Introducing: Sadie’s Juice Bar, Kensington Market’s vegan-friendly drink spot and ice cream parlour
Introducing: Sadie’s Juice Bar, Kensington Market’s vegan-friendly drink spot and ice cream parlour
Sadie’s Juice Bar, an offshoot of Sadie’s Diner on Adelaide, has finally opened in Kensington, after months of papered-over windows and anticipatory whispers in the market. Given the other options in Toronto’s steadily growing vegan scene, owner Al Ridley elected to focus mainly on drinks and desserts, with the hope of complementing next-door neighbour Hot Beans’ menu with some sweeter offerings.
A vegetarian for most of his life, Ridley has a background that’s “all over the map,” having worked as a house painter and a punk rock promoter and been the brains behind Toronto’s first three tattoo conventions. Keeping in step with the diner’s ’50s decor, Ridley imagines the juice bar as “Sadie’s on vacation,” with cheery colours, playful tableware and cheesy souvenirs accenting the walls (a huge ice cream cone, pennants from U.S. tourist attractions). With limited seating, the tiny space is more of a grab ’n’ go spot than a place to linger.
Patrons may be tempted to slurp down a vanilla float made with Boylan’s creamy red birch beer ($5) or opt for an indulgent smoothie, such as the chocolate banana peanut butter version ($5.65). “Ice cream” from Tofutti is available in flavours like chocolate and vanilla almond bark ($4 for a cone); Ridley hopes to have his own vegan ice cream in-store within the next month. Cupcakes and muffins from local vegan bakery Sweets From the Earth are also featured, and there are plans to carry donuts from Rise Above in the near future. Come fall, hot chocolate and cider will be added to the roster, alongside heartier fare like soups and chili.
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Sadie’s Juice Bar, 146 Baldwin St.
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Sadie’s Juice Bar, an offshoot of Sadie’s Diner on Adelaide, has finally opened in Kensington, after months of papered-over windows and anticipatory whispers in the market. Given the other options in Toronto’s steadily growing vegan scene, owner Al Ridley elected to focus mainly on drinks and desserts, with the hope of complementing next-door neighbour Hot Beans’ menu with some sweeter offerings.
A vegetarian for most of his life, Ridley has a background that’s “all over the map,” having worked as a house painter and a punk rock promoter and been the brains behind Toronto’s first three tattoo conventions. Keeping in step with the diner’s ’50s decor, Ridley imagines the juice bar as “Sadie’s on vacation,” with cheery colours, playful tableware and cheesy souvenirs accenting the walls (a huge ice cream cone, pennants from U.S. tourist attractions). With limited seating, the tiny space is more of a grab ’n’ go spot than a place to linger.
Patrons may be tempted to slurp down a vanilla float made with Boylan’s creamy red birch beer ($5) or opt for an indulgent smoothie, such as the chocolate banana peanut butter version ($5.65). “Ice cream” from Tofutti is available in flavours like chocolate and vanilla almond bark ($4 for a cone); Ridley hopes to have his own vegan ice cream in-store within the next month. Cupcakes and muffins from local vegan bakery Sweets From the Earth are also featured, and there are plans to carry donuts from Rise Above in the near future. Come fall, hot chocolate and cider will be added to the roster, alongside heartier fare like soups and chili.
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T.O. has a new vegan blog to go with this “steadily growing” scene: http://thislittlevegan.ca/blog/
This Little Vegan, cool site. news to me. thanks for the link.
Hello,
I just wanted to take a minute to tell you that you have a great site!
Keep up the good work.
Boylan sodas
I have a delicious lunch yesterday at Sadie’s Juice Bar. They have a bunch of new food. I had a great sandwich with some kind of smokey tasting tempeh and snagged a couple of bites off my friends order of vegan sushi. We went back for spring rolls with peanut sauce and I licked the sauce container clean. I spent less than $10. Win!
I was at Sadie’s today and it was amazing! The man working had a great attitude, and gave me a great Toronto dinner recommendation for vegans. The ice cream and dessert were phenomenal, and I would definitely go back