Toronto’s getting a massive vegan Mexican restaurant

A huge new vegan Mexican restaurant is set to open this spring in Toronto’s Financial District.

High five, herbivore friends!

The 136-seat restaurant, called Rosalinda, comes to us from Max Rimaldi and Jamie Cook of Pizzeria Libretto and Enoteca Sociale, as well as Grant van Gameren, the restaurateur behind Bar Isabel, Bar Raval, El Rey, Tenessee Tavern and the forthcoming Quetzal at College and Bathurst.

Rimaldi and Cook, who both observe a plant-based diet much of the time, said in a press release that they starting cooking up the idea (lol pun) for a great meatless restaurant in 2004.

Then van Gameren joined the project “to help them push the boundaries of what people could expect” from a plant-based establishment and, voila, Rosalinda.

The restaurant’s menu will focus on Mexican and Baja flavours and will feature dishes like jackfruit pibil, Tijuana-style broccoli, spicy carrots in mole, Japanese eggplant marinated in salsa macha. Read more…

Toronto’s getting a massive vegan Mexican restaurant