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| - The coffee was delicious, no doubt! I think there are more interesting small batch Canadian roasters they could be using but I loved that the 49th Parallel was really fresh and well prepared, nice temperature, pretty perfect filter coffee.
The place was quite dirty when I got there. No one had bussed their own tables and the staff half didn't have time, half didn't care about it. Similarly when they took my order they gave me my coffee, charged me, and walked away... completely forgetting to give me the cheesy croissant thing I paid for. I just stood there until they came back from the back and realized. It happens! But definitely increased the overall vibe of barely pretending to give a fuck.
I find the seating in here quite uncomfortable as well, a lot of low tables and low chairs, and the decor is the now-tired Edison bulbs and communal wood tables look. Not a bad look! But do we have to have exposed bulbs everywhere? Asking for a friend.
I feel weird giving this medium bitchy review after giving the Tim Hortons in Ste Agathe more love yesterday. I love locally owned businesses and local baked goods and third wave amazing coffee so much more than anything ever served at Timmys! Except the small town, middle aged Momma quality of service that they are serving up in Ste Agathe, which Myriade on St Denis came nowhere near. It felt more like a tired chain than anything else, and I want more from them. I want more from us all.
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