[jackattack]

 

[Red Mars]

Apr 7, 2022

 

[AlbertC]

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Yesterday:

 

[AlbertC]

 

[rdaner]

The retail space here is finally being let to French café Columbus. About time! Lol

Columbus Café Expands Rapidly in Canada, Opening 10th Location in Montreal and Announcing First Toronto Location [Interview]

The Parisian chain is looking to grow its presence in Canada significantly with a goal for a significant number of locations, according to its broker.

retail-insider.com

 

[TorontoRE]

Columbus Cafe - Opening Fall 2023!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Door signage is kinda grizzly though...

 

[rdaner]

Open today.

Finally a bit of animation on this stretch of John! Taken 17 October.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

What's their phat mochas like there?

 

[daptive]

View attachment 513681Open today. View attachment 513680Finally a bit of animation on this stretch of John! Taken 17 October.

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Also visited today—and got a free muffin to celebrate their opening! Coffee and food was great but feel like they’re going to run into customer circulation and crowding issues.

The way they’ve arranged the space has made the ordering and pickup section way too cramped with no obvious customer flow.

Happy to see the baked goods are made fresh in store and that they offer a huge selection of sandwiches, also made fresh.

Hopefully they’ll tweak the logistics—as best they can without reconfiguring the counter—otherwise I can see ordering here being a stressful time.

They also have a decent seating area, much more than the new Starbucks down the block at King and John but much less than Neo coffee bar at King and Spadina.

 

[kotsy]

 

[paupah]

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Beautiful shots, Kotsy!