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Coffeeshops with communal tables in Toronto.

1. The Green Grind

567 College St
Toronto, ON M6G 1A9
Canada

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Palmerston, Bickford Park

11/21/2010

Once upon a time there was a douche-bar called the Sensual Lounge where you could go overpay for rail drinks, and watch 905ers make out in pleather chairs and ruin an otherwise decent Saturday night. That place is gone.

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2. Lit Espresso Bar

810 College Street
Toronto, ON M6G 1C9
Canada
(416) 519-1884

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Bickford Park

1/22/2011

Not sure how I have escaped writing a review of Lit Espresso all this time. That stops now. How do I love Lit? Let me count the ways: fantastic drip, solid espressos, a beautiful space with exquisite fixtures, and a communal table where people…More »

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3. Bisogno Espresso Bar

61 Sherbourne St
Toronto, ON M5A 2P8
Canada
(416) 301-7633

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhood: Corktown

11/20/2010

Bisogno Espresso Bar is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it café on the southeast corner of Sherbourne and Adelaide. It's a diminutive spot, with low ceilings, a sprawling dining table and furniture that looks like it was plucked from a Leslieville garage…More »

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4. T-Shirt Guys Plan B - CLOSED

401 Logan St
Toronto, ON M4M 2P2
Canada
(416) 465-4443

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Florists

Neighbourhood: Leslieville

2/4/2011

Plan B is a spacious café cum florist cum T-shirt shop situated at the subdued corner of Dundas East and Logan. Its scattered decor will have you looking in all directions. There's a giant Coca Cola sign, a wall full of t-shirts and onesies, a couple…More »

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5. The Tampered Press

256 Crawford Street
Toronto, ON M6J 2V8
Canada
(416) 534-9739

Categories: Coffee & Tea, Cafes

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Trinity Bellwoods

11/24/2010

Don't be fooled by the Crawford street address; the entrance is on Dundas Street. After jimmying with my iPhone, stopping three passers by for directions, an attempt at navigating by the sun, and finally, looking at the building, I figured it out.

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6. Dark Horse Espresso

215 Spadina Ave
Toronto, ON M5T 2C7
Canada
(416) 979-1200

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Chinatown, Downtown Core

Update - 10/22/2010

It be-HOOVES you to try the 2nd floor mezzanine at Dark Horse. There is various seatings up there to accomodate the myriad moods of hip Torontonians. Kitchen style chairs, leather seats at coffee tables, easy chairs, and tables in both circle and…More »

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7. The Communal Mule - CLOSED

984 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M6J
Canada

Category: Coffee & Tea

Neighbourhoods: Little Italy, Trinity Bellwoods

2/14/2011

The Communal Mule completes a triad of very-close-together coffeeshops along Dundas West, viz., Ezra's Pound and the Tampered Press. It's a tiny spot on the North side of the street that's kind of hard to find; on my visit the windows were fogged…More »

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