| rev:text
| - Somehow I feel like Cafe Novo really wants to use their sizable patio and the chairs facing outside as a place for people to hang and do some people watching. However it is located in an area where really, not a lot of people walk by and you will be staring at a boring part of Bloor West. You see, this venue is located in the socially anemic hole in between where bars/cafes stop east Keel and resume west of Runnymede.
However, it does have the advantage of being across High Park and since there next to nothing else around here except for perhaps a Starbucks up the hill to the west, then it has the locals market covered down pat.
It is also very close to the subway station, and the decor has a cottage kitsch which is cute although not cute enough to make the trek if you are not a local.
Now since I am not the best coffee connoisseur, I enlisted the help of my Indie Coffee Passport comrade and java-loving-friend Karthik, to give me the 411 on the coffee here. Sadly after a few minutes chat, he scored it to merely "okay" which I also tend to concur. Now since he lives about 5 minutes north of Cafe Novo, I asked him where he goes to get his beans rocked and he recommend the superior The Good Neighbour on Annette street. Which we then proceeded to visit right after Cafe Novo and... yes, the coffee WAS better at the Good Neighbour but more details on that can wait until that venue's review.
Now the good thing about Cafe Novo is you will find have a few plugs if you want to bring your laptop along free wifi. However I would not go out of my way to come here, although I would if I was coming out from a day at High Park out of sheer convenience.
|