I love Olimpico. It hands down my favourite coffee shop in the city for multiple reasons:
1. Sexy, Italian baristas
2. No bullshit coffee -- get your filtered coffee, soy lattes, tea etc. elsewhere.
3. You're always bound to see a friendly face.
4. Fast service
5. It's affordable... I enjoy third wave coffee shops as much as the next person but my wallet dislikes forking $5 each time I want a latte. Here, it's $2.50
6. It rules St. Viateur in the summer time (and all those other seasons).
7. Their ice coffee is *muah* delicious.
8. Everyone that goes here is good looking. I'm not kidding! I never see any ugly people here.
9. That terrace! It's where all the sun dwellers go.
10. Their coffee is laced with the tears of Pope Francis.