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| - I'm refraining from giving this place only 1 star despite my bad experience because when it first opened, I used to pick up coffee there all the time and always enjoyed it. I spend less time in the neighbourhood now so when I stopped in last week, I was feeling pretty nostalgic. I probably should have skipped the re-visit and just cherished the memory because my experience was unbelievably awkward.
As one of the hidden reviewers mentioned - the coffeeshop feels like the owner's living room. There were only 2 seats on the porch that were taken so I sat inside with my drink. What appeared to be the whole family was gathered in the main seating area so I was forced to sit on a tiny couch between two doors. One of the doors led up to what I presume was the family's apartment and they constantly walked in and out, talking and arguing and continually slamming the door right beside me. Not pleasant
Now when I say family, I am not exaggerating. From my best guess, it included the dad, mom, two daughters, the boyfriend of one of the daughters and a friend of the mother's. It was incredibly bizarre and uncomfortable, not to mention pretty unsanitary. I watched as both daughters and the boyfriend wandered around behind the counter, helping themselves to food and drink, sometimes only wearing socks or bare feet. They all talked loudly, crowding around a TV set and discussing the dinner that was upstairs waiting for them, The daughter and her boyfriend would not stop making out, which after 5 minutes of me sitting there, finally disgusted me enough to get up and leave.
I have no idea how the cafe is still in business. I can only guess that it dominates the market as it;s the only cafe is that stretch on Queen. Or maybe people genuinely like the over-the-top homey feel. Either way - I won't ever be returning here. I'd take stand-offish hipsters over this any day.
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