durhamregion.com This Week | Thursday, June 9, 2022 | 18 111 Taunton Rd. E. 905-432-6912 255 Simcoe St. N. 905-728-4966 745 Stevenson Rd. N. 905-723-1009 GREAT RATES UTILITIES INCLUDED Onsite Laundry Facilities, Enclosed & Surface Parking & more 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM UNITS AVAILABLE NORTH OSHAWA Call us today at 1-866-601-3083 to tour these properties Our Farm Boy™ Flattened Chicken is popular for being as tasty as they are easy to prepare! Our butchers remove the back and breast bones, speeding up the cooking process and making them easier to carve. Available in six satisfying flavours, or plain so you can customize it with your favourite recipe. TENDER & DELICIOUS IN LESS TIME! 599/lb13.21/kg SUMMER Hungryfor Lunch At Allen's saturday, June 18 @ 7:30 PM - oshawa regent theatre: 905 721 3399 ext 2 Murray McLauchlan, Ian Thomas, Cindy Church & Marc Jordan Downtown Bowmanville has a new micro-café serving up food and drinks that are vegan, local and organic. Cafe Portobello celebrated a grand opening on April 16. The café is located inside The Park Coworking, a space where people can work remotely or hold meetings and events. "We've had a really warm welcome from Bowmanville," says Lindsay Cotton, who co-owns the café with Alex Van Camp, Jessi Hoey and Colin Hoey. "Our first week, we had way more orders than we expected, it's been amazing." Cotton and Van Camp are also the owners of downtown Oshawa restaurant Portobello Road, which opened in March 2021 and specializes in grab-and-go meals that are plant- based with no meat, dairy sugar or processed ingredients. Both locations have a goal of serving food that is good for you -- and tastes good. "You will find organic foods that are as minimally processed as possible," Cotton explains. "Every ingredient that we use has been chosen because it has health benefits, right down to the sweetener in the coffee." Cotton says a lot of thought goes into the details -- like grinding their own flour from whole heirloom grains and ensuring produce is local by working with 100km Foods, which sources and distributes products from more than 140 Ontario farms. The Cafe Portobello menu includes sandwiches, appetizers, desserts, drinks and smoothies. There's smoked vegetable dip with seasonal pickles and toast; homemade coconut yogurt topped with fruit, granola, maple syrup and seeds; and sandwiches like the "TLT" (tomato, lettuce and tempeh) on sourdough bread. Pre-made meals from Portobello Road can also be found in a retail fridge at the café. Cotton says a big focus will be on supporting other small businesses through monthly vendor shows and by offering local products such as coffee from Oshawa-based Aves Coffee Company and vegan baked goods from Kind Bakehouse in Courtice. The Park Coworking is located at 182 Wellington St., on the third floor. It's free to hang out at the café, lounge or task tables at The Park Coworking. Fees apply to use a meeting room or office or reserve a desk. We want to hear about your favourite places to eat in Durham! Old favourites, hidden gems, new restaurants opening, awesome food trucks -- send your great eats to reporter Jillian Follert at jfollert@durhamregion.com. MENU AT NEW MICRO-CAFÉ IS VEGAN, ORGANIC AND LOCAL JILLIAN FOLLERT jfoller t@durhamregion.com FOOD AND DRINK CAFE PORTOBELLO OWNERS SAY EVERY INGREDIENT IS CHOSEN WITH HEALTH BENEFITS IN MIND Alex Van Camp, Colin and Jessi Hoey and Lindsay Cotton recently opened Cafe Portobello in downtown Bowmanville in The Park Coworking space. The menu items include Smoked Vegetable Dip. Jason Liebregts/Metroland CAFE PORTOBELLO Address: 182 Wellington St., Bowmanville (third floor) Website: café-portobello.square.site Instagram: @thecafeportobello Email: thecafeportobello@gmail.com