IQ Food Co. in the Financial District makes almost everything they serve in-house from scratch. The menu includes only whole grains, lean proteins, good fats, no fried foods or refined carbs. Choose from soups, salads, snacks and smoothies.
From farm to Financial District, IQ Food boasts a colourful menu featuring fresh ingredients sourced from local Ontario farms. You can order nutritious snacks like chia pudding and lentil soup or flavour-packed boxes with such intriguing names as the Sparta (a Mediterranean box with chicken, kalamata olives, fresh hummus and arugula) and the Raad City (radish, microgreens, hard-boiled eggs, and walnuts). Our pick? The Apple Cobb box is packed with roasted chicken, aged white cheddar, apple slices and all kinds of good.
Many lunch places claim to be healthy, but IQ Food Co. truly is. And not in that boring-I-want-to-rebel-with-a-donut kind of way. Their Smoothies alone are so jam-packed with good-for-you ingredients yet flavourful that you’ll finally see why people can have a smoothie and not be reaching for a chocolate bar five minutes later.
Oozing with fresh flavours, you’ll be completely satisfied after finishing your Lima (oven roasted chicken, spicy corn, black beans, grape tomatoes, avocado, aged white cheddar, jalapeños, pickled cabbage, cilantro, lime juice, hot sauce on brown rice or quinoa).
You’ll get your daily fibre by picking up some fruit, vegetables and grains at IQ. There are five staple options that include themed mixes of fresh produce, quinoa and brown rice – along with a few seasonal takes on healthy grub using ingredients of the day. IQ Food exclusively uses whole grains, lean proteins and good fats in all of their sweet and savoury food. Just reading their list of smoothie ingredients will make you feel healthy.