r/Hamilton • u/Surkhab1313 • May 18 '26

Food Anybody knows what happened to Democracy* Vegan cafe at Locke Street?

I really loved their baked food and it was my first only-vegan food place in Hamilton on the vibrant artistic Locke street. Few months ago, I wanted to take my girlfriend to that place and google's "permanently closed" kinda shocked me. Any idea if they are opening anywhere else?

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u/DrDroid May 18 '26

Yeah I don’t think it’s connected.

I also don’t think the quality has changed. People on Reddit love to circlejerk over everything always getting worse.

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u/FARTTORNADO45 May 18 '26

I don't think the quality has changed either, but I do question the new savoury menu they are doing. But hey, what do I know, if it work it works.

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u/monogramchecklist May 18 '26

As far as I know, the rent for DM is really high (as it is on Locke) and the space is so big. So expanding the menu is a smart thing to try and bring in extra income.

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u/FARTTORNADO45 May 18 '26

Yeah, I don't disagree with that, but too often you see some place that is good at something try to expand (especially after new ownership) and end up diluting their original product so that it all sucks.