Vegan-friendly
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Juice bar
Take-out
Asian
Bakery
Vietnamese
Bakery and cafeteria style restaurant. Assortment of fresh baked goods made with dairy and eggs but also has vegan desserts. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-9:00pm.
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460 Bloor St W (at near Bathurst TTC subway station), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S1X9
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Last update on 30 Apr 2020 by Guest
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12 Reviews
First Review by philjdomm
kbw5044
Points +1242
A lot of vegan options - Edit
It's really great that they have lots of vegan options. However, we got some cookies and they really were not very good at all. Hopefully it was just a bad batch. I didn't try anything else.
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PANOP123
Points +150
Many good vegan options and at very reasonable prices. - Edit
I see it as a no frills kind of old diner type. You go and select your combination of various dishes or just one at the counter. It’s also has a good selection of snacks etc to buy that are ready to eat - organic pitas, cookies or other snacks - all very reasonably priced, locally made as far as I saw.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2021-08-30
Pros: Good pricing. , Healthy options. , Good portions
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TaylorKutra
Points +13
Mold on every piece of bread and it's all my fault. - Edit
Bought a loaf of bread here yesterday and when I got home, there was mould on literally every piece! I went back today to see if I could exchange or get my money back and they told me that it was my fault because I bought a day old loaf. Day old bread doesn't have mould on literally every piece! Yikes. The person in charge actually told me it was my fault that the bread was mouldy.... What? How am I suppose to know when your bread goes bad? Also the packages are sealed so how you are suppose to figure out if you are wasting your money is a mystery to me. I've worked in food service for a long time and know that keeping track and disposing of old product is super important. I've never had someone blame me for unknowingly buying their expired food that was still on their shelf. I'm never going here again, avoid this like the plague. Would give 1 star, but this website won't let me.
Read moreCons: mold, mold, mold
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lamarks
Points +364
Love! - Edit
I come here very often. They have great vegan, gluten-free, diabetic-friendly options. My favourite thing to order is the spelt fruit turnover. I'm less familiar with the ready-made food and the one dish I had I wasn't too fond of (Sweet and Sour Tofu Satay). I've had their pumpkin pie (love!) and their spelt apple pie (double love!). The Big Carrot (Danforth/Chester) actually stocks a lot of their pies. Great place to pick up a treat or morning muffin.
Read morePros: vegan options, healthy options, delicious desserts
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danyelvg
Points +36
Great place! - Edit
Really good meals and great portions. Very cheap and friendly staff!
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maulydaft
Points +649
a landmark riot - Edit
UPDATE: Everything's gone down hill - shockingly so. Cupcakes with mold, "fresh baked just today" pies that are clearly over a week old, hard as a rock baked goods... I don't know what is going on. It's outrageously bad. Either they are living off the stores that buy and sell their stuff or something is going on in the back room...
Read moreI've been eating here since the mid 90's. The food is mediocre but cheap. You can come in and stay for a long while. They have bakery goods (some have honey) and suspicious "fresh juice" (it's taken from jugs in the fridge and often is SUPER SWEET) and one time I ordered a veggie dog and they served me a veggie burger. The hot food sits under hot lights all day. My favourite faux pas was (is?) a Banana Cupcake where the "icing" had like NO sugar!
STILL I EAT HERE once in a blue moon. It's cheap and quick and they have a good selection of gluten and white sugar free baked goods. They were the first doing this in Toronto. You can buy cakes and pies by slices or wholes. It's has quite the variety of things to munch on and despite its riotous downfalls I'm glad it's still around.
Updated from previous review on 2012-04-21
Pros: cheap, quick, location
Cons: hot lamped food, croissants have butter - no!!!, some stuff has honey
Guest
Derina
Points +486
Bakery with a variety of vegan and GF options - Edit
This is an unpretentious bakery that is affordable and offers a variety of items that accommodate many different dietary restrictions. The staff is friendly and the hours are convenient.
Read morePros: Cheap, Friendly staff, Accommodating of Dietary Restrictions
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heuschrecke
Points +1079
Not recommendable - Edit
The place doesn't have any atmosphere, the staff was not very motivated and the pumpkin pie tasted of nothing. I would never go there again.
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eric
Points +20632
great wheat - gluten-free options - Edit
This place is devoted to allergy sensitive items and it seems that many customers come here just to find sweets & treats they can't get elsewhere. Everything is baked on premise and the owner/baker has been doing this for many years.
Read moreIt was awesome to find some baked goods (scones, cookies, rolls) which were not overly sweet and also free of wheat and gluten. Good stuff!
Pros: gluten-free options, inexpensive
Guest
Ken4057
Points +1200
Mecca for healthy baked goods - Edit
The owner of KNB&C has an amazing story. He was a refugee from Vietnam who almost died, he struggled through further hardship once he got to Canada, and now he along with his family run this successful bakery.
Read moreYou don't see many customers in here, and might think the place would go under. You would be wrong. KNB&C have contracts with hospitals and prepare massive amounts of healthy baked goods including vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free offerings.
I come here to buy freshly made spelt pie shells for my famous vegan spinach & faux chicken quiche. I also get the vegan danish, yum, and the pecan maple cookies, yum.
I've only tried the entrees once, and it wasn't so memorable. They don't look very appetizing (as another reviewer pointed out), but one of these days I will try again.
Pros: cheap, healthy, family owned
Cons: dirty
Guest
khb
Points +141
Excellent place for a cheap meal - Edit
They have about 14 vegetarian dishes on hand, and all or almost all of them are vegan. I had the "special" - portions of any three dishes, plus a bowl of soup, for $6 including tax. It is hard to find a cheaper meal in Toronto. It is true that the portions are not large, but if you want more food, it looks like you can get individual portions of any dish for $1.75 for 100g. Or pay another $6 to have the special all over again, and you'll still be doing pretty well.
Read moreIt's not without its drawbacks, though. The food is kept refrigerated and is microwaved for you upon request - and mine ended up not being heated all the way through. And the dishes seem to be a little heavy on the cheap ingredients: Two of my dishes were supposed to contain "sosoya" (a sort of TVP-like fake meat), but I think there was only about one piece of sosoya between them. But even without the sosoya, the food tasted very good - it was all seasoned and cooked just right.
For dessert, we decided to try some of the pastries. A "blueberry square" (a tart-like thing) seemed to be mostly cornstarch, with very little blueberry at all. The apple square was much better.
Pros: inexpensive, tasty food, vegan desserts
Cons: microwaved, cheap ingredients
Guest
philjdomm
Points +945
Small Portion - Edit
But it's healther to east smaller portion. However, no freedom to doggy bag for later meal.
Read moremaulydaft
In terms of the "hot food" - the portions are not that small. You get three or four different items and a soup - all for $5! So you can't complain about the portions :)
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