Calii Love, the once admired, Instagram-worthy salad bowl chain is expected to return to King Street West this winter.
Widely known by locals for its aesthetic poke bowls and nutritious smoothies, the restaurant is going back to its roots and reopening its formerly shuttered locale near Peter Street.
First opened in 2016, Calii Love earned loads of attention on social media when artist Sarah Skrlj unveiled her “Angel Wings” mural on the side of the building. Instagram was set ablaze with selfies and pictures coinciding with the hashtag #caliiwings before the restaurant closed in 2021.
Since then, the mural has been vandalized and fenced off while its paint has chipped away. It is currently undetermined if the painting will be fixed up in conjunction with the store’s reopening at 367 King St. W.
While Calii Love’s Instagram page suggests the revived location will open in the winter of 2024, a sign on the outside of the building notes it will return in the winter of 2025. Either way, customers could be dining inside once again over the next several weeks.
Calii Love currently has one other location down the street at First Canadian Place, which is closed on weekends, according to its website.
The chain previously had restaurants in Union Station, Yorkville and at Yonge and Eglinton streets — but those three have all since been shuttered.
TorontoToday attempted to reach out to the owners at Calii Love for information on its opening day and whether the mural will be making a comeback, but the restaurant did not provide a reply in time for publishing.
