TVFB is once a month. The door's locked. There's usually someone right there to open it for you. So don't have a heart attack if the first thing you encounter is a building with no signs up, but it's the right address, and there's people inside, but the door's locked. It's okay.
This place has no catchment zone. But they're very carefully vetting everyone because they're terrified that someone with a job might come here for vegetables. Those evil working poor people. And they're very careful about excluding meat-eaters. Sort of. They're very careful to make everybody say that they're at least avoiding meat. So consider yourself effectively vetted.
Open from noon to 4pm, they serve amazing soup along with their stuff. Most of what they hand out is beautiful whole vegetables. That's why it's worth it. Some of their stuff isn't ripe and never ripens. Just like grocery store food!
People travel 30km round trip to come to this place. Families from all over the GTA descend on this downtown Toronto spot to tap this rare access to vegetables. Still no nuts, not much fruit, but whatever. It's equivalent to a haul from The Stop's food bank.
From Blog TO: Aroma Espresso Bar locations across Ontario celebrate Free Smoothie Day on May 25. The free giveaway runs from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and will include flavours like mango, mixed berry and kale.
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