Decent Americano in the Financial District?

[Cooooooooper]

Can anyone recommend a place for a decent Americano downtown? The Closer to BCE / Brookfiled Place the better. If anyone is familiar with Vancouver - Cafe Artigiano is what I'm looking for. I'm sick of having to go to Starbucks when I visit. Please save me!

[orangewasabi]

in that neck of the woods, when I need a decent espresso/americano I go to Mercatto -- it's not Manic, but it's doable in a short walk vs a very long one from BCE place.

[Mila]

Seconded. I was really impressed last week.

[Cooooooooper]

Thanks for all the help - I'll give Mercatto a try - the rest of the places a probably a bit far for me to fit in on the walk from the hotel to the office. I'll definitely keep the other places in mind when I have the time.

[dinin and dishin]

and here's the link

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Mercatto
15 Toronto Street, Toronto, ON M5C 2E3, CA

[pescatarian]

There's also one on Bay, just north of King.

[tasoid]

5 minute walk east of you is B espresso bar on Queen Street.
Probably the best coffee in the area.
http://www.bespressobar.com/

[detritus]

... but it's not very good.

There are maybe two or three coffee shops in the entire city that get anywhere close to the quality of Cafe Artigiano in Vancouver. None of them are close to the financial district.

They are: Manic Coffee (@ College and Bathurst), Mercury Organic (@ Queen E and Carlaw) and maybe Bulldog (@ Church and Granby). There are a couple others that come close as well. Manic is the newcomer, and also the standout.

I've heard good things about Bisogno Espresso Bar (@ Sherbourne and Adelaide), but never been. It's closer to the downtown towers, but not really close.

Otherwise, you're stuck with the chains, essentially. Starbucks, Second Cup, Lettieri. I'd stick with brewed coffee at any of these, they wreck anything espresso-based pretty horribly.

-Josh

[tree25]

I like all your suggestions. Manic is my new fave. Mercury is always good and consistent. I just had an americano at Bisogno Espresso Bar. It is decent and the lady there was really nice and sweet. Bulldog is the most convenient coffee shop for me, but is my least favourite among all the mentioned coffee places. It is good but I like the others more.

For coffee place close to the financial district, I would say try Espresso etc and Gallery Cafe (both across AGO on Dundas). I only had lattes in these places but they were pretty good. I have to point out they are not as good as the ones in the places mentioned above but at least better than the chains.

[tasoid]

Detritus, the question was for coffe in the "Financial District" not "who has the best coffee in the city". I stand by B as a recommendation, I much prefer it to Mercatto.