{"id":9525,"date":"2026-08-10T10:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/cafe23-toronto"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:03:18","slug":"cafe23-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto","title":{"rendered":"Cafe23 \u26058.9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"padrino-inject-root\">\n<div class=\"padrino-inject-inner\">\n<div data-padrino-shell=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/top-cafes\">\u2190 TOP 10 cafes in Toronto: a review-based pick 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Caf\u00e9<\/strong> \u00b7 <span>Toronto<\/span> \u00b7 \u2b50 8.9\/10 \u00b7 1410 reviews  \u00b7 <em>updated: 2026-08-06 11:06:23<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> <span>728 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1E8, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex is-nowrap wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:+1514-994-0465\">Call<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/?api=1&amp;destination=43.6462501,-79.4093706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get directions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p>Almost nothing about the front of <strong>Cafe23<\/strong> prepares you for what sits behind it. From the pavement it reads as a narrow room with a counter, a few tables and deliberately low light. Then the room keeps going \u2014 past a back lounge, out through a door into a garden grown in around a Japanese maple, and up a staircase to a rooftop terrace that most first-timers do not know exists. In a part of the city where every square metre is spoken for, that hidden depth is the whole proposition, and it is why people who live five minutes away still treat a visit as an outing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a7bf12409e9e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #090909;color:#090909\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Whos_behind_it\" >Who&#8217;s behind it<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#What_its_for\" >What it&#8217;s for<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#The_space\" >The space<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Beyond_coffee\" >Beyond coffee<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#When_to_come\" >When to come<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Getting_there\" >Getting there<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Good_to_know\" >Good to know<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Opening_hours\" >Opening hours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Photos\" >Photos<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Visitor_reviews\" >Visitor reviews<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/torontonka.com\/en\/cafe23-toronto\/#Similar_places\" >Similar places<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Highlights\"><\/span>Highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A two-level secret garden.<\/strong> A ground-floor patio built around a Japanese maple that has grown considerably since the yard opened, and above it a rooftop terrace with standing heaters, candles and wooden furniture \u2014 invisible from the street and from the front room.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open since February 2019<\/strong>, started by two business partners, Steve Lipari and Vanessa Sansonetti, and one of the few independents on this stretch that came through the pandemic years without going dark.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The coffee is bought, not roasted here.<\/strong> Beans come from two Toronto roasteries, Hale Coffee and De Mello \u2014 an unusually plain thing for a caf\u00e9 this decorative to say out loud, and a useful signal about where the effort actually goes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An interior assembled rather than designed:<\/strong> an upright piano, a long communal table, candelabras and birdcage lamps, antique mirrors, old concert posters, stacks of books and a serious quantity of greenery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dogs are welcome<\/strong>, which is why the garden fills with them on warm weekends and why the room reads as a neighbourhood living room rather than a showroom.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing is baked on the premises.<\/strong> The pastry case is stocked from named bakeries, with Montreal bagels and a separate vegan supplier alongside the butter tarts \u2014 a bought-in programme, run without pretending otherwise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_in_the_cup\"><\/span>What&#8217;s in the cup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cafe23 does not roast, and does not claim to. It buys from two established Toronto roasteries, Hale Coffee and De Mello, and that decision shapes the cup more than any barista technique does. Both houses roast for a city where the default order arrives with milk, so the espresso here is built for body and sweetness rather than for the bright, tea-like acidity that a filter-led bar chases. A flat white or a cappuccino comes out balanced and unfussy, and it behaves the same way on a quiet Tuesday morning as it does when the garden is full.<\/p>\n<p>The more distinctive half of the menu is the flavoured one, and it is worth being honest that this is where the caf\u00e9&#8217;s personality lives. A cinnamon-heavy Barcelona latte is the drink regulars name first; matcha is treated as a real category rather than a grudging concession, and seasonal builds \u2014 a rose cappuccino, a strawberry matcha \u2014 rotate with the weather. Cold brew covers the summer. If you drink your coffee black and want a rotating single-origin filter with a conversation about processing, this is not the room for it, and the counter will not pretend it is.<\/p>\n<p>What that adds up to is a caf\u00e9 where the drink is reliably good and the reason to come is everything around it. That is a legitimate position, and it is held consistently: the flavoured lattes are not sugar bombs, the milk is textured properly, and the beans behind them are ones any specialty drinker in the city would recognize.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_behind_it\"><\/span>Who&#8217;s behind it<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 was opened in February 2019 by Steve Lipari and Vanessa Sansonetti, two business partners rather than career baristas, and the difference shows in what they built. The garden and the rooftop were not part of the original room \u2014 they were added on afterwards, which is why the layout feels discovered rather than planned, and why the maple at the centre of the yard now dominates a space it once merely decorated.<\/p>\n<p>Their timing was brutal. A caf\u00e9 that opens in February 2019 gets one year of normal trading before the shutdowns, and a business whose main asset is seating capacity is exactly the kind that did not survive them. This one did, partly because the outdoor space turned from a nice extra into the only thing that was legally usable, and partly because a neighbourhood that had lost a lot of its independents kept showing up.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_its_for\"><\/span>What it&#8217;s for<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is a caf\u00e9 with three different answers depending on which room you sit in, and knowing that in advance is most of the value. The back lounge is where the laptops go: there is Wi-Fi, there are tables you can actually spread out on, and nobody comes to move you along after an hour. On a weekday morning it functions as a perfectly serviceable working room, quieter than the front and away from the door.<\/p>\n<p>The garden is the opposite \u2014 it is for conversation, and it is very hard to work in. People bring dates here, they bring the friend they have not seen since spring, and they bring their dog. Screens come out for photographs and then go away. The rooftop is the evening version of the same idea, and because the caf\u00e9 stays open past the point where most coffee bars have stacked their chairs, it doubles as an after-dinner destination, which is genuinely unusual for the genre.<\/p>\n<p>The honest caveat is capacity. At peak \u2014 sunny weekends, warm evenings \u2014 there is a queue at the door and no guarantee of a table anywhere in the building, and the fact that seating is spread across four separate areas means finding a free one is a hunt rather than a glance. Takeaway works well and the counter moves quickly, so if the weather has brought the whole neighbourhood out, treating it as a walk-up is the sane plan.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_space\"><\/span>The space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The building unfolds in layers. The front is small and dark, with a handful of tables and a counter, and it is genuinely misleading \u2014 a lot of people look in, decide it is full, and walk on. Behind it is a larger back room with the piano and the long communal table, then a stone walkway out to the ground-floor garden, then stairs to the roof. Each area has its own volume: the front is busy and transactional, the back room hums, the garden is the quietest place in the building, and the rooftop is somewhere between the two.<\/p>\n<p>The decorating instinct is maximalist and second-hand rather than minimal and new. Candelabras, birdcage lamps, mirrors with old frames, concert posters, candles, books and plants everywhere, plus a bust of Frida Kahlo watching over the roof. It photographs extremely well, which is both the reason the room is always full and the reason it is occasionally hard to have a quiet coffee in it. Dogs are welcome throughout the outdoor areas.<\/p>\n<p>Two practical weaknesses are worth stating. The layout involves steps and narrow passages, and the rooftop is reached by a staircase, so the upper level is not available to everyone. And the garden and roof are weather-dependent in a city with real winters \u2014 for several months of the year the caf\u00e9 is only the indoor rooms, which are a fraction of the advertised space.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beyond_coffee\"><\/span>Beyond coffee<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The kitchen question here has a clean answer: there isn&#8217;t one, in the baking sense. Nothing is made on the premises. The counter is stocked from outside suppliers, and the caf\u00e9 names them rather than hiding behind a generic pastry case \u2014 Kate&#8217;s Town Talk Bakery for the everyday baking, St-Viateur bagels brought in from Montreal, vegan items from Tori&#8217;s Bake Shop, cold-pressed juice from Village Juicery. Butter and pecan tarts are the things people come back for.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a light savoury offer \u2014 brunch-style toasts and a waffle among them \u2014 which means you can eat properly rather than just sweetly, but this is a coffee bar with food rather than a brunch kitchen. If a full cooked breakfast is the point of the outing, this is not the address; if you want something good alongside a long conversation in the garden, it does that job well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_to_come\"><\/span>When to come<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The doors open before the working day starts, which makes the weekday morning slot the best-kept part of the caf\u00e9: the back room is calm, the garden is empty and cool, and the counter has time for you. From late morning onward the room fills, and by weekend afternoon it is at capacity with a queue outside.<\/p>\n<p>Seasonally, the calculus is simple. From late spring to early autumn the outdoor areas are the reason to come and the caf\u00e9 roughly triples in usable size. The rooftop heaters stretch that into the shoulder months, but not into deep winter. In the cold half of the year you are choosing this place for the piano room and the clutter, not for the garden, and it is a smaller, cosier and much more crowded experience. Because it trades into the evening, it also works after dinner, when most of the specialty bars in the area have long closed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_there\"><\/span>Getting there<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 sits on the Queen West strip in the west end, a short walk from Trinity Bellwoods park and in the middle of the busiest independent retail run in the city. The simplest transit approach is Bathurst Station on the Bloor\u2013Danforth line, then south to the Queen corridor; Osgoode Station works from the east if you do not mind a longer walk through the gallery district. The streetcar along Queen passes the door, and the whole area is comfortably walkable from anywhere between Trinity Bellwoods and the Entertainment District.<\/p>\n<p>There is no meaningful parking situation to speak of \u2014 this is a stretch where curbside space is a fantasy on any pleasant afternoon, and arriving on foot, by bike or by streetcar is not a preference but a practicality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_to_know\"><\/span>Good to know<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Walk past the front room before you judge it. The single most common mistake here is standing in the doorway, seeing four occupied tables, and leaving \u2014 with a garden and a rooftop sitting empty twenty steps further in. Tables are not bookable, so the strategy at peak is to send one person to scout while the other queues.<\/p>\n<p>Bring a layer if you are aiming for the roof outside high summer; the heaters help but the terrace is genuinely open to the sky, and it shuts when the weather turns. The caf\u00e9 is dog-friendly outdoors, which is a plus for some visitors and worth knowing about in advance for others. And be aware that the room is a well-known photography spot: on a bright weekend there will be people composing shots, which is charming or irritating depending on your mood.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Is Cafe23 good for working on a laptop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, in the back room and on a weekday. There is Wi-Fi, there are usable tables, and staff do not move people along. The garden and the rooftop are much less suited to it, and at weekends the whole building is too busy to count on a seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Does the caf\u00e9 roast its own coffee?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. It buys from two Toronto roasteries, Hale Coffee and De Mello. The house style follows from that \u2014 espresso built for milk drinks, consistent rather than experimental.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the rooftop patio open all year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. The ground-floor garden and the rooftop terrace are seasonal and weather-dependent. Standing heaters extend the rooftop into the cooler shoulder months, but in winter the caf\u00e9 is effectively its indoor rooms only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I bring a dog?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dogs are welcome in the outdoor areas, and on warm weekends the garden is full of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is anything baked on site?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. Everything in the pastry case comes from outside bakeries, which the caf\u00e9 names \u2014 including Montreal-style bagels and a dedicated vegan supplier. Butter and pecan tarts are the signature items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I book a table?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, seating is walk-in only. At peak times expect a short queue at the door and a hunt for a free table across four separate seating areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should a first-time visitor order?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cinnamon-forward Barcelona latte is the drink the regulars name, and the matcha is taken seriously here. If you want the coffee straight, a flat white shows the roasters&#8217; work most clearly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the whole caf\u00e9 step-free?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. The layout runs through narrow passages and the rooftop is reached by a staircase, so the upper terrace in particular is not accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opening_hours\"><\/span>Opening hours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Day<\/th>\n<th>Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday<\/td>\n<td>07:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday<\/td>\n<td>08:00\u201319:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"entity-gallery\" class=\"padrino-entity-gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos\"><\/span>Photos<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.torontonka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/08\/cafe23-toronto-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.torontonka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/08\/cafe23-toronto-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.torontonka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/08\/cafe23-toronto-3.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.torontonka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/08\/cafe23-toronto-4.png\" alt=\"Cafe23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.torontonka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2026\/08\/cafe23-toronto-5.jpg\" alt=\"Cafe23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments-area wp-block-group\">\n<h2 class=\"comments-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Visitor_reviews\"><\/span>Visitor reviews<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"comment-list\">\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-0\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>M C<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n1 July 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0417\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0447\u0438\u043d\u043e, \u043b\u0430\u0442\u0435 &quot;\u0411\u0430\u0440\u0441\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430&quot; \u0442\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438 \u0437 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u043b\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0430 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id=\"div-comment-padrino-1\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Sandi Cole<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n9 June 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0427\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e! \u2615\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u041d\u0430\u0439\u0433\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u0454\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434 \u0443 \u0422\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e!<\/p>\n<p>\u042f\u043a\u0449\u043e \u0432\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438-\u043d\u0435\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c \u043c\u0440\u0456\u044f\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0448\u0430\u0440\u043c\u043e\u043c \u0442\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u043e\u044e \u0454\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435, \u0430\u043b\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u0457\u0442\u0435\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0437\u0443, \u0442\u043e \u0432 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435 \u0454 \u0456\u0434\u0435\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441.<\/p>\n<p>\u0417\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0456\u0442\u044c \u0443\u0432\u0430\u0433\u0443 \u043d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-2\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Larysa Rakhmanova<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n19 May 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u042f \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0430\u0432 \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435 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\/>\n\u0417\u0437\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0456 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0432\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-padrino-3\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n<b class=\"fn\"><span>Sana Khan<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n3 May 2026<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0444\u0435 Caf\u00e9 23 \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0443 \u0422\u0440\u0456\u043d\u0456\u0442\u0456 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u043b\u0432\u0443\u0434\u0441 \u0443 \u0422\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e \u0456 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e 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\u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n18 January 2025<br \/>\n \u00b7 <span>\u2605 10.0\/10<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>\u0414\u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0432\u02bc\u044f\u0440\u043d\u044f, \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0442\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0449\u0456, \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0436 \u0432 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044e \u0454 \u043d\u0435 \u0442\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0438 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043a\u0435. \u0417\u0430\u0432\u0436\u0434\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u044e \u0432 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0456 \u0422\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0443\u044e \u0446\u044e \u043a\u0430\u0432\u02bc\u044f\u0440\u043d\u044e.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Reviews last updated: 2026-08-06 11:06:23<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<nav class=\"padrino-entity-related wp-block-group\" aria-label=\"Similar places\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Similar_places\"><\/span>Similar places<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/neo-coffee-bar-toronto\"><span>NEO COFFEE BAR<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/rooster-coffee-house-toronto\"><span>Rooster Coffee House<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/hotblack-coffee-toronto\"><span>HotBlack Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/fika-cafe-toronto\"><span>FIKA Cafe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/versus-coffee-toronto\"><span>Versus Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/library-coffee-toronto\"><span>Library Coffee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/found-coffee-college-toronto\"><span>Found Coffee | College<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/propeller-coffee-co-toronto\"><span>Propeller Coffee Co.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/ethica-coffee-roasters-toronto\"><span>Ethica Coffee Roasters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p><small>Data is refreshed monthly. 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