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Sunshine Natural Foods
Categories: Food Specialty Food Health Food Store Food Juice Bars & Smoothies Health Food Store, Juice Bars & Smoothies [Edit]
942 College StToronto, ON M6H 1A5
Neighbourhood: Dufferin Grove
(416) 533-9582
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 11 am - 7 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Sunshine Natural Foods
5 reviews in English
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Review from David M.
Toronto, ON
8/16/2010
This is a small but attractive "health food store" run by a couple who obviously take pride in their business. They are friendly and accommodating, and seem to enjoy their jobs.
Try the frozen juice treats...they're home made! -
Review from Kent P.
11/28/2010 1 photo
Pictures give you a good idea of what it looks like in there...this place is right across from the College/Dovercourt YMCA...so after a workout one of their smoothies is wickedly satisfying. They have lots of hippie ingredients in them like E3 vegetable protein, spirulina, flax seed oil, but they still taste very good. Also good after to help kill a hangover.
In the back they have a fridge with organic milk (and chocolate milk) in glass jars. Mmmm no growth hormone! Tastes better, too. Gotta pay a $2.00 deposit on those badboys, though. -
Review from Michelle C.
Toronto, ON
7/10/2010
The couple who own this place are absolutely awesome. I'm very upset that they recently changed their hours and are closed on Sunday because I can't seem to break my "Sunday is grocery day" habit, and I feel like I'm neglecting them.
When I first started going, I was surprised that they didn't offer a lot of vegan items that are typical in most Toronto stores like this: Earth Balance Margarine, any soy yogurt, etc. They've really come a long way with this stuff recently. Not that I NEED it, but it sure is convenient.
They carry some great local soups, organic hummus, seasonal produce, etc. They also have a decent bulk section and a lot of natural cleaning stuff and toiletries. They sometimes have awesome bread but there hasn't been as much when I've been in lately. I can't speak to the meat or dairy stuff but I know that they have it, and there's often signs out front about it!
Their juice bar is definitely a winner. The fruit and veggie combos that I've tried are awesome, but you can also make your own if you're feeling creative. Every day there is a reduced price special that sometimes forces me to try combos that I wouldn't normally - I wholeheartedly encourage this. I always forget that it closes a half hour before the store, though, so don't luck out like me!
I feel like this store helps me be a healthier and more conscientious person. If you go in here, you want to support them and you want to start buying seasonal stuff. Very cool. -
Review from Michelle A.
Toronto, ON
Sunshine is a very cute little health food store located at Dovercourt and College, across from the Y. They are probably most well known for their smoothie and juice bar. They have a menu board of options or you can make your own. I had a mixed berry and banana smoothie with E3 vegetable protein. It has an ugly green colour, but it tastes so good.It was $6 for the smaller size. I also like their selection of organic produce, dairy and specialty foods. I bought a bag of Valencia oranges from them one day and they were so juicy and flavourful. The back part of the store has a fridge with tofu and tempeh products, jars of fresh soup (I recommend the Beet soup), and fresh greens, like salad kale, sprouts, shoots, etc.
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Review from Dardana M.
ON
12/1/2008 1 photo
Sunshine Foods is a nice little piece of healthful joy on the strip which I call my home. A good assortment of fresh organic fruits and vegetables, and some more splurge-y items like daily shipments of what I like to call 'luxury bread' (that being any loaf that costs more then $5), from my favourite purveyors, Fred's Bread. The only problem with a loaf of Fred's Bread is I sometimes can't eat it quickly enough, and I have an irrational(?) fear of bread mould (which preservatives are better at combating than...none).
Anyway, the city has lots of stores that carry these organic and green-alternative products, sauces, juices, cleaning supplies, but this particular one feels like my own. The couple who owns it are incredibly sweet and always friendly, and they recently added a fresh (and almost painfully refreshing) juice bar! It seems I don't even have to cross the street to spend all my money anymore.
