Filter coffee bars in Toronto
Where Toronto takes pour-over and batch brew seriously. Single origins, careful extraction, beans that change with the season.
18 cafés · Canada
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Boxcar Social (Harbourfront)
Boxcar Social's Harbourfront location at 235 Queens Quay West is a landmark multi-roaster cafe and bar with a…
Pilot Coffee Roasters (Queen East)
Toronto's flagship Pilot roastery opened in Leslieville in 2009, anchoring the city's specialty wave from an…
Reunion Coffee Roasters
Reunion Coffee Roasters at 385 Roncesvalles Avenue is Toronto's B Corp-certified roastery-cafe, holding that…
Ethica Coffee Roasters
Ethica Coffee Roasters at 213 Sterling Road (Unit 104) combines a specialty roastery, coffee school, and cafe in a…
Found Coffee
Founded by Leighton Walters after 18 years in specialty coffee across Australia and Indonesia, Found Coffee at 2088…
Ninetails Coffee Bar
Named for nine-tailed fox folklore, Ninetails Coffee Bar at 651 Bloor Street West is a Japanese-inspired specialty…
Terminal 3 Roasters
Terminal 3 Roasters at 3337 Lake Shore Boulevard West is an independent specialty roastery-cafe on Toronto's western…
The Library Specialty Coffee
Founded by Jeffrey Ji after learning the craft in Melbourne under St. Ali, The Library Specialty Coffee at 281 Dundas…
Fika Cafe
Tucked into a century-old house at 28 Kensington Avenue, Fika brings a Swedish-inspired ethos to Kensington Market,…
Hale Coffee (Junction Roastery)
Hale Coffee's Junction roastery-cafe at 300 Campbell Avenue (Unit 103, Clock Factory building) turns an industrial…
Propeller Coffee Co.
Propeller's flagship roastery-cafe at 50 Wade Avenue occupies a restored century-old metal factory in the Junction…
Rooms Coffee (17 Baldwin)
Rooms Coffee flagship at 17 Baldwin Street is a hi-fi listening cafe with a McIntosh amplifier, Technics turntables,…
Boxcar Social (Summerhill)
The original Boxcar Social at 1208 Yonge Street in Summerhill set the template for Toronto's multi-roaster cafe-bar…
Boxcar Social (Waterworks)
Boxcar Social's Waterworks location at 499 Richmond Street West anchors the Waterworks Food Hall development with a…
De Mello Coffee (Yonge-Eglinton)
De Mello's flagship midtown cafe at 2489 Yonge Street opened in 2013 and remains Toronto's go-to address for the…
Pilot Coffee Roasters (Ossington)
Pilot's Ossington outpost at 117 Ossington Avenue serves the same rigorously sourced single origins and house blends…
Pilot Coffee Roasters (Yorkville)
Pilot's Yorkville location inside the Manulife Centre on Bloor Street West brings the roastery's full range of…
Quantum Coffee
Quantum Coffee at 482 Front Street West inside The Well runs two Victoria Arduino Black Eagle espresso machines and…
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