Rooted here. Curated with care.
Lee & Maria’s is a family farm market in Kingsville, shaped by the season, thoughtful sourcing and the simple pleasure of bringing good food home.
Our Story
Where the name began
Lee & Maria’s is named for real people, and the market still carries the character of the farm they started.
Lee came to Canada from rural Italy as a teenager, bringing with him a way of life shaped by growing seasons, family and food. Maria’s path began in New York and later Michigan, before the two met in Detroit and started a life together. In 1977, they bought the Kingsville farm where Lee & Maria’s still stands.
What began with tomatoes gradually grew into something more varied, more personal and more connected to the people who stopped at the farm. As the business changed, Lee and Maria adapted, planting different crops and selling what they grew from a small roadside stand. Over time, that stand became a market, built around freshness, trust and the simple pleasure of bringing good food home.
Today, their children, Kathy, Mike and Jen, continue that work. The market has grown, with online shopping, subscription boxes, local delivery and loft stays now part of the Lee & Maria’s experience. But the centre remains the same: food rooted in place, chosen with care and shaped by the season.
A family farm, reimagined for how people shop
What started with fields, family and a roadside way of selling produce has grown into a market built around quality, convenience and care. Some days that means greenhouse vegetables and seasonal fruit. Other days it means fresh bread, local cheese, prepared foods, pantry staples or something thoughtful to bring to the table.
The idea is simple: good food should feel close at hand, whether you are shopping for the week, picking up dinner or finding something worth sharing.
How we choose what belongs in the market
We choose food with a purpose: produce that reflects the season, pantry staples that earn their place, local favourites with a story behind them and practical items that make a good meal easier to bring together.
Some products come from our own farm. Some come from growers and makers across Windsor-Essex and nearby communities. Some are simply well-loved market staples. What ties them together is care: how they taste, where they fit and whether they help make the week feel a little better stocked.
What makes Lee and Maria’s different
Grown close to home
We continue to grow on our own farm while also sourcing from trusted growers across the region, with a clear distinction between what is local, what is grown elsewhere in Ontario and what comes from farther away.
A market with standards
The market goes beyond produce, with artisanal groceries, frozen meals, coffee, kombucha, preserves, cheese, meats, oils, vinegar and other carefully chosen items that make everyday shopping feel more considered.
Built for real life
Whether you want to browse the market, order online, receive a subscription box or stock the fridge before a loft stay, Lee and Maria’s is designed to make good food easier to bring into your life.
Clear standards, clearly stated
More than a produce stop
As the market has grown, so have the ways people bring it into their lives, shopping in person, ordering for the week, building a subscription box or beginning a weekend in Essex County.
Each part of the experience is tied to the same idea: make good food easier to bring home, while keeping it connected to the farm, the season and the place that shaped it.