June 2 Market 707 Part 1 filmed with a Panasonic GH4 at 4K
May 31 10 new stores and restaurants on Dundas West – BlogTO
April 20 Market 707 expanding to two new locations – Post City Toronto
February 12 Welcome to Sea Container Cabin’s Toronto Showroom – Sea Container Cabin
January 26 6 innovative food businesses we love in Toronto – Savour Toronto
January 6 Long live poutine in Toronto! – Savour Toronto
2014
November 15 The top 10 bakeries that supply coffee shops in Toronto – BLOGTO
November 8 Scadding Court – Market 707, Toronto / LGA Architectural Partners
October 6 Vital Signs, Toronto Foundation, Vital Ideas grants: Toronto Foundation for Student Success started school health clinics – Toronto Star
August 7 Alfajores offer a taste of Colombia at Pan American Food Festival – Toronto Star
June 26 Fil-Canadians try luck at food, retail business – ABS-CBN Canada
June 25 Home Sweet Home-Rebel Without a Kitchen (segment starts at 7:56) – Travel & Escape
June 13 Friends of McCormick Park look to Scadding Court’s shipping container model to bring healthy food to the community – InsideToronto.com
May 28 The top 10 food events in Toronto for summer 2014 – BLOGTO
May 16 Canada’s First Shipping Container Greenhouse Comes Alive – Canada NewsWire
May 14 Market 707 Farmers Market vendor Bombay Street Food’s interview with CBC Here and Now – CBC
April 22 Scadding Court Market 707 opens ‘inorganic’ market collecting unwanted electronics – InsideToronto.com
April 1 50 things to do this spring in Toronto – BLOGTOO
Jan 31 Podcast from CanCulture Toronto that talks about Market 707 and BOB – CANCULTURE
Jan 17 Kevin Newman Live – A Part of CTV News Video Network (21.01 – 24)
Jan 9 ‘Business in a box’ eases Canada rental woes – Al Jazeera
2013
Dec 30 Never bin better – Cool shipping container outdoor market inspires others to jump on trend – POSTCITY.COM
Nov 13 Design charette at Scadding Court envisions city’s first container mall – YongeStreet
Nov Market 707’s Annual Harvest Festival – snapd Downtown Toronto
Oct 25 Novae Res Urbis Toronto Edition
Oct 22 How a few shipping containers have revamped this Toronto street – Video by THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Oct 18 Shipping containers create an instant community market – THE MALAYSIA SUN
Oct 17 A market made of containers fills a neighbourhood gap – THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Oct 7 Monforte Dairy is this year’s winner of the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence, 2012 -13 – MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
Oct 1 Extra, Extra: Crowdfunded Street Furniture, Gross Things to Eat, and Police Wiretaps – TORONTOIST
Sept 23 Introducing Market 707: Toronto’s only street food and retail market made entirely out of shipping containers! – TORONTO NEIGHBOURHOOD GUIDE.COM
August 15 Rigging the Roti – THEGRID
July 12 Toronto Food Events: Night It Up!, Food For Thought, Hogtown Throwdown, Seafood in the Sky – blogTO
June 17 Fish Fry-Day at Market 707 – foodiesonfoot
June 16 @Market707 Fish FryDay – Food Trippin’
June 14 Food Spy: It’s Fish FRYday at Scadding Court – The Grid TO
June 7 Cookie Martinez Container Launch @ Market 707 – Gail at Large
May 28 Market 707 – th3hungrycat.ca
May 10 A guide to the food vendors at Market 707 this season – blogTO
May 9 Scadding Court’s Market 707: Toronto’s most underrated food court – The Grid TO
Spring2013 Take 5 in Toronto – Travelgirl
April 12 Wiggle Room is a new east-coast style burger joint running out of Market 707 – blogTO
April 8 Market 707 turns to crowd-funding to expand its offerings – postcity.com
April 5 Introducing Wiggle Room: a new East Coast street food stall at Scadding Court’s Market 707 – TorontoLife
April 4 Crowdsourcing: Matt galloway spoke with Marisa Bernstein. She is one of the co-founders of Projexity. – cbc.ca
April 4 Market 707 turns to crowd funding to build patio, new retail space – TheStar.com
April 2 Weekly Lunch Pick: Filipino Favourities at Kanto in Scadding Court’s Market 707 – TorontoLife
January 23 Hello, It’s Definitely Not Thai Food’s “Ugly Sister” – positivelyfilipino.com
2012
October 14 Food Trippin’ – Toronto Garlic Festival 2012
October 13 Toronto Garlic Festival – Petervisima in Food
September 27 Nuit street eats – NOW
September 1 Kitchen Confidential: Fast food gone wild – postcity.com
August 28 Yum, Yum: Market 707 – onthefourthfoloor.com
August 25 Market 707 – jouljet.blogspot.ca
August 11 Restaurant reviews: Casbah and The Fifth Grill & Terrace – National Post
August 10 Thrifty fun find: Melting pot of cheap eats – Metro News.ca
August 10 Camel Burgers: Toronto’s appetite for the exotic is being tested by local eateries offering camel burgers and kangaroo meat – cbc.ca
August 9 Market 707 + Food Trucks – kikisbff.blogspot.ca
August 8 Camel burgers now available in Toronto – blogTO
August 1 Market 707: Shipping Containers for Public Spaces – opencityprojects.com
July 26 At a Bathurst and Dundas street-food market, camel is the other red meat – postcity.com
July 21 Street food – www.iask.ca
July 21 Street food – Ming Pao Toronto
July 20 Testing Toronto on Wheels – Street Food Fridays – postcity.com
July 18 Street Food Fridays brings together two of Toronto’s most innovative food purveyors – youngstreetmedia.ca
July 13 Market 707 – Feast On It! – feastonit.com
July 6 707 Market Outdoor Theatre – SNAP Downtown Toronto – snapdowntowntoronto.com
July 5 Global influences make Filipino cuisine a tasty fusion – citybitestoronto.com
June 29 Spice City Toronto: Shipping-Container Eats – torontoist.com
June 23 Summer brings new life to Scadding Court market – spicecitytoronto.com
June 18 Weekly Lunch Pick: Filipino Favourites at Kanto in Scadding Court’s Market 707
June 12 Pop-up Containerized Food Court is A Vision of Social Entrepreneurship
June 11 6 unique foodie spots in Toronto, Canada
June 9 Posts from the ‘foodtruckeats’ Category – TorontoStuff
June 8 Light load: Food trucks meet shipping containers
June 3 Sidewalk market at Scadding Court brightens up a dull corner of Toronto
June 1 Market Containers: Matt Galloway spoke with Kevin Lee, Executive Director of the Scadding Court Community Centre
June 1 Scadding Court’s Market 707 serves as model for other Toronto projects
June 1 Scadding Court’s Market wants to spread the word of shipping-container food
May 31 Shipping containers whet entrepreneurs’ appetites
May 24 Market 707 a go-to destination for cheap eats in Toronto
May 19 ❤ing T.O. at Bathurst & Dundas
April 21 This little piggy went to Bathurst and Dundas – Food Trippin’
April 12 The top 8 food trends in Toronto for 2012 – blogTO
March 24 9 places to get Filipino-style lechon in Toronto – blogTO
March 13 Container markets at scadding court – the urban geographer
January Entrepreneurial Landscape by Jon Woodside
2011
December 8 Hidden Toronto: Scadding Court Community Centre live local marketplace – examiner.com
October 1 In Scading Court, shipping containers redefined canned food
August Digging Deeper – Local market News
August 27 Friday Night Market – SNAP Downtown Toronto
August 27 Toronto’s My Little Meat Market the place for healthy meat – Digital Journal
August 17 Toronto Becomes Home to Live Local Marketplace – FOODSERVICE & HOSPITALITY
August 14 Food buskers in Canada, third installment: Toronto’s Live Local Marketplace food vendors
August 13 1 Love T.O. pop-up shop opens on Dundas
August 12 Street food revolution housed in shipping containers – thestar.com
August 11 Marley vibe – NOW
August 10 Sloppy Bunjo – theStar.com
August 10 This Week in Fashion_ BlogTO
August 8 Thinking inside the box at the Scadding Court Marketplace – TORONTO.COM
July 15 A culinary tour of the local_marketplace at Bathurst and Dundas
July 14 Sloppy_Seconds – NOW Magazine
July 11 1 Love T.O. opens shop at Scadding Court marketplace
July 6 B/Life_food and drink – The GRID TO
July 1 1 LOVE T.O. “Pop-Up” Shop: Recap
July 1 A new food market is born on Dundas – SPICE CITY Toronto
June 30 Shipping container marketplace – Le zig le Zag
June 28 Modular marketplace launches on Dundas Street
June 2 Scadding Marketplace will be a Friday night highlight

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MARKET 707 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM

This form is for prospective vendors to Market 707 to be considered as stalls become available. Please fill in and submit this form and any attachments explaining your business and we will get back to you.

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    Some of our entrepreneurship programs target specific groups that have low business-ownership representation. Please check any that you identify with:

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    Certain units include a ventless hood which is required by the fire department for vendors cooking with fats (i.e butters, meat, cheese).

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    Minimum hours of operation are Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm with extended hours on certain Fridays until 10:00pm.

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    Benjamin at 416-392-0335 or marketplace@scaddingcourt.org

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