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Cafés in Downtown Yonge & Church-Wellesley
Yonge Street from Sankofa Square to Wellesley, the Church Street village and the TMU campus.
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Yonge Street was planned in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who named it after his friend Sir George Yonge, and Line 1, the first subway in Canada, opened beneath it in 1954.1 Between Queen and Bloor it passes the Eaton Centre and Sankofa Square, the plaza at Yonge and Dundas that opened in 2002 and was renamed in 2023 after an Akan word for reclaiming the teachings of the past.12
East of Yonge, the Church and Wellesley village, roughly between Gerrard, Yonge, Charles and Jarvis streets, has been the center of gay Toronto since the 1980s.3 Toronto Metropolitan University, renamed from Ryerson in 2022, fills the blocks between Gerrard, Jarvis, Dundas and Yonge, and counted about 47,000 undergraduates in 2025–26.4
Local tip: For coffee after 22:00, stay near Yonge: Molly Tea at 604 Yonge Street serves until 23:00 every night, and Twilight Cafe at 252 Victoria Street until 01:00 from Sunday to Thursday.
At a glance
63Cafés listed
22With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
01:00Latest closing
- Opens earliest: Avenue Cafe & Bistro, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00).
- Closes latest: JuJu Cafe, until 01:00 (Mon–Thu 11:30–23:00 · Fri 11:30–01:00 · Sat 10:00–01:00 · Sun 10:00–23:00).
- Most listed streets: Yonge Street (12), Church Street (4), Dundas Street West (4).
- Most common features: open late (13%), card payment (10%), bakery café (10%).
Avenue Cafe & Bistro
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
- Bakery café
Bloom Cafe
Church Street Espresso
- Outdoor seating
- Card payment
- Brunch
Cộng Cà Phê
FUEL+
- Wi-Fi
- Brunch
Goldstruck Coffee
- Indoor seating
Hailed Coffee
JuJu Cafe
M Chá Bar
- Bubble tea
- Open late
Marry Me Mochi
Mast Coffee
Molly Tea
Nabulu Coffee
Pinocho
- Takeaway
- Open late
Plearn Cafe
- Wi-Fi
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
Trinity Square Cafe
- Indoor seating
Understory
Unholy Donuts
- Takeaway
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
- Smoke-free indoors
- Bakery café
Unholy Donuts
Togo cafe
17 Tiles
18 Feet
- Indoor seating
7 West Cafe
Black Canary
Black Wolf Coffee
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
Bubbletease
Bulldog Coffee
Cafe Our Hours
Cha Miao²
- Bubble tea
ChaHalo
Charlies Tea
Cups Cafe
Fresh Start Bakery Cafe
Fresh Start Coffee Co.
Golden Mint Tea & Coffee Co.
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Coffee chains in Downtown Yonge & Church-Wellesley
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Tim Hortons
Show 17 locations
- 101 College StreetMon–Fri 06:00–16:00 · Sat–Sun Closed
- 111 Carlton Street
- 175 Dundas Street East
- 256 Jarvis St, M5b 2j4
- 26 Dundas StreetMon–Fri 06:00–20:00 · Sat 07:00–20:00 · Sun 08:00–20:00
- 260 Yonge Street
- 438 University AvenueMon–Fri 05:00–23:00 · Sat–Sun 06:00–23:00
- 555 University Ave – No Public Access
- 555 Yonge Street
- 56 Wellesley Street WestOpen 24 hours
- 595 Bay Street
- 65 Dundas Street West
- 663 Yonge Street
- 70 Gerrard Street West
- 76 Grenville Street
- College Park, Street Level Street Level, 444 Yonge St
- St. Mike’s Hospital Main Cafeteria 30 Bond St 30 Bond St
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Starbucks
Show 14 locations
- 10 Dundas Street EastMon–Fri 06:30–20:30 · Sat 20:00–21:00 · Sun 08:30–20:30
- 139 Dundas Street WestDaily 08:00–19:00
- 209 Victoria StreetMon–Fri 06:30–18:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–16:00
- 253 Jarvis Street
- 260 Yonge Street
- 341 Yonge Street
- 37 Grosvenor St
- 439 University AvenueMon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–18:00
- 47 Charles Street WestDaily 06:00–21:00
- 485 Church St
- 555 University Ave
- 585 University Ave, R-16
- 60 Carlton Street
- 777 Bay Street
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Second Cup
Show 6 locations
- Downtown Yonge & Church-Wellesley
- 1000 Bay StreetDaily 06:30–20:00
- 294 Yonge Street
- 544 Church StreetDaily 07:00–20:00
- 777 Bay Street
- 900 Bay Street
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Aroma Espresso Bar
- 1110 Bay Street
- 562 Bay StMon 07:30–19:00 · Tue 07:30–18:00 · Wed–Fri 07:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
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Timothy's World Coffee
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Balzac's Coffee
- 122 Bond StreetMon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 08:30–18:00
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Jimmy's Coffee
- 84 Gerrard Street WestMon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–17:00
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Pilot Coffee Roasters
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Country Style
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Mos Mos Coffee
- 655 Bay StreetMon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
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NEO Coffee Bar
- 12 Gloucester Street
- 770 Bay StreetMon–Thu 07:00–21:00 · Fri 07:00–22:00 · Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 08:00–21:00
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Columbus Café & Co
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Cotti Coffee
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Good Earth Coffeehouse
- 198 Jarvis st
- 686 Bay St
- 8 Wellesley Street EastMon–Fri 06:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–20:00
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Presse Café
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Twilight Café
- 252 Victoria StreetMon–Thu 11:00–01:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–02:00 · Sun 11:00–01:00
- Twilight Cafe & Bar (Yonge & Bloor), 667 Yonge St
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Coffee Island
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Seattle's Best Coffee
Where Toronto's latte art started
Bulldog Coffee, at 89 Granby Street, is where most accounts of Toronto's independent espresso begin. Stuart Ross opened it near Church and Granby in 2003, took David Schomer's class at Espresso Vivace in Seattle in 2004, and came back to make Bulldog the first café in the city to offer latte art.5
Church Street has some of the longest café hours in the village. Church Street Espresso at 585 Church opens 07:00–21:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, and Understory at 505 Church stays open until 22:00 from Tuesday to Saturday. FUEL+ at 471 Church serves brunch from 07:30 on weekdays.
Around the TMU campus
Gould Street, the main walk through the campus, has been closed to cars between O'Keefe Lane and Bond Street since 2012, and Victoria Street south of Gerrard has been pedestrian-only since 1978.4 Nearby, Jimmy's Coffee at 84 Gerrard Street West opens at 07:00 on weekdays, Hailed Coffee is at 44 Gerrard Street West, and Mast Coffee at 68 Shuter Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays.
Cộng Cà Phê, at 3 Elm Street, takes the Vietnamese word for coffee, cà phê, into its name. Goldstruck Coffee at 25 Carlton Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays and stays open until 20:00 six days a week.
Late cafés on Yonge and Dundas
More cafés stay open late here than anywhere else in the city, most of them on Yonge Street and Dundas Street West. Molly Tea at 604 Yonge serves until 23:00 daily, Bloom Cafe at 596 Yonge until 22:00, and Pinocho at 366 Yonge until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. JuJu Cafe at 191 Dundas Street West stays open until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Away from Yonge, Twilight Cafe at 252 Victoria Street serves until 01:00 most nights and 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Nabulu Coffee at 6 St. Joseph Street is open daily 08:00–23:00.
Church Street in Pride month
Pride Toronto, the largest event of its kind in Canada, holds its festival and parade on the last weekend of June, with events through the month; the parade runs south on Yonge Street.3 Barbara Hall Park holds the AIDS Memorial and the Trans Memorial, and a candlelight vigil is held there every Pride Week. Wellesley station on Line 1 is the closest subway stop.3
Sources
- Yonge Street, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Sankofa Square, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Church and Wellesley, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Toronto Metropolitan University, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Sacred Grounds: The rise of Toronto's third-wave craft coffee scene, Foodism (November 15, 2017), accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Downtown Yonge & Church-Wellesley cafés: questions
Which cafés near Yonge and Dundas in Toronto stay open late?
Near Yonge and Dundas in Toronto, Molly Tea at 604 Yonge Street serves until 23:00 daily and Bloom Cafe at 596 Yonge until 22:00. Pinocho at 366 Yonge and JuJu Cafe at 191 Dundas Street West stay open until midnight and 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Twilight Cafe at 252 Victoria Street until 02:00 on those nights.
Which Toronto café near Church Street first served latte art?
Bulldog Coffee, opened by Stuart Ross near Church and Granby streets in downtown Toronto in 2003, was the first café in the city to offer latte art. Ross learned it after taking a class with David Schomer at Espresso Vivace in Seattle in 2004. Bulldog Coffee is at 89 Granby Street.
What is Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto?
Sankofa Square is the public plaza at the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street East in downtown Toronto, across Yonge from the Eaton Centre. It opened in 2002 as Yonge–Dundas Square and was renamed in 2023. Sankofa is an Akan word from Ghana for reflecting on and reclaiming the teachings of the past.
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