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B Espresso Bar

Reviewed by Toronto Life
  • 111 Queen St. E. (at Church St.) • View on map »
  • 416-866-2111
$30 Gourmet
Allows one person to dine well for $30 or less, including tax and tip; they are not star rated More like this »
Editorial Review

From the counterman singing Adriano Celentano songs and shouting “No make fun to my English!” to first-rate espresso and coffees made with much love, this friendly little café and kitchen oozes Italianness. And it’s got the food to back it up. A rotating menu of super-fresh salads can include deeply flavoured beet and tomato, and simple oil-and-acid-dressed arugula. Sandwiches and panini feature slow-food touches—deeply caramelized onions one day, slow-braised porchetta another. The pasta special changes ...

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  • Closed Saturday and Sunday
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