Saturday, May 26, 2012 — Partly Cloudy 21°C
Cafes

The Bean

Rating: 1.8/5 (13 votes)

Posted by Staff / Reviewed on September 25, 2009

3 Comments

The Bean TorontoThe Bean has taken over the space formerly home to Kahawa Cafe. They serve fair trade, organic beans, loose leaf teas and have free WiFi.

Discussion

3 Comments

Sort By Oldest First / Newest First

Subscribe

Arby / November 11, 2009 at 01:12 pm
user-pic
I stopped in here today because I was waiting for Canada Computers to open. The dude serving me has zero interest in coffee. He made me a totally mediocre macchiato ($2.75) and sat down with his laptop in this not busy spot. If these people want to survive, I would think, then they'd get their act together, seeing how they are a stone's throw away from Manic, where they know how to make drinks.

I have only been to Manic once mind you and I didn't appreciate the snobbery from one fellow. I was just learning culinary coffee and asked for a dry cappucino (a la Starbucks) - and was ignored. He finally told me to just try it their way, namely the micro-foam way. I did and I was happy, although the drink was a little bit more milky than I cared for. (I have since learned that the dry cappucinos I drank at Starbucks would be more like, but still much drier than, the macchiatos at places like Manic. The standard specialty coffee shop cappucino recipe is the same as the macchiato except for more microfoam.) I don't know how Manic is doing these days.

But I wouldn't even bother trying to talk to these people at Bean about their coffee. I just left my half drank drink and skidaddled. With the sun blazing into the south-facing smallish shop through it's big, curtainless window, and the water jug sitting there, with glasses ringing it, empty and ready to be filled by a non existent attentive barista, I wasn't going to get comfortable in here any way.
Reply
Wixleydale Hundsbühl / January 2, 2010 at 08:40 pm
user-pic
Service has gone steeply downhill. The milk/cream/sugar/spoons table is too often left unattended, and the one dude seems kind of apathetic about the whole thing. The coffee's decent, but I miss Kahawa.
Reply
Bam / February 26, 2011 at 01:31 pm
user-pic
Am the only one who giggles every time I see their "Bean" sign? Even my prudish mom giggled and commented when she saw it.
Reply

Add a Comment
Information

Location and Contact Details

388 College Street (Get Directions)
416.964.9900
Little Italy
Website
DineSafe History

Search

Find a Cafe

Or use the options below to assist you in locating a Cafe in Toronto.

Search Results

Please select criteria from the dropdown menus above to start your search.

 

More Cafes in this Category

View All »

Little Italy

More Cafes in this Neighbourhood

View All »

Reviews

Recent Reviews

Refine the list using the categories below:


Loading...
Other Cities: Vancouver – Montreal