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<title>a. m. homewood</title>
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i woud like to thank the staff at the metro library balzac's for their kindness in finding my lost purse  last week.      and particularly the young lady who took the trouble to locate me and advise me  that it was found.

friendly helpfulness beyond the call of duty

thank you.

amh]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:12:40 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Marc</title>
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Again, the problem with Toronto is that an idea comes here, but it is always watered down, missing key elements, or it closes too early. Balzac's at the Reference Library is latching onto the library hours. This is a joke. The cafe is located at the front with a divider in place, and most of all, it is at a major part of downtown! Closing before 11pm on weekdays and before 8pm on weekends just doesn't cut it. Toronto needs to make up its mind, be a top city in North America in size and in its state/how things run and quality, or be a small town or small larger city aka hogtown? 

Anyway, the last one is scratched off the list because Canada has let in too many immigrants in the past 25 years with no infrastructure/transit growth, plus condos  and developer mafias were allowed to run the show here with no regulations and care. You pay the price for wanting so much without considerstion, so the price must be paid!]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:55:51 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Conflict</title>
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Why didn't the editors disclose the conflict Mr. Velasco has? This is shoddy, conflict-laden journalism.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:57:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Anonymous</title>
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Does anyone know when it opens?]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:18:37 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Diana Olsen</title>
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Thank you Brad!  It is so cool to hear from our customers, but even cooler that you have come to our defence by sharing your appreciation for what we do. I totally agree that taste is subjective, otherwize there would be no explanation for the success of so many vastly different coffee companies.  I stand by our product 100% in terms of the efforts we make to bring in the highest quality green beans, and roasting and delivering coffee weekly to the cafes so that it is consumed while still fresh.  Beyond that, if some people, like Matt, don't like it, well we can't please everyone.  Thanks again!
Diana Olsen]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:42:42 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Kat23</title>
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I seriously am counting down the days until Balzac's opens.  Coffee + library = my heart.

"...where there are no fewer than four Starbucks, one Tim Hortons..."  I actually did a count one day.  Within about a three-block radius of Yonge/Bloor, there are NINE Starbucks and FOUR Tim Horton's.  My veins are filled with coffee, and yet even I think that's ridiculous.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:30:37 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Brad</title>
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Matt, I've heard this complaint before and it honestly baffles me - the only thing I can even wildly guess is that their espresso roasts are perhaps different from the rest of their coffees, and maybe not as suited to their micro-roast process - because my experience couldn't be more opposite.  

I'm not an espresso drinker, but for my pallet there isn't a better micro-roaster for drip or press coffee anywhere in the province. I drive way out of my way weekly for their signature marble roast for my aeropress or Chemex - where it holds it own right up against my own home nano-roasts. 

I can understand getting the odd bad coffee on site (who knows how long those carafes sit around) but I'd put the actual coffee *Roasts* up against any of the names you mentioned (I don't actually think any of them actually roast their own coffee). Lit brews Stumptown and Manic brews Intelligentsia which are both fine roasters - but US based, so you're well into their shelf life by the time they even arrive (I don't know who Dark Horse and Sam use, but I suspect it's one of the west-coast usual suspects).

Are you strictly an espresso drinker, or is there a specific blend or roast you prefer at another location? Taste is obviously subjective - but to mine Balzac's is so far ahead of everyone else, I legitimately want to know where others are coming from on this.

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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:04:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>jill.s </title>
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As far as I am concerned Balzacs coffee beats Starbucks any day now that is overdone coffee.I have yet to find nicer coffee anywhere.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:25:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Matt</title>
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Absolutely terrible roasters. I'm not trying to be a troll here, but every time I see Balzac's getting held up as anything more than a successful branding exercise, my third-wave coffee loving self gets irked. Their roasts are so overdone and offensive that it causes one to realize the subtleties in a Venti Starbucks Bold. Please, if you think this is good coffee, I urge you to order an espresso at any of the Lit, Sam James, Dark Horse, or Manic Coffee locations. Your mind will be blown.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:53:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>FrenchDoItBest</title>
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I love this place even more now that I know some of it's history.  Thanks.  #Paris]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:40:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Paul</title>
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Balzac's is an absolute unique and wonderful gasp of Europian breeze in Toronto.
It allways a pleasure having a cup of coffee there.
Best of luck in developing their great brand!
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:28:03 EDT</pubDate>
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