Crave Healthy Habits

Crave is the best place for vegetarian or vegan place to eat unless you want to add on protein… staff there are really helpful and the food are yummy.

Healthy, tasty combos. A bit grain heavy for my tastes, but certainly much lighter fare than you’ll find nearby.
I ordered The One and was pleasantly surprised by the huge portion size and how satiating it was. I didn’t get hungry until dinner time, despite not adding any protein!
For the price, I would liked to have received more of the asparagus, mushrooms, and chickpeas, and less of the filler veggies (i.e. corn) and brown rice. They do let you personalize how much brown rice versus wild rice you get, though!
Overall this was a very welcome healthy break from the usual at a relatively affordable price for downtown.

I’m not really much into the vegan eating but I do like to try to eat healthier when I can. One of the biggest barriers I find is price. Most of the «raw» or vegan/​vegetarian places charge ridiculous prices that makes it financially prohibitive to frequent them. Crave prices their foods at prices that are very competitive to other food court shops. I’m definitely no expert but I did find the food to be filling as well as satisfying.
If you’re looking for an alternative to the pizza/​burger/​sub place definite try this one.

I tried the Hale Kale and The One lunch boxes.
HALE KALE
(quinoa or brown rice, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, tamagoyaki, nori seaweed, carrots, orange, red pepper marmalade, pepitas, parsley)
THE ONE (added chicken)
(quinoa or brown rice, chickpeas, edamame, corn, asparagus, mushroom, wild rice, dried barberries, feta cheese, oregano)
Both were very bland — no sauces were added.
I guess this is healthy because there’s barely any taste to it… :(

Stopped by to pick up a lunch and decided to try the Crimson Dawn box on brown rice, which is steamed kale, asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, rainbow peppers and sun dried tomato sprinkled with pumpkin seeds. The taste? Ehh, they’re steamed veggies. Nothing to write home about, but my guess is that this kind of stuff isn’t meant to really meant to impress your taste buds anyway.
So I make my judgement of Crave based on these other factors instead:
— Sauce provides most of the flavour and in my case, the pom purée and garlic basil pesto provided a much-​needed wakeup call to the tempeh (which on its own tastes like a slightly salty, dense tofu)
— Vegetables are fresh and vibrant
— Pricing I think is more reasonable in comparison to its competitors, including the fact that they thankfully don’t have additional charge for extra sauce
— Bottled, fruit-​infused water tastes more like water with stale fruit inside. I’d say skip this stuff and just go for the Perrier instead
— There’s a constant lineup at the cash and customers waiting for their food, but don’t be worried as it moves quickly
All in all, I’m willing to come back again for another healthy-​style lunch again!

You have to try this place out if you are looking for lunch around the area. The ingredients that they use are very fresh! I buy breakfast and lunch here all the time. Never let me down.
They dont have a huge selection of salad options which is what I like. Its kind of painful to choose from a complicated menu. they do their salad dressings right and give you a good portion.
I usually go for the Unagi or Hale Kale. Both are delicious. You can add chicken or salmon. But I think adding meat is too much food for me. Keeping in mind that they do give you a decent amount of green stuff.

I love this place. Perfect place for a delicious breakfast or lunch that make you feel good. I have tried almost all of the items on their menue and liked them all. Also they have a very friendly staff.