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| - I was very excited to see a new coffee shop open in this location. This place, with a chic modern decor, a corporate colour scheme and an overall sanitized look, is a Montreal-based company that's rapidly expanding to Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec city. So it's another chain; we have Starbucks, Second cup, Tim Hortons and Timothy's in the vicinity. Welcome to the neighbourhood, and hope you can distinguishing yourself.
I went to the cafe three times so far, most recently this morning. There was fresh coffee brewing, something delightful was in the oven baking, and place smelled deliciously aromatic. Clearly, everything was good with the world. I paid $5-ish for my latte and a cookie as the barista was placing delicious muffins, croissants and other evil baked goods on the counter. They have a bunch of breakfast and lunch sandwiches (cheekily named presswiches) as well, which I haven't tried yet. What I have tried is their dark roast (called Big Bang) and unfortunately I didn't find it dark roasty enough, so I'll try again. The price point seems to be on the pricier side and operation runs slick, like a wannabe Starbucks would.
The staff is friendly, good looking, overly enthusiastic and slightly confused, which is to be expected at any new establishment. Few tables and chairs to sit and grab free wifi.
Just one suggestion since this place is new: Provide an option of soya/almond/"insert another fancy source" milk for your patrons. It is not cool to not have these options especially if you don't want to leave an impression of being just a pricey Tim Hortons.
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