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| - As if Leslieville needs yet another coffee shop, right eh? Wrong! There is beer! (Currently just Left Field and Side Launch, as well as Brickworks cider.) There is TV! There are too many electrical receptacles for all the gadgets you brought! There is also live music, but hey, I normally judge a bar based on whether there are televisions installed on premise.
I think I may have found a new go-to place in the neighbourhood to chill, get some work done, get a board game going, and simultaneously watch a ballgame on a large TV while sipping a latte (or for that matter, beer). This cottage themed new cafe in town won me over on its comfortable all-welcoming environment and equally chill staff, but most importantly the ability to execute the aforementioned scenario. The Dock on Queen is basically as I look at it, kinda like Boxcar Social for more laid-back folks and those who want to be able to watch a ballgame while sipping a latte, for there are not many cafe-type places where you can do that.
Food-wise, they got some sandwiches and the usual cafe grub, including Desmond and Beatrice cupcakes, and numerous vegan-friendly goodies. Heck, they were eager to get me to sample some of it.
I guess it's supposed to feel like a funky cafe you might find in a cottage country town. The Dock has designed itself as a momentary escape from the city without actually leaving it, for those who like me don't get to go up to the cottage every long weekend.
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