Sweet Travels: Toronto’s Global Ice Cream Adventure
In Toronto, a city celebrated for its cultural mosaic, ice cream becomes a passport to global flavours. Let’s explore some of the city’s ice cream spots that bring international tastes to your cone.
Ed’s Real Scoop: World-Renowned Flavour
Ed’s Real Scoop’s Burnt Marshmallow has put Toronto on the global ice cream map, earning accolades from TasteAtlas . Their extensive menu ensures there’s something for everyone.
Bang Bang Ice Cream: Fusion Desserts
Bang Bang’s creative approach combines different culinary traditions, offering flavours like roasted pineapple custard and serving them in unique formats .
Dutch Dreams: European Elegance
Dutch Dreams brings a touch of Europe to Toronto with its classic flavours and whimsical presentations, making it a favourite among ice cream enthusiasts .
Honey’s Ice Cream: Vegan Indulgence
Honey’s caters to vegan and dairy-free diets without sacrificing flavour, offering a range of options that delight all ice cream lovers .
Toronto’s ice cream scene is a delicious reflection of its multicultural identity, offering a sweet journey through global flavours.
🍦 Where to crash between scoops?
RivetStays has dreamy, design-forward suites perfect for travelers chasing flavours and festivals:
🏙️ The York – by Union Station and Lake Ontario, ideal for city explorers.
🌆 The Atmos – sleek suites near the CN Tower and Ripley’s Aquarium.
🛍️ The Jarvis – near Yonge-Dundas for shopping and soft serve.
🌊 The Neptune – west-end energy near music venues and beach days.
Book your stay, charge your phone (for pics, obviously), and scoop your way through one of the world’s most delicious cities.
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In early March 2014, we spent five days in Venice. The city is just wonderful – we loved the houses, canals, lanes, streets, squares, bridges, which invited us to stop and linger without being affected by the omnipresent sea of clunkers ... In addition, we had beautiful spring weather, and at this time of the year the tourists (the likes of us) didn't form too large crowds. Despite two daft colds and some tummy trouble, we enjoyed these five days and we'll definitely come back.
But this post is about food and the question whether and how a vegan can survive in Venice. The answer is:
Yes, and very well so if you cater for yourself/yourselves. However, this is not quite cheap because of the generally high level of prices in Venice.
Organic food/health shops with vegan products
... we tried two of these and have three more in our notes:
La Serenissima Bio is an organic supermarket with a large product range: plenty of fruit, veg, soy products, rice/oat milk and the like, flour, cereals, instant meals, spices, a large refrigerated section, wines, cleaning agents – everything the heart desires.
Opening times: Mon–Sat 9am–7:30pm, Tue+Thu closed between 1pm and 4:30pm
Location: Corte Coppo, San Marco 4350 – some 200m northwest of the northwestern corner of Piazza San Marco; from the middle of Calle della Locanda turn south into a side lane. See also the map at the shop's contact page
Homepage: http://www.laserenissimabio.com
Naturalia is a health and food shop with cosmetic and health products in the front room and an extensive grocery department in the back room. They stock many products labelled as vegan, including croissants, cake and everything listed above, except for fresh fruit and veg.
Opening times: Mon–Say 9:30am–7:30pm
Location: Fondamenta del Gafaro, Dorsoduro 3525 – southeast of the corner with Calle della Misericordia
Rialto Bio is an organic supermarket which, according to Happy Cow, stocks food and natural cosmetics, including refrigerated and frozen products, faux meat, tofu, rice yoghurt. According to their own homepage, there are two branches; the former seems to be the larger one:
Opening times: Mon–Fri 8:30am–8pm, closed Sun, no information about Saturdays
Location:
(1) Calle della Regina, S. Croce 2264, right next to Pal. Gozzi
(2) Campo delle Beccarie (west side), S. Croce
Cibele is a small shop with organic food and health products, including soy milk and the like, vegan spreads and more (we only pressed our noses against the shop window).
Opening times: 8:30am–12:45pm and 4pm–7:45pm (probably valid for Mon–Sat)
Location: Campiello de l'Anconeta, Cannaregio 1823 – in the south east corner, opposite the side road Calle del Pignater
Baldrocco Frutta e Verdura is an organic food shop with fresh fruit and veg, as the name says.
Opening times: Mon–Sat 8am–1pm, 5pm–8pm
Location: Rio Tera de la Maddalena, Cannaregio 2000 – at the eastern end of the bridge over Rio di San Marcuola
We also bought fresh fruit at the farmers' market in Rio Terrà San Leonardo, Cannaregio.
Restaurants/ice cream shops
Le Spighe Di Presotto Doriana is a vegetarian bistro and deli shop that offers takeaway food, 75% of which is supposedly vegan. We only managed to take a look from the outside because our plans for cooking were large and stomach capacity was limited. Le Spighe is located in the rather quiet workers' neighborhood Castello, where the tourist density abates and a couple of parks (Giardini Garibaldi, Giardini Pubblici, Giardini di Castello) invite the visitor to stay.
Opening times: Mon–Sat 9:30am–2:30pm and 5:30pm–7:30pm
Location: Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Castello 1341 – corner Calle Schianova
Grom is a chain of ice cream shops offering vegan flavors (mostly sorbets). These are clearly marked on the noticeboard in every branch, and at the chain's homepage.
Opening times: daily 11am–10pm or 11am–11pm
Location:
(1) Campo San Barnaba, Dorsoduro
(2) Strada Nova, Cannaregio – corner Calle di Ca' d'Oro
(3) Campo Del Frari, San Polo
On the internet: branches in Venice – Ingredient listing
