Category: Restaurants
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Travelling while vegan: Costa Rica gets a B
I am travelling home today from Costa Rica, where I participated in a long-awaited wildlife photography tour. As I like to do when I travel, I want to comment on what it is like to travel as a vegan in this part of the world. My comments won’t be representative of the whole country because…
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Sign of the times? Planta closes both Toronto locations
No question about it: the restaurant business is tough at the best of times. And these are not the best of times. Earlier this year a report out of Dalhousie University said about 4000 Canadian restaurants could close in 2026. But Planta? Both Toronto locations of this beloved vegan restaurant were busy every time we…
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Travelling while Vegan: Vancouver
Vancouver is a great place to be vegan if you have a way to get around. We rented a car because we are visiting family on New Westminster. I did some research and made a reservation at VietFamily Vegan Restaurant on Commercial Drive. What a good idea that was! Upon landing in Vancouver we picked…
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Is McDonald’s new McVeggie worth supporting?
McDonald’s Canada has been trying out a new veggie offering. According to the McD’s website, the McVeggie “features a breaded veggie patty made with a blend of vegetables (including carrots, green beans, zucchini, peas, soybeans, broccoli and corn) and seasoning, topped with shredded lettuce and mayo-style sauce served on a toasted sesame bun.” PETA says…
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Vegan at the CNE 2025…Yum!
In the past week I’ve gone twice to the Canadian National Exhibition for the first time since 1989. The CNE or “the Ex” as we used to call it when I was a kid holds so many wonderful memories for me, but it has changed a lot over these several decades. Familiar landmarks like The…
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Vegan Pizza: the summer 2025 edition
I’m not sure if you love pizza as much as I do, but it is up there with my favourite foods. In 2011 when I first started to eat vegan, cheese was a challenge and therefore pizza was a challenge. Back then, I substituted hummus for cheese with reasonably good results. But it just wasn’t…
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Travelling while vegan: Longpoint, Port Dover, and Stratford in Southwestern Ontario
Summer is such a great season in Ontario and I have had lots of outings, with more to come. Most recently, I attended a wedding in the Longpoint/Port Dover area and a few days later went to Stratford for lunch and a play. They’re not really the sorts of day trips or even weekend trips…
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Travelling while vegan: Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (2025 edition)
Here I am, back in Haliburton for a week to visit my parents. We usually go out for at least one meal. On Wednesday we took a trip to a restaurant we’ve long-frequented called Rhubarb. It’s not fully vegan but they have a couple of vegan options. The day before we picked up a few…
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Vegan options at non-vegan restaurants
Last week I posed three questions for future discussion. Today I’m going to focus on the first of these questions: If you’re a restaurant offering vegan options, is it right to frame them as burdensome favours for difficult guests? It’s not the best-worded question because it seems as if the obvious answer has got to…
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How about a donut?
Yesterday I had to go back to London to sign some papers, so I took advantage of it to have lunch at PMK and to stop by V-Foodspot to get some donuts for last night’s dessert. I’m not the biggest donut fan, but V-Foodspot does make a good donut and those donuts do indeed hold…
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