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| - This business recently changed names from MountainView Coffee to District 28.
District 28 is trying to build itself as a bistro type cafe.
Location: Good - in the heart of the Stuido district of Toronto.
Hours: Website has no posted hours, but they are often open at 7:30am.
Service: Usually very good. The staff, for the most part, are pretty nice....though they don't often engage in friendly banter.
Food: There are cookies, muffins, croissants, chips, chocolate bars, and sandwiches. They changed their name about 2 months ago with the advertised intent on being a lunch and dinner place with a full service menu. This still has not happened.
My Breakfast Experience:
I went in there one morning to grab a muffin on my way to work. There were none baked yet. This was disappointing. You are open for early morning coffee, but you don't have anything to go with it. When I asked how long they would be, I was told they weren't even prepared yet. So breakfast get a FAIL grade.
My Lunch Experience:
When they changed names, they started making their own sandwiches. For the most part - they are quite good. They do, however, have one best seller....the BLT. Sadly, they haven't figured this out yet and it is always sold out, leaving people to either wait 20 minutes for another batch (if they are even going to make one) or they have to buy one of the other sandwiches (these are good enough - but not their best). I usually just leave if they won't be making another batch.
Today (October 8) I went over to the cafe at 11:30, thinking I was going to be in plenty of time to get at least 2 BLTs (they are smallish), but at 11:30, there was only 1 left. When I asked about another batch, I was politely told there probably won't be one any time soon as 'they' (as she waves towards the kitchen area) have left on a 'run' and she doesn't know when they will be back.
OVERALL:
The sandwiches are good and small enough that you are not going to feel like you have eaten too much if you have 2 or 3. Most of the sandwiches (aside form the BLT) have some sort of cheese or avacado something on them - but they are dry. No other sauces/butter at all.
The prices are reasonable.
The service is OK
the selection of food is basic (you can see their photo of sandwiches on their website)
The selection of drinks available is wide.
There are a lot of people in the area - and with such poor selection of food, and food availability management - they are not making friends. If you just want a coffee - then you will always be happy. If you are after food - then you will likely always be disappointed.
As for the 'event venue' they boast (Hang 10 Media) - I can't comment on it - however - if they don't improve their service and selection, it will be hard to attract anyone to actually use them for events....there are so many other places in the city that do it so much better. The website lacks in information for anyone, like me, who might be researching venues for upcoming or corporate and personal events.
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