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| - I'm not normally one to review a Starbucks, but there's something special about this location. Although being at the foot of Ossington means this Starbucks has lots of competition in the coffee shop department, I have found myself here time and time again.
The split levels and large communal table make this an inviting place to work, and, as a writer, I have found it to be a source or great inspiration. I once witnessed the quiet unfolding of a relationship here, the tale of two lovers unravelling while sipping clover pressed coffees, a unique addition to this location, as they wiped tears away with winter mittens. For some reason it is an image I often remember when I find myself here, often on Sundays.
The crowd at this location is mixed, but usually its people working on laptops or college and university students studying notes. I feel surrounded by people working on great pieces of work and it gives me the impression that something magical happens here. The staff are incredibly polite and always smiling, and the music is soft and subtle, though often quite coffee shop chic. This Starbucks is unlike any other one in the city (at least that I have visited) and as far as the chain is concerned it's kind of in a league of its own. It's lovely grabbing a seat by the window and watching snowflakes fall along queen street west, or simply heading upstairs to sequester yourself on the balcony with headphones and hot coffee.
I am tempted to give it 5 stars because it really is quite lovely, but Starbucks coffee itself is certainly not my favourite brew along the Ossington strip. For tastier and more aromatic coffee, just walk north up Ossington. But for a comforting and familiar feeling, stay here.
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