Visit the locals - April 2013

After returning from San Francisco, I continue my coffee journey in the local area. "Yelp" provides great resources to search for coffee shop in Markham, Richmond Hill and Toronto.

It's The Cat's Meow Cafe, Markham

This is a very small but cozy cafe in Markham. It serves only 4 to 5 small tables with most of them located upstairs. Owner must be a cat lover as all decorations are "cat" related. It even extends to the name of beverage such as "Cattucino", i.e. Cappuccino. I'm not surprised when I see the latte art is a very cute cat.

We also order a pulled pork sandwich with coffee. Very juicy pork in tasty sauce served on a crunchy bun. We see lots of locals visit this small cafe for coffee, ice cream and sandwich.

Covernotes Coffee House, Richmond Hill

 

I'd like to call it a "2-in-1" coffee shop. It is a coffee shop as well as a used bookstore located right next to the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. The store also sells single origin coffee from Indonesia Sulawesi, Bolivia, Columbia and Guatemala. Barista (who I think is the owner) told me the Cappuccino I ordered use Bolivian coffee bean.

The ladies are very nice and friendly. I see many customers having soup, salad, sandwiches from the menu with variety of choices. I will try their crepes when I return next time.