Food store with coffee bar. Features bulk bins, organic food, fair-trade food, and some ready-to-eat vegan meals. Relocated from 3985 Boulevard St-Laurent. Open Mon-Fri 8:00am-9:00pm, Sat 8:30am-9:00pm, Sun 9:00am-7:00pm.


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7 Reviews

First Review by Reveuse

Sonny246

Points +840

Vegan
14 Jun 2024

Convenient Breakfast items

Came here for soy lattes a few times and got some grab and go breakfast items.

Pros: Friendly , Cheap , Convenience

fablesandreveries

Points +274

Vegetarian
11 Feb 2024

Cute new location

It was the first time I got to visit their new location and it was really cute. They got a lot of dry food in bulk, fresh produce, salads, 3 sandwiches are clearly marked as vegan and they have homemade soups, vegepaté and frozen meals. They have a small café corner with coffees, teas, smoothies and sandwiches. 10% off bulk the last Sunday of the month.

Pros: Friendly staff, Swings 😍

Cons: Not 100% vegan, No pastries clearly marked as vegan

Joshua_De_Serres

Points +1150

Vegan
08 Jan 2022

Bulk Selection

Great place to get items and ingredients in bulk. I like getting my spices here. They also have kombucha on tap and prepared vegan meals. The frozen vegan meals are often 50% off.

Pros: Fully vegan, Lots of bulk items, Friendly service

CLRtraveller

Points +8994

Vegan
12 Dec 2021

Refillery, groceries and coffee bar

Lots of bulk items plus fresh produce and a coffee bar with deli salads and pastries. Lots of vegan food, but also eggs and dairy. Store-brand frozen meals (no cooking instructions given; I thawed in fridge, then microwaved 4 minutes, which seemed to work okay). The shepherd’s pie was good; the Madras curry was a bit dry but had a good flavour; and the Lebanese maghmour was nicely spicy.
No English signage, and some staff don’t speak English.

Updated from previous review on 2021-12-12

Pros: lots of vegan items, zero-waste store

Cons: no English signage

veganpatch

Points +5252

Vegan
19 Oct 2018

Nice Store

We visited to check out their vegan to-go meals. Sadly they didn't have much available. However we did purchase a vegan bar of mint soap. It was a really nice shop, where reducing waste is a priority. They do however still sell honey and animal bullion. It can be difficult to keep in mind but removing animal products would reduce a lot of waste. We were actually surprised to see these items as they seem to be aware of the impact of animal products and are working to reduce environmental impact and waste.
The staff were all very friendly and accessible.

Parking: We only saw street parking

Cons: Not 100% vegan

MarieE

Points +85

Vegan
21 Apr 2018

Really cheap

I love this zero-waste shop ! It's so cheap, I buy brown rice, peanut butter, nuts, oat, shampoo... for months and for 30 $ !

Reveuse

Points +20

Vegan
23 Dec 2010

It made me discover Segal's market ...

Frenco has a nice selection of spices, flours, nuts and grains, to name a few. It's pricey, but has the great advantage of being right next to Segal's market--my favourite place to buy low-priced vegan goods! I usually buy nutritional yeast or TVP at Frenco and finish my shopping next door.

Still, it has a nice ambiance and I like the way everything is packed away in tubes. Beware of the prices-by-weight.

Pros: location, variety

Cons: expensive!




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