New to everyone

Donut image courtesy of Hot Beans Wanigan images by Angela Del Buono

Brampton-area residents will be interested to know about Angela's latest find: Wanigan Fresh Market (4 - 250 Clarence St., Brampton) is a new warehouse outlet for organic and locally-grown produce featuring lots of other great veg-friendly offerings including Daiya. Open Tuesday to Saturday, more information and directions can be found here.

Khao San Road (326 Adelaide West, 647-352-5773) has opened in the Entertainment District.  This Thai restaurant offers a number of vegan and vegetarian dishes and keeps one of their deep friers exclusively for vegetable items.  They say that they'll soon be offering a separate veg menu to make ordering even easier. Open Mon-Sat for lunch (11:30-2:30) and dinner (5:00-10:00), and a full menu is available here .

New to us

The Brampton Raja Yoga Meditation Centre is now open in Springdale and features free meditation lessons once a week.  You can register by calling 905-494-0517 or online at http://www.raja-yoga.ca/course.php

Tammeron Centre: source

Angela also found Tammeron Centres for Well Being in Belfountain (45 minutes Northwest of Toronto) which offers raw food takeout Tuesday through Sunday from 11-6. For more information call 519-927-0069. Pick up some sinful raw chocolate truffles and a green smoothie and enjoy them in Belfountain Conservation area, just steps away.

Caroline tipped us off to Thrive Juice Bar in Waterloo (191 King Street S, 519-208-8808) that features a wide range of vegan and vegetarian lunch options as well as fruit "blendz" powered by Vega. Update: Lisa P. went over for a visit; read her review here.

New offerings

Images from Nonpareil

Camros Organic Eatery (25 Hayden St, 416-960-0723) is now featuring three varieties of organic vegan Jamaican patties from Food Fair favourite Taste of Life at their Hayden St. location. As they point out, the patties are "a tasty and healthy snack that work very well on the go."

Nonpareil Natural Health & Healing Retreat (658 Wellmans Road, RR #3, Stirling) has introduced a detoxification and healthy weight loss boot camp program that's available in 3, 5, 7, and 10 day formats.  For more information, call 613-395-6332 or email nonpareil@sympatico.ca

New events

Active Yoga (2281 Dundas St W, 416-538-1628) has 3 events coming up this month.  On Saturday March 5, they'll be hosting a special Advanced Workshop. On Saturday March 12, The One and Only Bikram is coming to town to give a seminar. Lastly, on Saturday March 19th, all the Bikram Yoga studios will be at Second City for the Bishnu Ghosh Cup Regional Championship.  Check their website for more information.

Burrito Bike goodness: source

Burrito Bike is having a Spring Fling covering the West end of Toronto on Friday March 4 going from 6 to 1 in the morning! Here's what they're saying: "This week we'll have our vegan or vegetarian delights: slow cooked pinto beans and brown rice, home-made tomato corn salsa, greens, purple cabbage, cheese, and chipotle sour cream (vegan optional,) add spicy guacamole for an extra dollhair. gluten frees avail." If you haven't seen our earlier mention of Burrito Bike, it's burritos, delivered by bike. Place your orders at 416-948-6676 or via burritobike@torontomail.com

New things to wait for

Fressen and Urban Herbivore owner Stephen Garnder was profiled in a recent Toronto Star article in which they revealed plans for a third Urban Herbivore location in the Eaton Centre North food court later this year. You can read the news for yourself while you check out his recipe for Moroccan Chickpea and Vegetable Stew.

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