Discount Profile: Grasshopper Restaurant
Care of Christina Vani

For a U of T student, I am painfully ignorant of the wallet-friendly but high-quality establishments that surround campus, since I typically eat at home before heading to the university. Grasshopper’s relatively recent opening has changed that, though. Just minutes from campus, on College between Bathurst and Spadina, Grasshopper, which qualifies itself as a “vegetarian restaurant with a focus on taste,” offers a delicious vegetarian spin on Vietnamese banh-mi (“chick-un” as well as pulled-pork) in addition to decadent vegan comfort foods that have begun cropping up on restaurant menus, vegan and non-vegan alike, across Toronto. These include chick-un nuggets (served with creamy barbecue or peanut sauces) as an appetizer, chili, quinoa mac ’n’ cheese, and a burger platter. Finally, diners can round out their meals with one of six vegan desserts, amongst which are a delightful blueberry cheesecake, refreshing fruit sorbet, and a cashew cookie.

On a separate occasion (I’m guilty), they had run out of the chick-un nuggets (which is a testament to how tasty and popular they are!), so I opted for the beef and mushroom satay (served on a skewer with cremini mushrooms and bell peppers along with Chimichurri sauce) as an appetizer and I feigned no politeness at all when my dinner companion insisted that I finish the final skewer.
You can’t go wrong with any item on this menu—and it doesn’t hurt, either, that the restaurant offers 5% off orders over $15 for all TVA members! The service is friendly and personable, and the meals are abundant, flavourful, and made fresh to order, making every visit to Grasshopper a genuinely sweet and exquisite experience.
Discount: 5% off orders of $15 or more
Veg Status: All vegetarian
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