Coffee Tragedy History
Coffee, Tragedy, History: Joe’s Cafe: cappuccino and conversation
October 6, 2014The self proclaimed purveyor of the “best cappuccino in town,” Joe’s is an ancient inhabitant of Commercial Drive. Opened about 40 years ago, Joe’s has remained unchanged. It’s a reminder of another time, when coffee was not just a drink you picked up on your way to work, but a social experience. All kinds of people from the area frequent Joe’s, and anytime you go in, you can expect to have an interesting conversation with one of the patrons. It is not a cafe for sitting alone and scrawling in a notebook, but a cafe for conversing with real people…
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Coffee, Tragedy, History: Forty Ninth Parallel
July 21, 2014Coffee and a good donut: A beautiful combination. The only problem with this pairing, however, is that so many of the places that make great donuts don’t make very good coffee and vice versa. Forty Ninth Parallel is the solution…
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Coffee, Tragedy, History: Café Deux Soleils
July 7, 2014Hip-hop plays over the loudspeakers, the smell of garlic, onions, and coffee hangs heavy in the air, and a mustachioed chef dances as he cooks. Café Deux Soleils has been a fixture on Commercial Drive for as long as I…
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Coffee, Tragedy, History: Musette
June 9, 2014It started like all good things do: from something vague I heard in passing. I heard from my friend that my other friend’s dad mentioned some cyclist café in an alley somewhere — the thought stuck in my head.…
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Coffee, Tragedy, History: Blaq Sheep Coffee
May 20, 2014You may be scratching your head as you read the title of this new column: Coffee, Tragedy, History? This, dear reader, is (I hope) the first in a series of articles in which I will evaluate cafés and restaurants based…
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