Cafe Novo is quickly becoming my favourite weekend-morning-coffee-joint -- which is saying something as it isn't really all that close to me (4 subway stops away).
Their coffee is great, and fresh. The Mint Mocha latte is awesome possum, as is their latte au miel (they put the honey in before the espresso so it mixes properly! my fav!)
The baking is all theirs, tasty and different. Who knew that walnut rosemary muffins would be addictively good? My vegan friends were impressed that there were baked goods for them too (and I, an avowed omnivore, couldn't tell the difference)
And the people watching! they have set up a bar along the front window, so you can watch people walking along High Park. Its great.
Only two beefs: no patio yet (though I understand that has more to do with city bureaucracy than anything else) and their debit machine is slow-as-molasses (which, again, isn't something the girls can do anything about.) If those two gripes go away, then that last star gets added in.
Cafe Novo has become one my 'my places' in this city.