"2009-05-07T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . "The Dark Horse has pretty much been covered in previous reviews. I have to say - I am a fan. My favorite things here are the baked goods, and while I was walking down there to get a banana chocolate chip muffin the other day and I composed this jingle for them in my head:\n\nBA-nanananananananana chocolate chip!\nBA-nanananananananana chocolate chip!\nbaNAna chocolate chip, banana CHOcolate chocolate chip,\nBA-nananananananaNAna chocolate chip.\n\nThen, they were out of Banana Chocolate Chips muffins, but they had banana chocolate chip loaf slices instead which turned out to be a fine substitute.\n\nI occasionally get beans there to go, and although they don't roast the beans themselves, they only stock top tier product.\n\nPeople here have raved about the communal table, which I am also in love with. Not because I enjoy sitting with strangers, but because it appears to be made of reclaimed bleachers (I don't know if it actually is). I much prefer the decor here to the new Dark Horse at Dundas & Spadina. \n\nI only rate it 4 stars and not 5 stars because I really appreciate Mercury's feature menu where they have a new type of espresso about once a week - Dark Horse always uses 49th parallel espresso, and I would like to see a weekly feature added. It is otherwise perfect."^^ . . . "4"^^ . . "4"^^ . "2"^^ .