Eatdrink #67 September/October 2017 "The Decade Issue"

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22 | September/October 2017 Drive-Thru — located at a former Harvey’s at Highbury and Cheapside. www.globallylocal.ca The Ground Up Organic Café at Richmond and Piccadilly offers an organic, plant-based and eco-conscious menu that changes daily. Try the “No-Chicken Curry Wrap” or the “Chili Cheezy Potato Bowl”. The café features espresso drinks, smoothies and various grab-and-go items, including “Drop the Beet Slaw”. “Plant-based” puts an emphasis on real food. Everything at The Ground Up Cafe is by definition vegan, entirely free from animal and animal by-products. But they take it a step further to make sure menu items are healthpromoting whole foods, prepared fresh. www. thegroundupcafe.com Heather Pinsky’s Naturally Vegan Company is London’s boutique vegan kitchen. Pinsky prepares strictly vegan meals created especially for home or office delivery. All meals are prepared in the commercial kitchen at The London Food Incubator at 630 Dundas Street. Pinsky also offers themed, interactive vegan cooking workshops. Recent themes have included The Vegan Pantry, Middle Eastern, Italian, Mexican, and Sauces, Dressings and Condiments. Pinsky’s focus is healthy and “yummy” vegan food with a particular emphasis on baking. www.naturallyvegancompany.com Plant Matter Kitchen, located in the heart of Wortley Village, is owned by Glenn Whitehead and business partner Melanie Wendt who are dedicated to health and wellness. PMK is the culmination of many of their passions, including healthy eating, organic cuisine, Dan Plamondon’s Wellington Market brings local and organic to the SOHO (South Horton) area eatdrink.ca |@eatdrinkmag Plant Matters Kitchen — popular in Wortley Village, and coming soon to downtown London collaborative cooking and supporting local business. This wholly vegan, plant-based, organic restaurant has a distinctly back-to-the-earth vibe with an open kitchen and a modern urban sensibility. PMK features a smoothie and juice bar and offers chilled organic brews. Giving back to the community is part of the PMK’s mandate, making the eatery part of an ethics-driven model of business culture that adopts socially responsible practices. A second exciting iteration of PMK is expected to open soon downtown, in the former Braywick Bistro location. www. plantmatterkitchen.com Rhino Lounge Bakery Coffee Shoppe in Museum London has evolved into London’s newest plant-based hot spot. The offerings aren’t completely vegan yet but they will no longer be serving meat. Chef Michele Lenhardt is the long-time River Room/ North Moore Catering pastry chef and former co-owner of Black Walnut Café and pastry chef at the AGO. If you are a connoisseur of classic pastry and dessert, you have come to the right place — the bakery creates plant-based magic in their in-house scratch bakery every day. Lenhardt is also a renowned innovator and authority on vegan offerings and brings plantbased cuisine to a whole new level. The Rhino makes a delicious hybrid doughnut, homage to the cronut, and is only available on Thursdays. Chef offers a plant-based prix-fixe menu on Thursday evenings. Call for reservations. www. rhinolounge.ca The seeds for VegFest London were sown in 2013 when founder Krista Kankula, after attending the Niagara VegFest and Toronto Veg Food Fest, realized that London needed its own festival. Organized by a dedicated group of volunteers, VegFest London is an annual festival showcasing alternative food, health, and beauty products that are
The LOCAL Food & Drink Magazine September/October 2017 | 23 Double Chocolate Donuts from Rhino Lounge in Museum London occupied by the Organic Works Bakery and Revive Kitchen, bringing wholesome food to the SOHO neighbourhood. Plamondon believes in supporting farmers and partners like Organic Works Bakery, so he sources locally and uses organic ingredients whenever possible. This is the newest hot spot for vegetarian, vegan, omnivore-friendly and gluten-free, dine-in or grab-and-go. www.wellingtonmarket.ca BRYAN LAVERY is Eatdrink Food Editor and Writer at Large all vegan. The festival’s educational aims are further achieved through a speaker panel of noteworthy experts, live cooking demos and a dedicated resource area. Visitors of all ages are welcome to attend. VegFest 2016, held at the Western Fair District last November, had over 120 vendors and 7,500 attendees. This year VegFest will be held at Western Fair District’s Agri-plex. www.vegfestlondon.com The Harvest Pantry partners with other local producers to offer wild foraged Chaga mushrooms, organic spices and sweet seasonal jams and jellies. If you are looking for lactofermented turmeric cauliflower this is the place! (The process is completely vegan and should not be confused with the term “lactose”.) Located at the Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market at Western Fair, the focus of Valerie Andrew’s food and small wares panty is on preparing small batch ferments, like kombucha, sauerkraut, kimchi, cultured mustards and chickpea miso. www. theharvestpantry.com Dan Plamondon’s Wellington Market has opened in the revitalized space formerly Serving up Great partnerships London’s Newest Plant-based Hotspot! Vegan prix fixe dinners are offered in the Rhino on Thursday nights. Reservations are required. Tues–Wed 11 am – 4:30 pm Thurs 11 am – 8:30 pm Fri–Sun 11am – 4:30 pm Cronut Thursdays 421 Ridout Street North (within Museum London) 519 850-5111 | rhinolounge.ca Operated by North Moore Catering Ltd The River Room Cafe & Private Dining commercial | digital | wide format | design Let us help with your next project... 519.866.5558 | ben@sportswood.on.ca www.sportswood.on.ca
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