A long-running independent café and roaster that has been a Kensington fixture since the 1990s, roasting its own beans and pulling them into espresso at a worn wooden counter. The vibe is unhurried and unpolished — mismatched seating inside, a scatter of tables on the patio off St Andrew Street, regulars who treat it as a living room.
Order a coffee and a slice of cake and watch the market drift by. It is the antithesis of the chains a few blocks east on Spadina, and all the better for it.