If you’re a coffeephile and caféphile like me, you will love Higher Ground Cafe in Kensington. Aside from Inglewood and 17th Avenue, Kensington completes the trio of Calgary’s “hipster neighbourhoods.” These are centres of hipster culture and arts in Calgary, and where young people flock for fad foods. Higher Ground isn’t one of those fads. […]
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Peerless Pearl Tea Shop – Excellent Tea in Chinatown
After spending a Saturday afternoon walking around in Prince’s Island, we decided to head to Chinatown to get bubble tea/pearl milk tea since it was a pretty hot day. On the way to our go-to shop (Chatime), we saw a shop called “Peerless Pearl Tea Shop” and so we stopped by to try it. I’ve […]
Decent Italian-style Coffee at Caffe Artigiano on 6th Ave
In my second cafe of the cafe-hopping, I visited Caffe Artigiano on 6th Ave, a chain cafe from British Columbia. Caffe Artigiano is a British Columbia-based coffee chain roaster that expanded its business to Calgary, with 4 locations now in Calgary. The other cafes I visited for the crawl… First cafe: Cafe Blanca Third (and […]
Cafe Meets Arts at Cafe Blanca
After my travels in Asia, I fell in love with cafe culture and the ‘cafe experience,’ especially in Taiwan and Singapore. Coffee was great, food was delicious, and the atmosphere was unbeatable. So today, I decided to go cafe hopping into some of Calgary’s local cafes, and my first stop was Cafe Blanca in Eau […]
Cozy and Comfortable at Velvet Cafe
Velvet Cafe in the northwest part of the city is a small, cozy and local cafe that provides an alternative to Calgary’s (arguably) more famous, retro and hipster cafes. They offer good food and drinks in a comfortable, albeit run-down, setting. After going to the University to drop off some forms, I met up with […]
Retro Cafe & Good Coffee at Analog Coffee on 17th Avenue
Alas, I finally visited the famed Analog Coffee—an institution for espresso and the ‘cafe experience’ here in Calgary. Analog Coffee is the brainchild created by Calgary-based roaster, Fratello Coffee Roasters, and the Analog Coffee on 17th Avenue is their flagship cafe! My friends and I visited Analog after eating delicious food at YYCFoodTrucks Taste The […]
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Elegant Eating at Alforno Bakery and Cafe
Alforno Bakery and Cafe is not like other cafes in Calgary; I feel like it’s more than just a cafe. It’s like a cafe, a restaurant, a bakery and a bar all in one! It is such an elegant cafe in the heart of Downtown Calgary, although I’d describe it as a restaurant instead. Interestingly, […]
Good Lattes at Baya Rica Cafe in Bridgeland
Baya Rica Cafe is a quaint and unexpected cafe in the trendy neighbourhood of Bridgeland. I have seen Baya Rica before on Zomato and Yelp, but I’ve always decided to skip it in favour of the nearby Starbucks. With a newfound interest in local and independent cafes, I decided to finally visit this cafe today. […]