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<title>Rachel</title>
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This article seriously needs to be edited, starting with capitalizing "Dundas West" and teaching the writer when to use "I" versus "me."

The photos and the cafe itself are lovely.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c702541</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:27:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Debra</title>
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Hey Peter...congradulations on you coffee shop...hope you get this...It's been a long time...let me know how everyhing else is.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c668530</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:27:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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No problemo. Peace sounds good! ;-)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644325</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:56:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>yeah but</title>
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honestly arby, i did try to understand your point but don't really get ya. zoning is "a rule that may or may not make sense" but you don't recommend lawlessness. hmmm. i agree that this has become an argument about nothing (not my intention) & serves no further purpose.

peace out dudes]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644268</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644268</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:47:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>dlt</title>
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arby , u rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644239</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644239</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:16:48 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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Sure 'yeah but'. Did I recommend lawlessness? I get you. Do you get me? I really don't want to argue about nothing. I will leave that to the angry world out there.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644238</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644238</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:13:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>yeah but</title>
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arby, i'd suggest that zoning laws actually do serve a number of clear and very useful community purposes. as a businessperson, should i be able to unilaterally decide without applying for a zoning change that my residential appartment is now going to be a mr. sub, based on the argument that meatball subs spread smiles?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644203</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c644203</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:23:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Keith</title>
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I just checked out the place on Friday, after hearing a couple of guys talk about it on the street car, and was back the next day for more.  It's fantastic!  Great space, great decor, and of course GREAT coffee!  Definitely up my alley.  Peter's the nicest too.  Consider me a regular.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643755</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643755</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:15:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>me, dl/t</title>
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thank          you               , arby]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643102</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643102</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:17:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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Well, If there's one thing this Harper government has taught us, It's that advertizing that you are about law and order doesn't mean you are. And advertizing that you are about people (and not just a few people) doesn't mean you are. So, I wouldn't automatically jump all over someone for breaking some rule that may or may not make sense. Where's it come from? What's it's purpose? On the other hand, Cool coffee shops like Peter's are meant to put a smile on everyone's face!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643094</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c643094</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:33:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>david dlov/tigger</title>
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yeahbut , yeahbut ,yeahbut , yeahbut u should go out of your little planet and find u some HAPPY]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c642917</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:07:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>yeah but</title>
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the location wasn't, and isn't, zoned for this type of cafe. they're operating illegally without a license. way to show your respect for the "community" dude.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c641967</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c641967</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:19:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>david dlov/tigger</title>
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good for you , you stylee boy-yatch-----------loving the tables and benches-----------ill be dropping in------happy to hear so many shout-outs for your endeavour ...........and to the pickyass bitch hater comments  from the above please try to find SOME happiness-------------beautiful space, cant wait to spend my money there, makes the city so much more than .........................]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c626688</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c626688</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:23:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>david</title>
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I finally checked this place out today: love it!  Peter is cool--he's sort of semi-retired from the music business and is doing this coffee thing for fun (and to get away from the music scene.)  I really like his custom-designed lighting and reclaimed-wooden tables, hand-built counter etc.  The coffee--to be expected--is great.  I just wonder:  Dundas is now becoming saturated with coffee shops--from Ella's Uncle, Ezra's Pound, Communal Mule, GBC, Zoot's, Naco Gallery Cafe, even Ideal just south on Ossington, to cafes that serve coffee--Nova Era, the Lakeview, Musa, Saving Grace, etc--how many more can survive?  Is SBUX coming next?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c625763</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c625763</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:09:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rina</title>
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um, sorry. It is NOT trying to be the common at all. His place is awesome and he's our new best friend. He built most of the place himself! And it's not pretentious.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c625762</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:02:43 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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Yes there's wifi. I'm too poor to own a laptop, so I never get to do such things. I don't know whether the wifi is free.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620463</link>
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<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:23:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>piccola</title>
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Do they have wi-fi?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620347</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620347</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:45:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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Will, I think you're right. I don't know everything about it, the reasons and such, but drinking the same coffee everywhere, when it's not dynamite to boot, isn't exciting. I'm told that they (folks like Intelligentsia and 49th Parallel) tend to buy too much of one thing. If so, I don't know why. I find it puzzling. In reading around online, you find all these people crawling all over the coffee regions of the planet cupping all these coffees and you get the impression that there's a zillion different coffees out there, leading you to have certain expectations about what is available to you on your end when you trip around and visit different shops. Then you find, in most instances, only two kinds of coffee with similar taste profiles.

And I like the idea of supporting local businesses. It still depends on the business, but that's my preference.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620193</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620193</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:42:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Will Scott</title>
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Nice pictures for sure and wishing The Communal Mule all the best. But there's just one thing that continues to niggle me...How long is everyone going to keep using Intelligentsia and 49th Parallel? These are great coffees but roasted and posted from miles away. Time to support the local roaster fraternity in TO and also to explore some origin coffees.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620144</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c620144</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:47:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arby</title>
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I like Peter. He's a very regular, easy going, down to earth guy. Though the tatoos are... interesting.

He grabbed a nice spot for his shop. The store is old enough to have charm. He's done the interior up tastefully without it being boring. I'm not a big fan of glossy magazines that don't educate. On the other hand, I loved the different archictural styles and designs featured in one I was purusing. "Man, If only my coffee shop - the one I dream of opening - could look like that!," I thought when I saw a few of the pictures.

The first time I was into Communal Mule (I had it pointed out to me by a stranger who overheard me talking about coffee to another stranger who I met at the TTC stop!), Peter was having problems with his shots and was sort of frantic about it. Together with another customer (a Starbucks barista it just happens) who joined us to 'talk shop', we had a pretty good time and hopefully our moral support and encouragement imparted some consolation for poor Peter that day. When I returned yesterday for a visit, I was delighted to find that Peter had fixed whatever the problem was. My espresso was up to snuff.

This is a great spot to grab a coffee on a sunny summer day and walk through the park which is a stone's throw away.

Folks will like Peter's tuneage. I didn't mind it, but I'm in a minority who don't like foreground music. I like my coffee shop music to be background, even if I like it. But it was by no means out of control loud.

Communal Mule will do fine - because it already is. And Peter doesn't even have his sign out front yet! I never had a chance to ask him why.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c619672</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com//2009/06/the_communal_mule/#c619672</guid>
<category>Toronto, </category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:20:50 PDT</pubDate>
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