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Pulp Kitchen - CLOSED
Categories: Restaurants Vegetarian Food Juice Bars & Smoothies Restaurants Sandwiches Vegetarian, Juice Bars & Smoothies, Sandwiches [Edit]
1129 Queen St EToronto, ON M4M 1L1
Neighbourhood: Leslieville
(416) 461-4612
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
13 reviews for Pulp Kitchen
13 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
10/6/2010 9 photos
Imagine myself being a Vegan/Vegetarian one day...
It ain't that bad... it is not a nightmare....
To tell you the truth if you ask me if I going to eat from now on the food items of Pulp Kitchen VS Stockyards... Pulp Kitchen will be the winner!
Love the Blueberry Waffles... and all these Fresh Fruits! You sure that is healthy food?? It tastes like a dessert... not too sweet but hmmmm Fresh Fruits... need I say more.
The French Toast I do find it a little dry.. and tasted and look like something that I can put together without any cooking skill... hmmm will skip that next time.
Now I have a few of my vegetarian friends I don't mind going with them for lunch/brunch if they willing to come to Pulp Kitchen.
Services here is nice and friendly... and all our questions gladly answered!Listed in: Weekend Brunchs in GTA!, Places that will make My…
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Review from Mark H.
Toronto, ON
1/15/2011
I'm writing this review in celebration. It appears that they may have shut down.... unless they are undergoing renos... let's hope not.
Anyway, some Vegan meat-hater took me there a while ago. The entire time I was thinking "I too could make these sausages with sawdust" or "Wow, didn't know you could make scrambled eggs with tofu and bran flour".
Then I thought to myself isn't Okay Okay across the street and why didn't we go there?
Farewell Pulp Kitchen - much like a Vincent Vega pop-tart incident. -
Review from Nicole H.
Toronto, ON
I've known about Pulp Kitchen for ages and ages, and have only just recently (late August) made it to their new location to give them a try. It's easy to get to, and the light and airy decor make it a pleasure to sit in and eat. Unfortunately I found the service to be a little slow - we waited a good 10 minutes after getting our menus and making our choices before our order was taken, a bit silly considering there were barely half a dozen diners besides myself and my two companions. I dread to think of what it's like when they're busy! On the upside, the wait for drinks and food was less painfully drawn out.
All three of us got drinks from the extensive menu, my friends getting a premium juice and smoothie respectively. I was all set to get a nice healthy juice when I saw the "Funky Monkey" - Chocolate soymilk, banana and a shot of espresso. Oh, yes please and thank you, could you maybe hook up a tap in my house? Incredible stuff - and adorably garnished with a coffee bean on top.
We were in on a Sunday - early afternoon - so it was brunch time. They have a reasonable selection of meals and sides - the fruity topped french toast sounded appealing, and I also got a side order of breakfast sausages and home fries.
My french toast topping was strawberry syrupy heaven, with a nice crunch of slivered almonds - however the french toast itself was disappointing (barely warm, kinda soggy). I'm not sure the sausages were worth it at $1 each (the side was $3, and there were $3 of them), and while the home fries were perfectly delicious and well-cooked, I would've liked about 3 times the portion size for $3. My dining companions felt similarly about their meals (PK Sandwich and Breakfast Burritos) - pretty tasty and well put together, but seriously lacking in portion size when it comes to the price.
I think if I were out in the Beaches area more, i'd drop in to PK for drinks and light snacks again. As it stands though, I'm not sure i'd make a special trip out there (except to maybe pick up a gallon of Funky Monkey...). 3 stars because the food is nice, the drinks are amazing and it's a nice atmosphere - but PK loses what could be a more decent rating because of their high costs.
[Side note - Pulp Kitchen's recently revamped website is a bit useless in that the sidebar of links doesn't actually go anywhere unless you add .html to the end - just in case you want to check out their fare before visiting!]Listed in: Toronto Veg Eats!
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Review from Dani L.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 10/18/2010
Sorry Pulp.
I have to update my review to reflect the last few times I've been here...
You were rated as having the best granola in the city, but three times in a row you've been out of both soy and regular yogurt. I was told all three times that it had something to do with your supplier. You may wanna fix that.
Three strikes, Pulp. I'm not gonna make the disappointing trek to your establishment when there are so many other awesome breakfast spots in the area...1 Previous Review: Show all »
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10/7/2010
I am currently seated in Pulp Kitchen, taking advantage of their free wi-fi. I've got a belly full… Read more »
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Review from Kat F.
11/22/2009 2 photos
I'll bet you didn't know that Greg C and I were twins. We both (unknowingly) dined at the same two restaurants within a 24 hour period.
And at the second of these, the newly re-opened Pulp Kitchen, we ordered the same sandwich AND juice! So bizarre. The "PK Sandwich" consists of crispy breaded tofu, oven roasted tomatoes, sliced avocado and cilantro dijon mayo on toasted flax served with baked homefries and mixed greens ($9.50). With that I had a V6 juice (freshly juiced tomato, spinach, carrot, celery, beet and green pepper).
What I like about the fresh juices here is that they come in three sizes, the smallest of which is actually quite affordable if all you want is a sampling of flavour. I believe it's $3 for 250mL.
My sandwich was excellent - so good, in fact, that I ordered it again a few days later when I dined with Greg C, along with the soup of the day, tomato rice. I love rice soups and this one was no exception. I had a hard time deciding between it and the butternut squash and black bean chili but I know I'll soon be back to try that one as well.
The decor is nice and simple and they have a partially open kitchen where you can see your food being made. I also like the fact that they sell merchandise, and healthy cookbooks would be a nice addition to their stock.
As mentioned in my review of the original Pulp Kitchen (http://www.yelp.ca/biz... - now the home of Lady Marmalade), I must take issue with their early hours - for a person like me who works from home nearby, only being open till 6pm is fine, but I would love to bring a friend here for dinner sometime. Unfortunately it's not possible. Perhaps as they find their place in Leslieville they'll expand their hours - after all, they've only been open since the beginning of November. -
Review from Jen K.
Toronto, ON
4/1/2010
Granola crunchers rejoice! Pulp Kitchen is a vegetarian, health-conscious hotspot in hip Leslieville, which provides a killer eggless omelet with soy cheese (highly recommend) and daily specials ranging from tomato kale soup, to a Mexican style quinoa wrap, to a host of delicious sandwiches with ingredients that include avocado, grains and other fresh vegetables
For those who have read any of my other reviews, note a recurrent theme.... while I'm not exclusively veg, I love meatless, cheeseless food!
They have trivial pursuit and Battleship games on the table.
While it's a haven for vegetarians and vegans alike, the prices are too high and the staff can be temperamental. While one waitress is really sweet, the other who served us was pretty rude and banged items down on the table. Perhaps it had been a bad day. Brunch usually costs about 40 dollars, plus tip, for two people, which exceeds the cost of some of my other favorite brunch locales.
Will I go back?
Probably.
Will it been soon?
Probably not.Listed in: Top 5 Veg-Friendly Restarants…
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Review from Kelly A.
Toronto, ON
5/3/2010 1 Check-in Here
I'm not sure where to start with this review. I expected so much better, and maybe that's why I'm left feeling like I should never return. To begin with, there's only one table that sits more than two people, which is a problem if you're not a couple. The wait was pretty long, but there were several double tables that were free. How's about seating more efficiently.
When we finally got seated, we were served by a friendly waitress. We got our orders in quickly and then waited. And waited. And waited. We asked to get the soup for our kids a little sooner, since it was just a matter of scooping it out. However, our waitress seemed afaid of the over-testoneroned chef. The other server working, however, just pushed into the kitchen past the afforementioned cook and got the soup.
The table for four is right next to the kitchen, so we got to watch the chef, in all her glory, shouting condescendingly at her staff and generally creating a hostile environment.
When we finally got our food, it was mediocre - the burrito was unpleasantly sweet, the soup bland, the grilled cheese not so nice. The only saving grace was the PK sandwich, which tasted amazing in comparison. Outside of Pulp, I suspect the PK would only be average, but it runs with a weak crowd now, so stands out. -
Review from Daniel B.
3/7/2010 5 Check-ins Here
When we first walked into this awesome restaurant, the wildly inventive music of Cibo Matto was booming on the stereo.
It's no irony that the words "Cibo Matto" loosely translate as 'Food Crazy' in Italian. These people love their food. It comes across in every delicious Quinoa-filled bite.
Trivial pursuit on the table. I get almost every question wrong but do not care.
I love this place for lunch. I love this place for brunch. A restaurant that truly makes me forget that it's actually a health-conscious palace of multigrain madness.
This place is completely food crazy. -
Review from Josh N.
Toronto, ON
7/12/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Delicious Sunday brunch - could have fooled any carnivore who loathes anything vegetarian.
The blueberry waffles were amazing, along with fresh fruit and maple syrup. As was the tofu scramble wrap, and not to mention the smoothies.
Here's the thing though...
Having ONE person working the entire floor on a Sunday during brunch rush is probably not the best idea. And man was she frazzled.
Also, yes, I get the vegetarian thing, I even get the vegan thing, but doesn't vegan mean NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS in the restaurant? So then why the "dairy yogurt" option on the menu? It wouldn't have bothered me if I hadn't gotten a snarky response from said frazzled server when I asked if the "coconut creme" had diary in it (uh...we're vegan .... no animal byproducts...)
Can't wait to go back - I just hope they have more people working the floor, or one that can handle a full restaurant. -
Review from Michelle C.
Toronto, ON
3/31/2010
I wish I could give this place 2.5 stars, but I can't. The goods were the atmosphere and the staff - totally nice. The bad was the food.
I had a vegan grilled cheese which is, to me, foolproof if you know anything about different soy cheeses. But they used a terrible, grated, white soy cheese and the sandwich was greasy and hard. Actually, everything in our food seemed like it was bought at the grocery store. Tofutti sausages, Yves "bacon", etc. It was way overpriced for such poor/packaged quality. And they forgot my salad.
The juice is great, and again the staff was nice, but I would never spend the money to buy this quality of food again. -
Review from Elizabeth L.
Toronto, ON
1/4/2010 ROTD 10/7/2010
BEST VEGAN BRUNCH IN TORONTO! This place is a game changer!
Try the absolutely unreal french toast topped with tons of fruit. It's better than any french toast (vegan or non-vegan) you've ever had.
Also amazing: the omelet. It's not vegan as there is cheddar cheese in it, but if you're vegan you can ask for them to take out the cheese and replace it with the stuff they use for the mac + cheese. It will blow your mind. You won't believe it's eggless!
The service: lovely, attentive, extremely helpful.
The new space is bright and clean and very comfortable. If making the trek to Leslieville seems like a pain believe me when I say that it is totally worth it. You'll never think twice about going that far east again. -
Review from Edward J.
5/26/2010
Is this the only vegan restaurant in Leslieville!? I thought this neighborhood is like your upcoming and most cool hood or the ville. Oh well, let's do this.
The place is bigger than it looks from the outside, and the sign is really hard to read so like my friends, we all missed it while riding the street car. The service is really friendly and nice. I got a pint of green smoothie, yum, just what I needed when I can't find kombucha anywhere in canada. Finally, my friend who was super late showed up. She said she couldn't find the restaurant. She literally walked by it few times up and down the block. I got this tofu sandwich, DELICOIUS!!!! It was really REALLY good. I don't remember what it was called but I love the tofu with the sauce. The fried potatoes are super good too. I would come back for the tofu sandwich for sure. I wonder if they have vegan baked goods.
PS: We sat next to a green party candidate and his campaign manager, she and him did not get along. It was super awkward listening to them arguing. At least it wasn't a tory. -
Review from chris m.
Toronto, ON
1/2/2010
It's soy good!
I've had take out from there a few times and was satisfied every time. Good quality ingredients at a great price. Even my non-vegan co-workers enjoyed Pulp. I hope to try more of their menu soon.
