Help - Restaurants that can accomodate vegans downtown (Scotiabank Theatre)

[fifitinkerbell]

Meeting a few friends for drinks/dinner before a late movie at John and Richmond. Can anyone suggest vegan friendly places in the vicinity. We aren't looking for a vegetarian specific place - just somewhere nice that has a few vegan options or would be flexible enough to accommodate, within a 10-15 minute walk

Was thinking of Thai or Japanese with good veggie options but am wide option to alternatives???

[apaaj]

I also have a similar question. My cousin is very much a meat and potatos type of person and my boyfriend and I (both vegans) are meeting up with him downtown Toronto for dinner. Any suggestions on where to go?

[Herb]

Budget?

[naterpillar]

I live in this neighbourhood.
Some of these were mentioned, but your really good options are:
Fresh at (Queen and Spadina), Sushi Queen (on Queen St closer to University), and Smokeless Joes (a tiny vegan-friendly bar at 125 John Street, check out the chili!).

& You can always check out veg.ca (Toronto Vegetarian Association Directory)

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Smokeless Joe
Toronto, ON, Toronto, ON , CA

[dubchild]

I've only been once for brunch and it wasn't really to my liking. I'm not a vegan. But I thought Fressen was the restaurant for people with your diet.

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Fressen
478 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V2B2, CA

[MeMeMe]

Fressen is definitely passable Vegan food.

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Fressen
478 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V2B2, CA

[KitchenVoodoo]

I was interested in trying Fressen at some point - I had heard good things but you say it's "passable"? Can you elaborate? I know there are some strong anti opinions abiut its sister place Herbivore Magic (?) in Kensington Mkt.

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Fressen
478 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V2B2, CA

[jnine]

There's veggie and vegan options at burrito boyz.

http://www.burritoboyz.ca/

[jeffs101]

Not sure about all Burrito Boyz but the one out west at Lakeshore and Brown's Line adds dairy to their guac so vegans should ask before ordering it.

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Burrito Boyz
9 Stavebank Rd, Mississauga, ON L5G2T3, CA

Lakeshore Restaurant
2390 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON M8V1C3, CA

[Rabbit]

Agree with others that the Queen Mum is a good pick... slipped my mind.

[helen0505]

i would go to Queen Mother or Hosu like the others suggested. Wouldn't really go to Ematei as it's an authentic Japanese place and a lot of the sauces and pretty much all soups would have Bonito in it. IMO you can probably find a few items for vegetarians but not vegans. Queen Mother or Hosu probably get enough people asking for vegan food that they'd know exactly what to do.

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Queen Mother
206 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V1Z2, CA

[pescatarian]

Hosu at Richmond and John

[num nums]

For a not specifically vegetarian restaurant, the Queen Mother is very vegetarian/vegan friendly. It's right around the corner on Queen just east of John.
http://www.queenmothercafe.ca/

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Queen Mother
206 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5V1Z2, CA

[Rabbit]

Fresh was my first thought too.

Ematei on St. Patrick has a pretty comprehensive izakaya style menu so you might find some suitable vegan options there.

Vegetarian Haven on Baldwin is probably a 15-20 minutes walk. Fine for vegans, but not good for cocktails (as we discovered last week) since they don't have a liquor license.

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Ematei
30 Saint Patrick St, Toronto, ON M5T3A3, CA

Vegetarian Haven
17 Baldwin St, Toronto, ON M5T1L1, CA

[tinybites]

Possibly Fresh at Queen and Spadina?