#vegan #veganisnotscary #bellonakitchen #bellona #veganrestaurant #saveveganrestaurants #veganitalian #veganitalianfood #bellonascalzone #supportlocalbusiness #supportveganbusiness #supportsmallbusiness I offered to treat my parents to dinner today (August 31,2025) at a vegetarian / vegan Italian restaurant called Bellona Kitchen. For those who live in Toronto, this restaurant has two locations. We went to the one on Jane Street. It seats about 30 people. I was surprised my dad accepted my offer as he usually gives me a hard time about eating at vegan restaurants, or when I insist that he eat vegan if I’m paying. He normally gets cranky if there’s no meat, fish or “real” cheese available. Anyways, my father, mother, and I enjoyed our experience and meal at Bellona Kitchen. The menu is a mix of vegetarian and vegan offerings. Some of the vegetarian options could be veganized (which we opted to do). My dad ordered a veganized version of Bellona’s Calzone (vegan cheese was substituted for the mozzarella cheese.). My dad absolutely loves calzones which he rarely eats, so to order this was a real treat for him. This thing was huge and half of it was boxed up and taken home. He’ll enjoy it tomorrow for lunch. The calzone was very stuffed with brown rice / mushroom sausage, spiced tofu, cremini mushrooms, roasted red peppers, roasted garlic and vegan cheese. Marinara sauce and a vegan Caesar dressing were served on the side. I had a bite of the calzone and I was very impressed with it. This is something I might have to consider for my next visit. The calzone was $26. I don’t know if that is reasonable or too much, but my dad was very happy with it, so it was more than worth it As we walked out of the restaurant, my dad said to me, “if you come back here, call me”. I’ll definitely be coming back here. There are so many more menu offerings I want to try. Service was excellent. Sofia, our waitress and the owner’s daughter, was incredibly helpful in offering suggestions. According to her, everything except for the cheese is made in-house. I very highly recommend this restaurant and the Bellona’s Calzone (veganized version, of course). By the way, I think it was when I started following Bellona Kitchen on Facebook that I had received a $30 voucher which I used tonight. This is a nice incentive to go try this restaurant. It first opened in 2023.
