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For Christmas, I'd like my own personal Fresh chef in my pocket.
Fresh has done an excellent job reaching out to the general carnivore with their mainstream vegetarian dishes. I have been to Fresh countless times and I am always recommending it to new friends.
The layout of this particular Fresh on Spadina is similar to that of Fresh on Bloor but I find it a little more spacious and the service may be just a tad better. They're pretty good at both locations, though. They're also a smart group of people, cutting down time wasted waiting for the server to pour some water and wander over - they've always got jars of water and cups ready to drop off at your table as soon as you arrive. Just watch out during lunch and dinner rush times and if you go with groups - it gets pretty crowded everyday.
My most recent trip there I tried the Beach Bowl. It was abso-fricking-lootely amaaaaahhhhzing. I ordered it because the menu named off a whole slew of vegetables and sounded like the best of all worlds with grilled red peppers, zucchini, sweet potatoes (!!), alfalfa sprouts... and lets you choose between a marinated tofu steak and goat cheese! I went with the tofu steak - I think it was possibly the most flavourful, well marinated tofu I have ever tasted. All the veggies were served on a rice with olive oil drizzled all over, which made it so yummy. They really took home all the points on flavour with this bowl. I will say however, the sweet potatoes could have been a little softer, imo - but that's really my only criticism on the dish. Oh, and that they use way more oil (albeit olive) than I would ever use on a dish, but so does any other restaurant.
The Beach Bowl is definitely a keeper. It is a must-try bowl!!!
Also, the Black Bean Burrito - one of my all time favourites. Just had to give a plug ;)
Atmosphere - 3/5
Service - 3.5/5
Food - 4/5
Value - 3.5/5
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