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With three universities, four major sports teams and countless shopping districts, restaurants, music venues and museums all vying for attention, it’s not surprising that the home of Toronto’s creative class also contains some of the city's best kept secrets. From high-profile to hole-in-the-wall, Downtown offers it all and then some.
Sweet Jesus
Tap Phong Trading Company
The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
St. Lawrence Market
Cubeshops
Multicultural network of quality products.
Wide Open
Second Cup Coffee Co.
Osgoode Hall
Toronto Dominion Centre
Mackenzie House
Dineen Coffee Co.
Lillian H. Smith: Toronto Public Library
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
Ryerson Student Learning Centre
Devonian Pond
Lavish & Squalor
Drake One Fifty
Detox Market
Music Gallery
PAI
Grange Park
Hart House
Sonic Boom
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Dark Horse Espresso Bar
- Address
- 215 Spadina Avenue
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This Spadina location is the jewel in the crown of the Toronto coffee chain. It’s a bright but rustic affair combining hardwood with exposed brick and punctuated by an ornate pressed tin counter front. It’s strictly an espresso scene so queue up for a flat white, cortado or plain old americano. Downstairs from a co-working space, it is home to digital nomads sipping the day away at laptops, office workers grabbing lunch and students checking social media accounts. If large work tables are not your jam, cozy up for a conversation in the intimate armchairs in the back.