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Baraka_Guru · 10-02-2008, 08:10 AM

In Kensington Market in Toronto, you can find all kinds of independents. I particularly like the Moonbean Cafe, where you'll find a good selection of beans, always freshly roasted. It's a small place, but quite cozy. They even have Jamaican Blue Mountain. And if you like blended coffee, Forest Whisper is to die for—it's a blend of medium and dark roasted beans. The aroma alone is heavenly.

And then there's the Global Cheese Shoppe just a short walk around the corner. It's also a small place, with cheese stacked high. When you visit, make sure you go hungry! Samples galore! If you so much as glance at a cheese, they'll lop off a piece and insist you try it. Oh, and make sure you also go ready to buy; I've yet to leave that place with fewer than three cheese varieties.

Also, in my hometown of Kingston, there's the Sleepless Goat Cafe, which is a workers co-operative. They're quite cozy. The staff is nice, and they have an awesome selection of desserts that stare up at you longingly from the display counter.

10-02-2008, 08:10 AM	#16 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	In Kensington Market in Toronto, you can find all kinds of independents. I particularly like the Moonbean Cafe, where you'll find a good selection of beans, always freshly roasted. It's a small place, but quite cozy. They even have Jamaican Blue Mountain. And if you like blended coffee, Forest Whisper is to die for—it's a blend of medium and dark roasted beans. The aroma alone is heavenly. And then there's the Global Cheese Shoppe just a short walk around the corner. It's also a small place, with cheese stacked high. When you visit, make sure you go hungry! Samples galore! If you so much as glance at a cheese, they'll lop off a piece and insist you try it. Oh, and make sure you also go ready to buy; I've yet to leave that place with fewer than three cheese varieties. Also, in my hometown of Kingston, there's the Sleepless Goat Cafe, which is a workers co-operative. They're quite cozy. The staff is nice, and they have an awesome selection of desserts that stare up at you longingly from the display counter. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-02-2008 at 08:18 AM..