A little cafe with a big heart
The Big Guys Little Coffee Shop is a welcoming refuge for lost souls.
You don’t need bigger billboards
By Nick Parker Overtop industrial style brick sit the words “PASQUALE Brothers, SINCE 1917,” rendered in skinny red plastic lettering. You wouldn’t find the advertisement of their specialty Italian foods store from glossy flyers in your mailbox sent in an unsolicited manner, nor would you find them on a large billboard around the city. In the food industry, business…
More Than a Pub
Timothy’s gives back to the community.
The Nose Knows Leslieville
Nearly two decades in, family-run restaurant weights options amid climbing rents
Steeped in History
By Meara Khanna With a clink, a tea cup is set down. Classical music flows softly throughout the space. Delicate flutters of china tap each other; whether from the ‘cheers’ of glasses between diners or a spoon tapping excess sugar onto the small, accompanying saucer. The cheerful, soft voice of the front desk hostess is…
Building Community in a Butcher Shop
Yonge Lawrence village butcher enriches neighbourhood for over 20 years by connecting with the area.
Vatte is the New Latte
By Duaa Rizvi It was three hours past noon and the lunch rush was dying down at The Cold Pressery. The distinct sound of the coffee machine could be heard echoing throughout the café. A bell rings as an Iced Vatte – yes, Vatte – is ready at the pick-up counter. A head pops out…
Drinks and Dreams
By Ilesha Kaur Aulakh A group of glammed up girls in high waisted jeans, mesh crop tops and high heels barge through the lofty doors at 295 Enfield Place in Mississauga. “Let the night begin,” they shriek with their arms swaying left, right and centre. It’s ‘Lemonade Night’ at &Company Resto Bar. Cups of lemonade…
A Sip of Segovia
Segovia Coffee brings authentic Latin culture to Brampton through its love for coffee, art, music, and community
Feeding a City in Crisis
Pay-what-you-can grocery store ramps up efforts to help those in need during a pandemic