Grace Bodega London

Friends, guests and supporters of Grace Restaurant and Grace Bodega: we are writing to inform you of Grace Bodega’s closure. Our last day of operation is Saturday, July 20 from 8 am to 4 pm.
The concept of Grace Bodega was inspired out of both passion and necessity. While helping our dedicated staff continue to serve in the industry through the hardest times of pandemic lockdowns, a vision for Bodega was brought to fruition. Drawing on the culture of cafes, markets and wine bars that we love to visit in other cities focused on beautiful pantry goods, biodynamic wine, and direct trade, hyper-seasonal coffee, our staff of hospitality professionals wanted to share that movement with London.
Due to a myriad of factors, maintaining the vision has become untenable. Many of you have noticed the gaps, and voiced a polite demand for the return of our pour over program, our usual eclectic array of retail coffee, and a boutique selection of chef-approved pantry goods. We hear you, and we are adapting.
We are excited to announce that the culture and passion that created Bodega is coming home to Grace Restaurant. The curated wines that you love will continue to be served at Grand Crew Wine Club at Grace Restaurant, as well as for take-home by incorporating the Bodega bottle shop. There are further refocused and reinvigorated plans to share in the coming months. We hope you will be as excited by them as we are.
We’d acknowledge the vigilant guidance of the Downtown London BIA and Dundas Place Management. We continue alongside in their mission of building a thriving downtown, knowing there is still much work to be done.
We acknowledge our beloved regulars that come to see us everyday. Thank you for buying a coffee, lunch, a glass of wine, or several loaves of sourdough every time you visit. Thank you for making the conscious decision to support local. It has been a pleasure to make your day, and we look forward to serving you in the future.
We acknowledge the effort of the Grace Bodega and Grace Restaurant team. In the face of challenge, creativity and resilience is where they thrive. They’ve planned and executed completely original special events, elegant tea services, and menu innovations to ensure that the changes to our operating model were not premature. The dedication, enthusiasm, and passion of Grace Bodega’s talented staff hasn’t wavered. They are integral to our team, and we are eager to offer them new opportunities at Grace Restaurant.
Thank you for coming along with us on this ride from when we opened three years ago, mid-pandemic, to now. While this may come as a disappointing shock to some of you, things just didn’t work out, and that’s okay. The Grace vision as a whole will continue, and we hope you feel at home with us.

our mix n' match menu will be up and running for Pop-Up Bar tomorrow! fully customizable $9 rail drinks are at your fingertips, along with a whole lot of fun summer camp themed activities. School's Out for the Summer -- start the season off right!

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Hot summer nights! Join us on June 29 for Pop-Up Bar's "School's Out for the Summer" event from 8pm 'til late.

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This weekend! Join us on June 21 for Pop-Up Bar's "Hot Girl Summer (Solstice)" from 8pm 'til late.

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Time to get vulnerable. 🖤📰

Swipe on over for a heartfelt letter from Angie (our executive chef and the owner of Grace Restaurant and Grace Bodega). As much as we love creating beautiful things and serving our community, we need a little help too. Small businesses are falling to the wayside as big box stores and chains take the lead and we’re no exception. Connection is everything, and we hope to see your smiling faces soon. Thanks for reading, thanks for visiting, thanks for keeping our dream alive. 🖤

We love our local haunts and we want to be yours. June has a ton of fun stuff in store and this fun zine will tell you where to be. Mark your calendars and watch this space for more info! 🗞️

From the beginning, Grace Bodega opened with a mission to be London's first cafe wine bar hybrid. We wanted to provide a place where you could start your day and end it too.

With our favourite specialty coffees and biodynamic wines being so terroir driven, we wanted to highlight what is amazing about these seemingly simple drinks; to get a taste of a specific part of the world. To appreciate the hard work that farmers and producers put into crafting a beautiful product. It makes sense to serve both coffee and wine under one roof.

Alas, that means long hours and a huge dedication of resources. Grace Restaurant and Grace Bodega consist of a small team that diligently works to serve both establishments: the only fine dining restaurant of its kind in London, and the only cafe wine bar in London. It takes knowledge, talent and passion to pull this off.

It also takes a consistency of business that we have not yet seen on our corner of Dundas and Clarence.

It is for this reason that we have decided to change our operating hours again (we know, a lot of pivots). This weekend, January 26th & January 27th our hours will be 8 to 4pm, going forward, Tuesday through Saturday.

We'll still be a source for bottle shop wines you can't get anywhere else in town! You can still have a glass of wine with lunch or while you study! We'll mostly be focusing on the excellent coffee we serve and expanding options therein. Wine Club is still a thing, don't worry! We're also planning to offer Grace Bodega as a community space after operating hours with full service snacks, bar, and coffee. More details soon.

Last thing: go support the independent cafés, markets, restaurants, and bars that you love in this city. As much as you possibly can.

It's that time again!

We're looking for coffee and wine nerds to join our crew.

Love specialty coffee and natural wine? Excited to join the local, sustainable food movement?

Previous experience as a barista or server is an asset but not required. Passion and interest are prerequisites to a fun training sesh, and we'll teach you everything you want to know.

There's ample opportunity to enhance and diversify your skillset as part of Grace's team of culinary professionals.

Full time availability preferred, must be available weekends.

Please e-mail us with your resume and availability.

Grace is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or disability.

🫒Stack🫒

The Antipasto Sandwich. House made vegan deliciousness piled on top of fresh sourdough.

•marinated grilled eggplant
•grilled zucchini
•tomato
•roasted red pepper
•tapenade
•tahini dressing
•vegan basil pesto

10 bucks!

Here til 9 tonight. For the time being, we're still checking QR vaccination certs for dine in, so come prepared. Takeout always an option! See you soon💕

Wednesday means we're back, open 9 til 6 today!

Stop by and try our new features, classic plays on those delightful little finger sandwiches served at high tea (or at every visit ever to my aunt Jean's house in the 90s)

Salmon Mousse | our house cured salmon blitzed with cream cheese, capers, herbs. Served on sourdough toast and topped with cucumber bell pepper salsa. Fresh!

Coronation Chicken | Vadouvan curry chicken salad, housemade mayo, golden raisins, celery, tomato, massaged kale, pickled shish*tos. Served on pain de mie! Nostalgia overload. We sold out of this tasty number this weekend.

Both features are 10 bucks each😀

More menu additions coming soon!
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Not just coffee & wine...

We stock our favourite beers from Ontario craft brewers exclusively, like these refreshing choices from Hill and Burdock brewery 🍻

Sonnen Hill makes incredibly executed beer in Caledon. Choose from light & malty "Kolsch", wheaty & subtle "Berliner", or floral & mild "Citra" pale ale.

Burdock is one of Toronto's finest, with inventive brews like the juicy "Cherry B" sour, smooth, low ABV "April" stout, small but mighty "Double IPA", or the aromatic wine hybrid "Meube" red grape ale.

Take a stroll downtown to our bottleshop for ice cold tinnies and pop tops. Available for preorder on Grace Pantry, too.

Starting Wednesday, you can enjoy a brew or two inside with us. For lunch, for after work. Extremely stoked 😀

Pan con tomate with Yurrita anchovies👌🐟

Just one of the myriad ways to enjoy these mega quality, salty, buttery Spanish beauties.

On our toasted sourdough with san marzano tomatoes, Loco Fields garlic, Pristine Olive evoo and fresh thyme.

Perfect lunch or afternoon snack for 8 bucks. Available til we run out!

If there was ever a day to call "soup day", this is it. Wash thine hands and stay healthy with Grace Bodega take out kitchen features filled with goodness, nutrients and love!

Brave the cold for some housemade Jerusalem Artichoke bisque or hearty Turkey chili. Pair it with our famous country white sourdough baguettes and pretend you're snuggled up in a wintery cottage already!🥖🫖🥣

Also featuring:

🥕🍋a straight up exquisite shredded heirloom carrot salad with pistachios, golden raisins & preserved lemon vinaigrette.

🥔🥒Our potato salad is a BEST SELLER honestly we are so humbled. Amazing value. You must try.

🥚🧀quiche this week is maitake mushroom, swiss chard, caramelized shallot & Stonetown Cheese Wildwood.

Sandwiches & snacks abound: check our website for full menu details, and feel free to call ahead with preorders.

www.gracelondon.ca/bodega

It's Friday: stock up on some beauty wines, local beers and refreshing ciders for the weekend🍷We're here til 9pm tonight & Saturday!

Happy 2022 pals. Not gonna conjure up a bunch of toxic positivity for you to roll your eyes at here, but also doin' our best not to be too glum over today's Provincial affirmations about what we'd all suspected was coming.

Grace Bodega will re-open Wednesday January 5th, on a takeout/retail basis only.

Quick recap of what we offer:
~delicious specialty coffee
~SCRATCH MADE sourdough bread/baguettes, bagels, enriched sandwich bread, scones and pastries
~SCRATCH MADE breakfast & lunch sandwiches, salads, soups and chilis
~London's largest selection of Natural wine, plus craft beer & cider (not found at LCBO!)
~chef approved pantry staples, Ontario artisan cheese and gourmet snacks
~super knowledgeable and passionate staff 🤍

Our temporary hours are as follows:

Wednesdays 9am - 6pm
Thursday through Saturday 9am - 9pm
Sundays 10am - 6pm

Order from Grace Sunday Pantry to get local farm fresh groceries and prepped meals made with love by the Grace Team. Orders for this Sunday's pick up & delivery are open. Link's in bio!

Stay safe and support local. They go hand in hand.

Happy Saturday! It's freaky warmish out eh? The coffee is flowing over here at 211 Dundas Street, come visit for some brekkie & lunch (including what that guy on Google said "was the best soup he's ever had!")🤗

Fresh sourdough and beautiful scratch made pastries, because it wouldn't be a Saturday without!

This week we received so many amazing new wines we can't even keep track. Tons of delicious snacks and stocking stuffers that would make truly special gifts. Heading to some holiday shindigs? We've got a swell selection of Ontario cheeses and fancy conservas.

Festival of Markets (PopART edition!) is in full swing from 11am to 10pm. You seriously have to check it out, a street FULL of London's coolest up & coming artists.

Open til 11pm!

Snow, holiday beverages, festivals, markets, music, art, bright lights and a whole lotta local ❤
We made some festive bevs to keep you warm:

House made Mulled Wine, Irish Coffee (Bodega style), Smoky Apple Cider and Peppermint Mochas on special from now until New Years!

Today kicks off The Festival of Markets organized by Downtown London - a celebration of local vendors, artists, musocians and installations happening every weekend til December 24th!

This weekend is IndigenART - get out and support Indigenous vendors, feast your eyes on beautiful projections, and boogie to local powerhouse DJs all weekend long.

Tonight is also the Lighting of the Lights in Vic Park. At 6:50 Everyone's fav downtown greenspace transforms into a winter wonderland. Come see us before, come see us after!

Supporting local is not only neccessary, it's also way more fun and special! Treat yourself and your loved ones to some truly memorable eats/drinks, gifts and experiences this holiday season.

We're so excited about our new brew bar features from the consistently superb Subtext Coffee Roasters.

Two seasonal releases~
Kenya Tegu AA washed field blend has a gorgeously silky body and delicate acidity for Kenyan origin, with robust notes of black currant and cooked plum. 🫐

Nicaragua Luis Alberto naturally processed Yellow Maracaturra is big, bold and sweet, with intense notes of amaro, dark cocoa and golden raisin.🍫

We've been working with Subtext since September 2020, and we quickly learned that they are as obsessed with terroir as we are, striving with every roast to fully express the unique story each coffee has to share.

Coffee is one of the most chemically complex foods that we consume, with even more nuances in flavour, aroma and texture than wine.

We are nerds for tasting notes and can help you find your new fav ☕

"the monforte manger" - we're teaming up with Monforte Dairy outta Stratford, Ontario as their largest London retailer! Lucky for us, their cheeses are divine with a glass or two of wine🧀🍷

Open til 11pm! Kyle & Paula can't wait to give ypu their recommended pairings with our current BTG line up✌

hey it's ☆FriDaY jR☆ come hang out with us if you love this current SUPER BALLER by-the-glass line up, Vadouvan curry, and dad jokes 😎

Quick notes:

Mosse Loire Blend - a highly drinkable strawberry twizzler

Beck Pink - so fresh, so mineral-y, so food friendly!

Granbazan Albariño - you are standing next to the Galician sea, you are very happy rn

Vadouvan Curry - the perfect dish. Mild, aromatic, hearty, vegan. For sharing, for yourself

Open til 11pm😇

Thanksgiving plans?

Grace Pantry is your source for a pre-plated, elegant Thanksgiving meal available for preorder now! Hit the link in our bio. Vegan options, dessert and curated wine add ons available. Choose to pick up or have your meal delivered. Make your long weekend as easy as pumpkin pie.

If you're looking to treat your family & friends to an evening out leave the cooking and service to us - reservations for a very special 3 course Thanksgiving Prix Fixe menu are now open! Vegan options available. Join Grace Restaurant London Sunday, October 10th from 5pm until 10pm.

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Italy + Austria🍷+ Ontario 🧀

The best of two wine making worlds: from Alto Adige, Italy we're featuring Bozen's "Weissburgunder" (aka Pinot Blanc). Grapes grown in the alpine heaven where the Austrian border meets Italy. Zesty and mineral-forward with tropical fruit and white flower notes.

Any cheese board's BFF! Try it with super nutty fontina, creamy brie or mild, savoury goat's gouda. All from Ontario dairy farmers.

🕰NEW HOURS 🕰
Tonight we close at 8pm, and going forward we're openin' a little earlier for coffee/sourdough splendors, and slingin' wine/tasty shareables a little' later😁

Wednesday: 8am - 8pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday:
8am - 11pm
Sunday: 10 am - 8pm

Thanks for a killer weekend, pals

Just a friendly reminder that beginning tomorrow, Wednesday September 22nd, all guests who wish to eat or drink inside Grace Bodega must have proof of vaccination. This does not apply tog guests who are:
-ordering take out
-dining on the patio
-retail shopping

Please ensure you have a copy of your proof of vaccine, and a piece of government ID that shows your name and date of birth.

Masks are still required except for when eating or drinking, and all covid protocol will continue to be enforced.

We can't wait to see you tomorrow at 9am!

'afternoon! We're open 'til 730 tonight to enjoy a little extra long weekend & give our staff a well deserved breather🌻 bop in for a midday coffee, libation amd snack, and stock up on any grocery needs before holiday Monday 🍅🥖🥬🍰🍓🧀🍺🥂

Join the team!

We have a part time position available🎉

We're steadily getting busier and are extending our operating hours in the near future. Grace Bodega is a fun, equal opportunity workplace that fosters individual growth and encourages your unique talents🌻

Barista experience and wine knowledge is definitely an asset, but not required. If you're interested in speciality grade coffee, joining the forefront of London's natural wine movement, and love quality, local food: this is the place for you!

The ideal candidate has open part time availability (ie: 18-25 hours/week) for morning and evening shifts, especially weekends. We're looking for a friendly, passionate person that is excited to join a crew of culinary professionals.

Send your resume/CV and tell us a little bit about yourself⬇️

[email protected]

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