Café restaurants in Canada
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Café Santropol
This is an iconic Montréal eatery known for its towering and creative sandwiches, its colorful digs, and lush outdoor garden patio. Its creations range from the sweet root (carrots, raisins, coriander, nuts, mayo and fresh apple) to pepper island with ham (which comes with jalapeño pepper jelly, pesto and cream cheese spread).
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Café Fruits Folie
This agreeable café has a long list of crepes, bagels, burgers and sandwiches, plus good vegetarian choices. The front terrace (one of many in this neighborhood) has a great view of the happenings on Rue St-Denis, and people love to linger here over breakfast while watching the world go by.
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Café Cherrier
Locals flock to the shady, wraparound terrace of this comfy café with the long marble serving counter that wouldn’t be out of place in Paris. This is an especially lively place after a performance at the nearby L’Agora de la Danse. A huge percentage of the audience usually swings by here for dinner or a drink, setting the whole place abuzz. Breakfast is popular as is classic French bistro fare like steak frites.
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Le Gourmand
A nirvana for foodies, Le Gourmand is a classy grocery store stocking Napa Valley mustards, rare Mexican chocolates and jars of Italian eggplant pesto. Peruse the deli case and pastry shelves, sip a foamy cappuccino or cool off with a homemade gelato. As for breakfast, can we tempt you with a Portobello mushroom and goats' cheese omelette ($9) ?
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Javawocky
It's a Nanaimo tradition to get a coffee here and sit outside to watch the ships roll in and out of the harbor. A great place to rub shoulders with the locals, this is also your big chance to try a Nanaimo bar, the ultrarich brownie treat made from thick layers of custard and chocolate.
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Café Mosaics
An Edmonton institution, the funky art, creaky wood floors and cool vibe brings 'em in here, and the amazing vegetarian food keeps them coming back (go for the tofu curry). Full of that style you just can't manufacture, it'll make your day.
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Le Chien Chaud
Gourmet hot dogs? Sounds like a contradiction in terms, but delicious they are. With more varieties of tube-steak than previously thought possible, this place can even cater to vegetarians.
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Oso Negro
This local favorite (with a the corner location) roasts its own coffee. The café is bright and open, and outside there's tables in a garden with gurgling water features.
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Café Krieghoff
This brilliant little resto is a city classic, with a varied bistro menu, extensive breakfast choices and some of the best coffee in town. If it’s warm, you can watch the comings and goings on Ave Cartier from a table on the massive front porch, or head to the laid-back terrace out back. Inside, the dining room is decorated with reproductions from the café’s namesake artist, Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–72), one of Québec’s master painters of the 20th century, who lived just down the street from here on Grande Allée.
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Juliette et Chocolat
Montréal’s chocolate lovers unite at this sweet two-level café on Laurier. The menu is built around chocolate, from decadent piping-hot crepes to milkshakes, smoothies and chocolate ‘shots, ’ not to mention cups of creamy hot chocolate. The varieties (rated by bitterness, country of origin, percentage of cocoa levels etc) are endless. Black-and-white tile floors and an inviting ambience seduce lingerers. There’s another location in the Quartier Latin.
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Wooden Monkey
Wooden Monkey 'A restaurant with a conscience', the monkey was modeled with wood salvaged from Hurricane Juan and is decorated with recycled furniture. The result feels like an artistic living room; stained glass pieces, beaded curtains and local art make you want to cosy up with a grilled breast of free-range chicken. The restaurant adamantly supports local organics and is a fab place to get gluten-free and vegan meals as well as humane meat dishes.
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Café Méliès
This chic, modern restaurant and wine bar located in the Ex-Centris cinema and multimedia complex is tailor-made for Montréal’s flashy showbiz types. It’s an excellent place to be seen over lunch, dinner or afternoon coffee in front of the windows on the Main. The brunch is particularly upscale and popular. At night, movie-goers and politicians rub shouldersover plates of marinated salmon or roasted scallops.
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Chez Cora
With locations across Canada, Chez Cora is the trusted breakfast standard. Like all others, the Mont-Royal outpost has cheerful decor and generous portions. To start the day with a bang, try ‘Récolte 90,‘ featuring French toast with raisins served with bacon, an egg and an avalanche of fruit. There are several other branches around town including one in The Village.
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Juliette et Chocolat
When the urge to devour something chocolaty arrives, make straight for Juliette et Chocolat, a bustling little café where chocolate is served in every shape and form –drizzled over crepes, blended into creamy milkshakes and coffees, or straight up in a blood-sugar-boosting chocolate ‘shot.’ The setting is charming but small and busy. For less hustle and bustle, visit the Laurier location.
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Le Cochon Dingue
Since 1979 this ever-popular choice has been serving visitors and locals straight-ahead French standbys, from café au lait en bôl to croque monsieur, sandwiches, steak frites, salads, mussels or quiche. It’s all good day-to-day food and a kid-friendly place to boot. There’s outside seating in warm weather for crowd-watching.
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Red Tea Box
The jewel-like Red Tea Box has genuine South Asian flair. Handwoven Thai textiles drape the walls and locals queue for their monthly changing bento boxes ($25), a fusion world of taste-bud temptations. Everything's gorgeously presented, and seasonally inspired. Exotic and inviting afternoon teas are held Monday to Saturday from 2pm, and noon to 4pm Sunday.
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Caffè Italia
This old-time Italian café has a loyal neighborhood following for its unpretentious charm. Plain Formica counters and faded Italian soccer posters set the stage for lingering over excellent espresso and unfussy sandwiches. Depending on how things are going (with AC Milan football club), staff can be grumpy and terse or enthusiastically welcoming.
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Titanic
The sandwiches here have office workers scurrying to these cramped basement quarters from all over Old Montréal on their lunch breaks. The varieties are endless and can include pepper pâté, smoked mackerel or spicy Calabrese sausage. Excellent salads, pastas, quiche and antipasto misto are popular takeouts that round out the mix.
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Modern Café
This reinvented old coffee shop has cool loungey interiors combining exposed brick and comfy booths or, if it's sunny, a sun-warmed outdoor patio. The menu runs from the kind of wraps, burgers and sandwiches that are a cut above standard diner fare and there are some small-plate options for those who just want to snack.
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Brûlerie St-Denis
This is coffee heaven: iced coffees, frappés, special blends like Café Dante (mocca espresso with whipped cream, cinnamon, chocolate and grated orange peel), made from beans fresh out of the big roaster. The front terrace is a great place to nurse a cup with a hot veggie sandwich or slice of cake.
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Front St Bistro
Once you arrive you may not leave. Two patios are heated or misted as conditions demand and there's a long list of local wines, microbrews and cocktails. The menu is an eclectic mix of salads, soups and everything from roasts to seafood to fondue. Work it off by dancing the night away to classic Top 40.
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Moby's Marine Pub
Located on the rocky shore, Moby's is up there among Salt Spring's most popular eateries, mainly due to its lively atmosphere, excellent harbor views and good, honest food. The menu features the usual pub grub with seafood cameos. On Sunday, come for brunch in the morning or live jazz in the evening.
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Drunken Goat Taverna
Even when it's closed the Greek music wafts out onto the street from this fun place with food from the Mediterranean. All the standards are here and taste spot-on thanks to a Greek owner and a Greek chef. A small café in the back alley has cheap and cheery pizzas.
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Cafe Archibald
At this stylish bistro, crepes are the house specialty, whipped up in the open stainless steel kitchen and served at redwood and zebra print banquettes or on the inviting screened-in porch. Alternatively, feast on the wild mushroom and basil pizza with a leafy salad.
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Chez Temporel
Hidden away on a side street just off the beaten path, this charming little café serves tasty sandwiches, homemade soups and quiches, plus prodigious salads, fresh-baked goods and excellent coffees. It attracts a curious mix of locals and travelers.
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