Zimbel's Cafe
Location:
410 Adelaide Street West
In place of Mosaic, there now is Zimbel's Cafe! It must be hard for them to get everyone's attention being hidden away in such a quiet street as Adelaide especially with Timmy's on the other corner and Le Gourmand and Starbucks dominating the Richmond/Spadina area. However, I think business will pick up 'cause they're really good!
They've done a great job with the interior design - love the Eames furniture - and photography on the walls. They also are a catering company and cater all sorts of events from Weddings to Corporate Lunches to Film Sets and have been in the business since 1981.
(Above photo courtesy of Andrew Zimbel)
The teas are from Language of the Leaf and yummy (pricer than Le Gourmand though but it's loose-leaf and Le G is known to mix up my Earl Grey with Earl Grey Green tea and not have the water hot enough sometimes).
The food is tasty at Zimbel's, as well. From the muffins, croissants and the banana bread (with sunflower and cranberries = excellent!) to their lunch menu (I had the salad with grilled chicken once), it's all very fresh and good.
And the service, although still novice, is getting there.
Great place to try out instead of your usual coffee/tea train destination!
***My friend who recently tasted the "knee buckling" brownie had this to say about it:
"To classify its deliciousness and sugar power, I'd say it was a spectacular punch to the back of the head, kapow!" - Mack Carruthers
15 Comments | Share Article | tagged Adelaide, Andrew, Andrew Zimbel, Cafe, Coffee, Tea, Tim Hortons, Timmy's, Toronto, brownie, brownies, cafe in Toronto | in Breakfast, Coffee, Lunch, Tea, Toronto, catering | Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:16PM
Reader Comments (15)
Hi
Great (and tasty) blog. How can I get updates to my email without joining the Facebook group ? =
The RSS link just show the commands line/ not function.
Hi SK, Thanks for the compliment and comment :) You can click on the RSS feed at the top of the Foodhogger site - or at the bottom there are some links to subscribe. Hope that works! Thanks for reading!
the RSS feed is not functioning -
that is what comes out of the link -
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Hmm....I'll work on it..thanks SK!
Hey SK,
Let me know if it works now - hope so! :)
noop soory, I srill get only the command line. But I add it to my Goole homepage so it's OK.
Yeah it works through Google reader!
Great shots foodhogger...I think I might just check this place out. The interior does look really nice and that is enough to get me into the door most of the time :) Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, it's got a really nice atmosphere - thanks for commenting Coat :)
Sadly, they are not open on the weekend. (I went last Saturday.) It looks like a great place to hang out.
Oh, darn, I should have posted the hours!! Sorry Bonny!
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Hi, Zimbel here... we will be open on the weekend soon. Two or three weeks. We are starting to serve hot breakfast on Monday.
Also you can book the space for an event in the evening if you are looking for a place for a party.
Hi Andrew :) Thanks for the comment - glad to hear you will be open on the weekends too!
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