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If I Can't Have My Coffee Break, Something Within Me Dies

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I'm mildly addicted to caffeine. Don't tell the Intervention people. John Van Vonderen scares me.

 1. Crema Coffee Co.

53 Bloor St E
Toronto, ON M4W 1A9

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Church-Wellesley Village, Downtown Core

4.0 star rating
  10/22/2011

It's tough to write a review for a spot that's little more than a countertop and a few pieces of fancy equipment, subletting space from an aspiring salad chain.

But here I am, rocked like a hurricane by one of the best lattes this city has to offer.…More »

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 2. Urbana Coffee

1033 Bay St
Toronto, ON M5S 3A5
(416) 960-1033

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Discovery District, Downtown Core

1.0 star rating
  10/22/2011

I used to work in the area.

Discounting takeout sludge from the pub located in my building's main floor, Urbana was the closest coffee joint to the office.

If it's any indication, I would walk 4 blocks in the dead of winter to the nearest coffee shop…More »

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 3. Bulldog Coffee

55 Eglinton Ave E
Toronto, ON M4P 1G8

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant and Davisville, Yonge and Eglinton

4.0 star rating
  8/12/2011

I was excited by the rumour that the Bulldog would be opening a second storefront. I was thrilled that the new location would be so close to home, in the increasingly caffeinated Yonge-Eglinton corridor.  

Walking into the comparatively huge new…More »

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 4. Noir Coffee & Tea

701 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON M6C 1B2
(416) 651-8302

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: Wychwood

3.0 star rating
  6/29/2011

If this were a design blog, Noir on St. Clair West would receive five stars.

On an unassuming patch of the strip, just west of Wychwood Barns, Noir sits opposite a McDonalds and beside the oft-reviewed Stockyards.

Unlike most of the…More »

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 5. Aroma Espresso Bar

500 Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
(416) 536-7750
5.0 star rating
  3/10/2011

On a Bloor block that's chockablock with coffee shops, Aroma rocks.

OK, enough free styling. A few steps from Bathurst subway station, Aroma offers a unique coffee shop experience to an otherwise well-caffeinated section of the city.

Sandwiches…More »

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 6. Jet Fuel Coffee Shop

519 Parliament St
Toronto, ON M4X 1P3
(416) 968-9982

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: Cabbagetown

4.0 star rating
  5/28/2010

I'm told that a seasoned food critic makes at least two visits to a venue before posting a review. I've read enough reviews to have some idea about how it's done: maybe you repeat an appetizer, share a different set of mains with the group, leave…More »

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York, ON

Yelping Since

January 2010

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