Inside The Royal Conservatory, this little b is a cross section of the goods offered at the much loved original (at Queen and Jarvis) plus a ton of musicians.

Read my review of the new b Espresso Bar in the cafes section.

Another new cafe on the burgeoning Bathurst strip, Rapido sets itself apart with mega-fresh panini, homemade olives (!) and in-house-smoked meats. We headed over there this week with a whole lotta anticipation (we'd heard about those olives) and stuffed ourselves FULL of pizza and panini. Twice.

Read my review of Rapido in the cafe section.

The Gingerbread House Cafe is a brand new organic coffee serving joint in the Junction geared towards parents with babies and little kids. It's not really a place for business meetings (self-proclaimed), so Alyssa and I took a kid with us in hopes of appearing less professional.

Read my review of the Gingerbread House Family Cafe in the cafe section.

She Takes The Cake is a soothing cafe and bakery at Dundas & Brock that offers tons of high end baked goods, homemade lunch items and organic, fair trade coffee. More specifically, they have a dulce de leche cheesecake that blew my mind.

See my review and Alyssa's photos of She Takes the Cake in the bakery section.

Scoop & Bean in the Annex is a new cafe that gave Alyssa and I an excuse to eat a scoop (of ice cream) with our morning bean (coffee), improving our day significantly. Sounds enticing, doesn't it?

See my review of Scoop & Bean in the cafe section.

After months of (really) enjoying Circles & Squares baked goods all around town, Alyssa and I felt like we needed to go on a butter tart-centric mini-vacation. We headed out to Markham to see where the quality baking all goes down.

See my profile of Circles & Squares in the bakery section.