Jimmy’s Coffee opens new, tri-level café at Bay and Gerrard
Jimmy’s Coffee opens new, tri-level café at Bay and Gerrard
By Gizelle Lau | May 30, 2014
By Gizelle Lau | 05/30/2014
Historically, Bay and Gerrard hasn’t been known as a particularly glamorous address, but things are looking up for the downtown neighbourhood. Last week, it became home to the third location of Jimmy’s Coffee, the much-loved indie coffee chain. The new café takes up three floors of a converted residential corner house, plus a sunny patio area out back. In keeping with the Kensington and King West locations, the shop offers a range of espresso-based beverages, plus pastries from local suppliers like OMG Baked Goodness on Dundas West. The new space also shares the chain’s signature decorative details: Persian rugs, pretty chandeliers and bookcases filled with vintage cameras, bronze busts and other random curios.
Jimmy’s Coffee, 82 Gerrard St. W., 416-901-2289, jimmyscoffee.ca
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276736 The new <strong>Jimmy's Coffee</strong> is located at 82 Gerrard Street West, at Bay Street (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56121-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56121.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56121.jpg 600 660 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5612-2/ 800_5612-2 0 0
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276739 The coffee bar on the first floor serves all the usual espresso-based drinks, plus fruit cups, oatmeal and pastries from <strong>OMG Baked Goodness, Circles & Squares Bakery</strong> and <strong>Queen B Pastry</strong> (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55401-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55401.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55401.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5540-2/ 800_5540-2 0 0
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276738 The space used to house a consulting company. The first floor has some seating, plus a flat-screen TV (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55791-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55791.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55791.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5579-2/ 800_5579-2 0 0
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276743 The second storey has two big communal harvest tables, plus a handful of smaller tables (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55071-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55071.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55071.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5507-2/ 800_5507-2 0 0
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276742 Random miscellanea (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_5512-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_5512.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_5512.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5512/ 800_5512 0 0
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276744 The third-floor "board room" can be rented out for meetings (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55001-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55001.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55001.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5500-2/ 800_5500-2 0 0
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276740 The back patio has a take-out window for grabbing coffee on the go (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55261-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55261.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_55261.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5526-2/ 800_5526-2 0 0
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276737 From this guy! (Image: Gizelle Lau) Jimmy's Coffee https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56042-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56042.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/800_56042.jpg 620 416 [] https://torontolife.com/food/jimmys-coffee-third-location-bay-gerrard/slide/800_5604-3/ 800_5604-3 0 0
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Historically, Bay and Gerrard *was* fairly glamorous and exciting, at the centre of the Gerrard Village enclave full of artists, writers, designers, etc. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was Toronto’s version of Greenwich Village.
Yes!!! Great news. Heading there right….now :-)