rev:text
| - After a long day at High Park (I seriously keep pronouncing it "Hyde" Park) Cafe Novo would be a great stop for coffee before jumping on the subway. Or a great perfect spot for a cup to have with you while you walk the park! Unfortunately I came here in the winter and no fun day in the park was had.
I usually end up knowing what star rating a place is on my indie coffee adventures when I'm leaving the location, but with Cafe Novo, an experience that was 3 stars eventually became a 4 star one the more I reflected back on it.
As I (and everyone else) has already noted, it's a great location, it's got enough room to have a seat, not the most comfortable of seating options though with little wooden chairs, their communal table has the big chalk board as a wall and that was cute and if I was creative enough I'd be all over that!
I was a little disappointed by their snack options and my mocha while good, was not my favourite. I enjoy the fact that you can see their mini kitchen just out in the open where they make "stuff", and they also had a little photo album that's been converted in to a guest book where people have left in napkins with poems, notes, sketches etc on and that was fun to flip through as we were leaving.
The staff were very friendly, there's a really relaxing ambience given off here, highlighted by their bright wall colours and big glassy mugs your drinks come in. Can't wait for visits to the park capped on both ends by a stop here!
|