Stocked floor-to-ceiling with vitamins and minerals, superfoods and supplements, Lennie’s Whole Foods is a kaleidoscope of brightly coloured bottles and jars. Almost overflowing with eclectic products, the health food store has been supplying Cabbagetown locals with packaged natural foods and holistic remedies for generations.
“We’re carrying the baton right now but there’s been a health food store at this location for over 65 years,” says owner Carol Buss. Carol bought the store from Lennie himself in the early 1990s with her father, who was the proprietor of one of Toronto’s first health-food stores. Since then, she says, “we’ve seen a lot of changes in the health food industry.”
