Vegan friendly restaurants in Canada

[germaine]

I am always on the lookout for vegan/vegetarian or v/v-friendly restaurants in the Ontario area. One tragedy has been the recent closing of Xin Vego in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. I suggest this thread as a place where interested eaters can share ideas about dining out. Here's my first suggestion, which is not too far from Fort Erie, Ontario. It's Thai Bistro, near the corner of Sheridan Drive and Niagara Falls Blvd just outside Buffalo ( I believe it's in Amherst). I look forward to more great ideas.

[indianvegan]

CANADA

Alberta
Sun Foods , 215 Banff Avenue , Tel :403-760-3933
Calgary:
Anpurna Curry Pot , 175 B - 52nd Street SE , Tel : 403-235-6028
Buddha's Veggie Restaurant , 5802 Macleod Trail SW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2H 0J8, Ph.(403) 252-8830
Sunflower Café , 1304 10th Avenue SW , Tel : 403-229-2383
Veggie House , 303 Centre Street SW, #109 , Tel : 403-294-0626
Edmonton:
Oriental Veggie House , 10586 - 100th Street , Tel : 780-424-0463
Food Stores
Calgary:
Community Natural Foods , 1304 10th Ave. S.W. , Tel : 403-229-2383
Edmonton:
Buns 'n Roses , 6514 - 111 Street , Tel : 403-438-0098
Earth's General Store , 10832 Whyte Avenue , Tel : 403-439-8725
Excel Foods , 6523 - 111 Street , Tel : 403-434-1020
Nature Boy , 10723 - 124 Street , Tel : 403-413-6082
Terra Natural Food Market , 10313 - 82 Avenue , Tel : 403-454-6807
Tree Stone Bakery , 8612 - 99 Street , Tel : 403-433-5924

British Columbia
Chemainus:
Hot Java Kafe , 2859 Oak Street , Tel : 250-246-2088
Courtenay:
Bar None Café , 244 - 4th Street , Tel : 250-334-3112
Victoria:
Green Cuisine Vegetarian Restaurant ,560 Johnson Street, #5 , Tel : 250-385-1809
Lotus Pond Vegetarian Restaurant , 617 Johnson Street , Tel : 250-380-9293
Parsonage Café, The , 1 - 1115 North Park Street , Tel : 250-383-5999
Food Stores
Capers
Re-Bar Restaurant , 50 Bastion Square , TeL : 250-361-9223
Rising Star Bakery , 1 - 313 Cook St.
Seed of Life Natural Foods , 1316 Government St. , Tel : 250-382-4343
Seven Valley's Nutrition , 2506 Douglas Street , Tel : 250-382-9998

Manitoba
Winnipeg:
Delicious Vegetarian Restaurant , 1467 Pembina Highway , Tel :204-477-1530
Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse ,91 Albert St. , Tel : 204-946-5241
The Raw Experience , 106 Osborne St. , Tel : 204-284-2676

New Brunswick
Moncton:
Calactus Vegetarian Café , 179 Mountain Road , Tel : 506-388-4833

Quebec
Chelsea:
Soup'Herbe , 168 Old Chelsea Road , Tel ; 819-827-7687
Chomedey:
Le Commensal , 3180 Blvd St. Martin , Tel : 450-978-9124
Greenfield Park:
Le Commensal , 4817 Taschereau , Tel : 450-676-1749
Montreal:
Govinda Jaya Jaya , 263 Duluth E. , Tel : 514-284-5255
La Boulange du Commensal , 5043 St. Denis Street , Tel : 514-843-7741
La Faim du Monde , 300 Duluth E , Tel : 514-281-9825
Le Commensal , 1720 St. Denis , Tel : 514-845-2627
Le Commensal , 1204 McGill College Ave. , Tel : 514-871-1480
Le Commensal , 3715 Queen Mary Road , Tel : 514-733-9755
Les Vivres , 4434 St. Dominique , Tel : 514-842-3479
Pushap , 5195 Pare Street , Tel : 514-737-4527
Restaurant Chuchai , 4088 St. Denis St. , Tel : 514-843-4194
Vege-Deli , 845 Ste Catherine East
Wrapps , 5124 A Sherbrooke O , Tel : 514-482-8542
Ste. Therese:
La Moisson , 360 Sicard St. , Tel : 450-433-0505
Food Stores
Hull:
Mindi's , 67 rue Victoria , Tel : 819-771-6542
Montreal:
Café Santropol , 3990 St-Urbain


Saskatchewan
Regina:
Heliotrope Organic Vegetarian Rest., 2204 McIntyre Street , Tel : 306-569-3373

Toronto
Markham:
Pearl Vegetarian , 8362 Kennedy Rd., Unit #A7 , Tel : 905-415-8368
Mississauga:
Canadian Organic Health , 1177 Central Pkwy W. , Tel : 905-270-7966
Scarborough:
Buddhist Vegetarian Kitchen , 3290 Midland Ave., Unit 9 , Tel : 416-292-7095
Lotus Pond Vegetarian Restaurant , 3838 Midland Ave. #121 , Tel : 416-412-3140
Toronto:
Annapurna Vegetarian , 1085 Bathurst Street , Tel : 416-537-8513
Buddha's Vegetarian Foods,666 Dundas St. West , Tel : 416-603-3811
Chu Chu Vegetarian Food , 1550 South Gateway Rd. , Tel : 905-238-5979
Counter Culture Vegetarian Café, York University Env. Studies , Tel : 416-736-5252
Dosa Hut , 1431 Gerrard St. E. , Tel : 469-6715
Fressen , 478 Queen St. West , Tel : 504-5127
Health Haven , 5555 Eglinton Ave. W. , Tel : 416-621-3636
Hey Good Cooking , 238 Dupont Street , Tel : 416-929-9140
Juice for Life , 521 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-531-2635
Juice for Life , 336 Queen St. West , Tel : 416-599-4442
Kensington Natural Bakery & Veg. Rest., 460 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-534-1293
King's Café , 192 Augusta Ave. , Tel : 591-1340
Le Commensal Fine Vegetarian Cuisine , 655 Bay Street , Tel : 416-596-9364
Lotus Garden Vegetarian Restaurant, 393 Dundas St. W. , Tel : 416-598-1883
Madras Durbar Restaurant , 1386 Gerrard St. E., Unit 5 , Tel : 416-465-2733
Sephiroth Juice Bar , 898 Queen St. East , Tel : 416-461-4612
Simon's Wok , 797 Gerrard St. East , Tel : 416-778-9836
Sunny Café , 322 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-963-8624
Super Indian Cuisine , 2400 Finch Ave. W. , Tel : 740-6665
The Vegetarian Restaurant , 2849 Dundas St. W. , Tel : 416-762-1204
The Vegetarium Café , 33 St. George St. , Tel : 416-597-9186
Vegetarian Café , 1661 Denison Street , Tel : 905-948-9033
Wanda's Pie in the Sky , 7A Yorkville Avenue , Tel : 416-925-7437
Food Stores
Toronto:
Baldwin Natural Foods , 20 1/2 Baldwin St. , Tel : 416-979-1777
Bo De Duyen Vegetarian House , 254 Spadina Avenue, 2nd Floor , Tel : 416-703-1247
Daya Health Foods , 8236 Yonge St. , Tel : 905-881-0454
Don Valley Health Foods , 3060 Don Mills Road , Tel : 416-491-5160
Down to Earth Natural Foods , 10720 Yonge St. , Tel : 905-737-0768
Essence of Life , 56D Kensington Ave. , Tel : 416-204-1030
Evergreen Natural Foods , 513 St. Clair W. , Tel : 416-536-2932
Evergreen Natural Foods , 161 Roncesvalles Ave. , Tel : 416-534-2684
Food for Thought , 2976 Danforth Ave. , Tel : 416-699-0583
Health Valley ,390 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-963-9695
Helen's Natural Foods , 283 Roncesvalles Ave. , Tel : 416-534-1833
KC Indo Foods , 624 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-516-9040
Kosher Food Warehouse The , 75 Doncaster Ave. , Tel : 905-764-7575
Les Amis Vegetarian B & B , 31 Granby Street, Tel : 416-591-0635
Nature's Loft , 205 Don Head Village Blvd , Tel : 905-737-1661
Noah's Natural Foods , 2395 Yonge St. , Tel : 416-488-0904
Noah's Natural Foods , 7117 Bathurst St. , Tel : 905-731-2098
Noah's Natural Foods , 322 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-968-7930
Optimum Natural Foods , 2146 Queen St. E. , Tel : 416-693-5328
Raisins and Almonds , 3501 Bathurst St. , Tel : 416-782-7258
Sugar & Spice , 265 Augusta Ave. , Tel : 416-593-1664
Sunshine Natural Foods , 1455 Bathurst St. , Tel : 416-588-1496
Taste of Nature , 380 Bloor St. W. , Tel : 416-925-8102
The Health Shoppe , 1375 Yonge St. , Tel : 416-968-1225
The Source Health Foods , 3555 Don Mills Rd. , Tel : 416-497-2270
Tov-Li , 5982 Bathurst Street , Tel : 416-650-9800
Mississauga:
Ruby's House of Grains , #25 - 3150 Ridgeway Dr. , Tel : 905-569-9076

Vancouver
Burnaby:
Govinda's Garden Vegetarian Rest., 5462 SE Marine Drive , Tel : 604-433-2428
Richmond:
Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant , 8100 Ackroyd Rd, #80 , Tel : 604-278-1992
Rainbow Vegetarian Restaurant , 8095 Park Road , Tel : 604-273-7311
Simply Vegetarian Restaurant , 8291 Ackroyd Road, #135 , Tel : 604-278-0852
Vancouver:
Annapurna Restaurant , 1812 W. 4th Avenue , Tel : 604-736-5959
Bo Kong Vegetarian Restaurant ,3068 Main Street , Tel : 604-876-3088
Buddhist Vegetarian Restaurant , 137 Pender Street East , Tel : 604-683-8816
Café du Soleil , 1393 Commercial Drive , Tel : 604-254-1145
Circling Dawn Organic Foods , 1045 Commercial Dr. , Tel : 604-255-2326
Greens & Gourmet Natural Food Rest., 2681 W. Broadway , Tel : 604-737-7373
Habibi's , #7 - 1128 W. Broadway Avenue , Tel : 604-732-7487
Krishna Pure Vegetarian Restaurant , 1726 Davie Street , Tel : 604-688-9400
Masius Bakery Café , 1280 Commercial Dr. #5 , Tel : 604-215-0078
Naam Restaurant , 2724 W. 4th Avenue , Tel : 604-738-7151
Planet Veg , 1941 Cornwall Avenue , Tel : 604-734-1001
Surat Sweet Restaurant , 1938 4th W. Avenue , Tel : 604-733-7363
Sweet Cherubim Natural Food Rest, 1105 Commercial Drive , Tel : 604-253-0969
Woodland Natural Foods Restaurant , 2582 W. Broadway , Tel : 604-733-5411
Yogi's Vegetarian Indian Cuisine , 1408 Commercial Drive
Food Stores
Burnaby:
Organics to You , 304 - 3815 East 1st Avenue , Tel : 604-473-5001
Surrey:
Organic Grocer, The , 7380 King George Hwy. , Tel : 604-501-0116
Vancouver:
Café du Soleil , 1393 Commercial Drive
Capers , 2285 W. 4th Avenue , Tel : 604-739-6676
Capers , 1675 Robson Street , Tel : 604-687-5288
Circling Dawn Natural Food Store , 1045 Commercial
East End Food Co-op , 1034 Commercial Drive
Ecco II Pane Bakery , 238 West 5th Avenue , Tel : 604-873-6888
Sweet Cherubim Natural Food Store , 1105 Commercial Drive
West Pointe Organic Produce , 2839 W. Broadway , Tel : 604-736-2839
West Wood Organic Produce , 2183 West 41st , Tel : 604-261-4363
West Vancouver:
Capers , 2496 Marine Drive , Tel :604-925-3374
Green Spot Vegetarian Café , 2222 Marine Drive , Tel : 604-925-2218

Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo:
Ananda , Casimiro de Moya 7 , Tel : 682-4465
Vegetariano , Calle Luperon 9

Barrie
Fooda Buddha , 24-A Dunlop St. W., Tel : 705-728-3552
Elora:
Desert Rose , 130 Metcalfe , Tel : 519-846-0433
Guelph:
Café Aquarius , 84 Wyndham St. N. , Tel : 519-766-1268
Hamilton:
Edible Roots Bistro and Juice Bar , 182 Locke Street , Tel : 905-521-6875
Kitchener:
Vegetarian Restaurant By Rose , 722 Belmont W. , Tel : 519-570-9049
Niagara Falls:
Xin Vego Café , 4939 Victoria Avenue , Tel : 905-353-8346
Oakville:
Ruby's Organic Vegan Vegetarian Rest., 325 Kerr Street , Tel : 905-842-6112
Ottawa:
Govinda's Vegetarian Buffet , 212 Somerset St. East , Tel : 613-565-6544
Green Door Vegetarian Restaurant, The, 198 Main Street , Tel : 613-234-9597
Peace Garden , 47 Clarence Street , Tel : 613-562-2434
Ottawa:
Perfection - Satisfaction - Promise , 167 Laurier Avenue East , Tel : 613-234-7299
Viva Pizza , 1766 Carling Avenue , Tel : 613-722-6645
Windsor:
Hip Rose , 351 Ouellette , Tel : 519-252-6626
Food Stores
Markdale:
Idyll Café and Bakery , 25 Main Street East , Tel : 519-986-4881
Ottawa:
Herb & Spice Shop , 375 Bank Street , Tel : 613-232-4087
Natural Choice/4 Nature , 263 McLeod , Tel : 613-563-4399
Natural Food Depot (The) , 304 Wilbrod , Tel : 613-232-2116
Rainbow Foods , 1487 Richmond Road , Tel : 613-726-9200
Sante Natural Foods , 121 O'Connor , Tel : 613-233-9972
Wheat Berry , 206 Main , Tel : 613-235-7580

Puerto Rico
Aguada:
Restaurant Vegetariano Buena Mesa , Carr. 2 Km 138.5 , Tel : 787-252-1158
Bayamon:
Super Energy Health Food Center , Ave. Comexio #DD-14
Caguas:
Mafy's Health Food , Calle Gautier Benitez #195 , Tel : 787-744-1251
Rest. Vegetariano La Salud Al Natural , 37 Ave. Rafael Cordero , Tel : 787-745-5640
Guaynabo:
Vida Health Food & Restaurant , Marginal C-3 (Acuarela) , Tel : 787-720-2480
Humacao:
A Lo Natural Health Food , Calle 26 BA-3, Local #4 , Tel : 787-852-0945
Deli Vegetariano / Nutrilife , Calle Miguel Casillas #9 , Tel : 787-852-5068
Ponce:
All Natural Plaza , 3 Ferrocarril , Tel : 787-843-8808
San Juan:
All Natural Plaza , 370 Ave. 65th Infanteria , Tel : 787-250-0707
Café Suro ,Calle Loiza 1511, Santurce , Tel : 787-728-0800
El Lucero de Puerto Rico Veg. Rest.,Ave. Americo Miranda 1154 , Tel : 787-273-1313
El Meson Vegetariano , Calle Paroma 1668 , Tel : 787-765-2183
Freshmart Natural Market & Café , Calle Calaf 201 , Tel : 787-282-9106
Gopal's , Calle Tetuan 201-B , Tel : 787-724-0229
La Zanahoria Vegetarian Rest., Ave Eleanor Roosevelt 214 , Tel : 787-274-0058
Manajares Rest.- Vegetarian Gourmet , Calle Canals 209 , Tel : 787-722-4631
Restaurant Raices , Ave San Patricio #826, Tel : 787-792-4522
Restaurant Vegetariano Devanand , Calle Duffaut 316 , Tel : 787-721-1687
San Sebastian:
Amanecer Restaurante Vegetariano , 2 Providencia Barrero , Tel : 787-896-6565
Toa Baja:
Al Natural Y Sabrossisimo , Ave. DOS Palmas 2766 , Tel : 787-795-5590

Source: http://www.jainsamaj.org/

[avantgarde]

CANADA

British Columbia
Chemainus:
Hot Java Kafe , 2859 Oak Street , Tel : 250-246-2088
Courtenay:
Bar None Café , 244 - 4th Street , Tel : 250-334-3112

You're amazing! Those are pretty close to me, I'll have to check them out.

[Cup'O'Tea]

I had no idea we had a vegan friendly restaurant in Niagara Falls.

Second Bowl Vietnamese Cuisine on Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls has some vegan options. Lots of curry/rice/noodle dishes with tofu as an option.

At the corner of Main Street and Barker Street in Niagara Falls, there's a new cafe which will soon have vegan food options. They have soymilk for the (hemp) coffee, which is a great start. It's an older building, but the dreadhead that runs it is very cool and there's good magazines, Scrabble, great decor and excellent funk beats.
I wish I could remember the name of it - it's driving me insane.

[Cup'O'Tea]

Bad Vuggum is the name of the cafe, I finally remembered.

[AmyRebecca]

Spice Of Life in Port Dalhousie
Spicey Thai in St. Catharines
Both great Thai restaurants that have vegan-friendly items and will make anything vegan if you ask (with the exemption of dishes like roasted duck, obviously)

[AmyRebecca]

OOOOooo, theres an awesome cafe in St. Catharines called Stregas that serves good vegan cappucinos.

[chefness]

I'd like to add to the list of New Brunswick Vegan-Friendly restaurants -
First of all Calatus is alot better for vegetarians (lacto-ovos) and generally soaks everything in oil (my gluten-free tortilla was dripping with oil). Regardless, they do have some nice choices.

Secondly, here are a few other places that love to cater to Vegans:

Cafe Archibald (alot of vegetarian choices, some vegan) Moncton, NB
Cafe Clementine (alot of vegetarian choices, a good selection of vegan) Moncton, NB
Broadway Cafe (many vegetarian choices, lots of vegan choices, and very flexible in making food the way you want it - i.e. vegetarian curries mild, medium, hot or religious experience - and such - vegan chef on staff) Sussex, NB
The Wild Carrot Cafe (vegetarian and vegan choices - mostly salads) Saint John, NB

There are a few to start with - more as I find them.

[kmacbeth]

Padmanadis Restaurant in Edmonton is Amazing!
Everything on the menu is vegan and they just opened a brand new location
101 street and 107 ave

[khadagan]

I just want to add 2 places I've been to in Quebec City:
Le Commensal on rue St Jean
and Restaurant Zen (Japanese) on boulevard Rene Levesque Ouest.

They're both vegetarian restaurants but there's plenty of choice for vegans. It's a bit hit and miss with Commensal I think, but I think Zen is very good.

[fondducoeur]

I just returned from Montreal, and ate at two notable places.

Le Commensal (which has been mentioned). For those not familiar with it, it is a cafeteria/buffet style where you pay by weight. It is vegetarian, but the vegan options are clearly marked and there are many options. I ate two meals here and found it to be a bit expensive for food that was good, but not great. There were multiple types of vegan pate, many salads, tofu/tomato based stews, ginger tofu, soy based cheesecake, etc.

Aux Vivres (located on Saint-Laurent). This place was all vegan and had many tasty looking options. I had their macro bowl w/grilled tempeh and a coffee frappe and thought it was all excellent. There were many options on the menu that I wanted to try, and would definitely go back if I returned to Montreal. Other menu options included sandwiches on chapati, seitan slouvaki, veggie curries, vegan desserts (including truffles), pates, fresh juices, etc. There portions are large and the price is moderate.