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| - All I have to say about this place is: Mean, Mean, Mean. (in a good way of course)
Like others have said, this isn't a place to go to feel better about your nutrition, it's by no means healthy. But there's tons of salad restaurants out there for that. This place satisfies vegan soul food like few others have done. NYC used to have a place of this caliber but it closed, I hope Hogtown Vegan does not go the same route.
The ambiance is not amazing, do not take a date here, it doesn't exactly eschew 'romantic'. And neither will him or her watching you plow into some 'chicken' and waffles. But style points aside, this food is good. I had the chicken and waffles, and that was an unmitigated success, waffles are often hit-and-miss at vegan places and this was a bull's eye. My wife had the phish and chips and they were all the good parts of fish and chips without the bones, and death and all.
The service was good, not amazing or anything, but really fit the decor. The parfait was good, I've had better and other places, but by the end of the meal, it didn't matter and didn't detract in the slightest.
If I had to find a complaint, i would say their hot sauce is nothing special, but I cannot imagine that is anyone's determining factor for some vegan soul-food. I would HIGHLY recommend going here, just to try it out. Next time I'm in Toronto, I'll be there!
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