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Name: Small Talk
Contact: 110 Ossington Ave., smalltalkjazz.com, @smalltalkjazz
Owners: Municipal Goods (Pizza Wine Disco, Paris Texas, Whitestone Ranch)
Chef: Afrim Pristine
Accessibility: Not fully accessible


Last month, Small Talk—the latest project from Municipal Goods, the team behind Paris Texas, Pizza Wine Disco and Muskoka’s Whitestone Ranch—opened its doors on Ossington in the former home of hotspot Baby Huey.
 

More than seven years after opening Wasted Youth, his Dundas West watering hole, Mike Taylor is forging ahead with another faux dive bar, this time on Queen West.

The tongue-in-cheek-named One Star Bar opened its doors on October 16, replacing the Dime, a Warehouse Group venture that occupied 538 Queen Street West for just shy of a decade.

Taylor says he had been seeking potential spots for a new bar for the past couple of years. He finally found a space and location that felt right—one he hoped would offer a more approachable alternative to the polished and buzzy establishments of King West.
 

Almost as quietly as it entered Toronto’s bar scene back in 2012, Brockton Village’s beloved Wallflower has risen from the ashes—five years after its closure—with a new lease on life.

After the cozy bar closed, the space was briefly taken over by Detroit-style pizza spot Saints Island Pies. But, since then, it sat empty, its vintage floral curtains drawn—until October 9, when owner Jane Ferriss finally reopened the doors to her labour of love.
 

"Since then, they've gone on to open nearly 300 stores around the world — from Rio de Janeiro to Paris and Seoul to Sydney. Earlier this year, they opened their first locations in Toronto: on King Street West, in the Financial District, and in Yorkville. And today, I'm excited to share that their next location will be at the base of Junction House."
 
I think Brandon Donnelly might want to check his map. None of those are anywhere near the Financial District. I got a bit excited, wondering if there's a coffee shop I haven't tried yet in the area, but Front and Spadina is a bit of a hike from the Financial District.
 
Even though Brandon is technically correct, even the King & Strachan location of "The Coffee" is a bit of a jog away from the main hotspot areas of King West, which starts tapering off at Bathurst.
 

"Since then, they've gone on to open nearly 300 stores around the world — from Rio de Janeiro to Paris and Seoul to Sydney. Earlier this year, they opened their first locations in Toronto: on King Street West, in the Financial District, and in Yorkville. And today, I'm excited to share that their next location will be at the base of Junction House."
Junction House always seemed like a logical choice to me for a cafe - only question now is, will it be cozy, or one of those stark, sparse modern ones? :mad:
 
This is their branding, so I'm pretty sure it will be sparse and modern.

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It's a Brazilian chain aiming for a Japanese aesthetic. Nothing to do with Canada. Or about the same connection to Canada as Tim Horton's currently has...

I was thinking that it might have been a chain started by Nipo-brasileiros (a community with a history of working in coffee plantations) - clearly it wasn't.

AoD
 

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