I like going to Tik Talk Cafe to meet up with friends or professors. It's a quiet little cafe owned by a Korean family from Russia. It's a comfortable and non-pretentious cafe, which is a nice break from the fancier restaurants along Harbord. I find it to be a non-intrusive space, which makes it good for meeting up with people to talk about more serious business.
They make all of their own soups, which I like to order sometimes. They always have the borscht and then two daily soups. I've had the chicken noodle and the hot 'n sour, both of which tasted homemade and lovely.
The latte is decent. I think they pull shorter shots there and so the lattes taste more milky, which I like (though I know not all do).
Tik Talk gets 3 stars because of two things:
1. No WiFi (although if you sit at the tables in the front of the cafe, closest to Harbord Street, you can pick up the open "Harbord" signal).
2. Cash only.