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| - Fantastic, healthy vegan food, but why soooo expensive :'(
Came here right after the Toronto marathon this morning for a feel-good lunch (Yes, I'm crazy. Normal folks go to School for their buttermilk pancake fixes post-marathon, but I drag my partner here for a salad lol).
Food- 4/5. This location has take-out cold food options, including their $5 vegan yogurt parfaits and "Live" lunch boxes, which all looked amazing (mung bean pancakes? vegan pad thai? yes please).
We ordered the avocado bacon burger (bacon = coconut/did not taste anything like real bacon), which featured a lentils rice patty that was very thick and hearty and interesting flatbread-looking buns. I was pretty pleased with the seemingly healthier and more unique buns here versus at B.good where the buns are usually the conventional white or wheat hamburger buns. I ordered the kimchi bowl with roasted veggies instead of rice or quinoa, so it was more of a salad than a grain bowl. The given dressing was a very mildly spicy watery chili sauce, which was mediocre. The salad had daikon, carrots, portobello mushrooms, cucumbers, roasted zucchini, kimchi obviously, and this brown shredded plant substance that was flavorful, but I have no clue what it actually is.
Value- 2/5. Mains are around $12-20. But overall the prices are "normal" for vegan food joints. Fun observation - the pre-packaged cold platters (grab-and-go) are actually cheaper (e.g. $8.99 vs $10.99) than the ones found in certain downtown grocery stores (e.g. Kitchen Table, Saks Food Hall).
Service- N/A. No waiter service here - order at the front and pick it up when ready. Self-serve water and utensils, condiments, etc.
Venue- 4/5. Pretty big and almost always empty! Lost 1 star for frequently keeping the door open - so cold.
Final words: Don't trek all the way out here to Liberty Village for Live. Just go to any vegan food joint downtown or whereever most convenient for you (e.g. Kupfert & Kim - slightly cheaper too!) and the menu options and flavors are essentially the exact same.
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