This Liberty Village combo café/grab-and-go/eatery, not uncoincidentally located just steps from the gym, hawks good-for-you stuff like 23 Degrees Roast Coffees, juice to go, and a whack of dehydrated, fermented, gluten-free sandwiches.
When your life is busy and you’re constantly on the go, but still want to make sure you eat healthy, Live Market is where you go. It’s the brainchild of Tara Thomson and siblings Jennifer and Christopher Italiano, a trio dedicated to bettering the eating habits of Torontonians. “It’s a simplified concept,” explains Jennifer. Instead of having to sit down at a table and wait for someone to take your order, then wait some more for the food to arrive, Live Market’s grab-and-go lets you browse their refrigerators and counters stocked with organic, plant-based, gluten and refined-sugar free wraps, salads and rice dishes, fill up on what you need, when you want. Jennifer, Christopher and Tara intentionally designed Live Market to be laidback and easygoing, which fits in perfectly with the trendiness of the surrounding Liberty Village neighbourhood.
The brainchild of siblings Jennifer and Christopher Italiano, Live Market is the grab-and-go offshoot of their popular Annex restaurant, Live Organic Food Bar. Instead of sitting at a table and salivating over other diners’ dishes while you wait for yours to come, you can grab a box lunch and dig in right away. If it’s your first time there, start off with the siblings’ namesake box, the Italiano, which comes with vegetables, greens, brown rice, Portobello mushrooms and sweet potatoes.