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Cafés in Queen West & Trinity Bellwoods

Ossington Avenue's roaster bars, Trinity Bellwoods Park and the galleries of West Queen West.

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Queen Street West was the home of the city's punk and music scene in the 1980s; gentrification, chain stores and condos followed after CityTV moved to 299 Queen Street West.1 Trinity Bellwoods Park fills 15.4 hectares between Queen Street and Dundas Street, with Crawford Street on its western side.2

Beyond the park, West Queen West is known as the Art and Design District, with galleries, bars and the Drake and Gladstone hotels, and the stretch toward Roncesvalles is also called Queer West.1 Ossington Avenue meets Queen from the north, and its southern end is known as the Ossington Strip.3 Three of the city's coffee chains have cafés on it within a few blocks.

Local tip: For coffee in Trinity Bellwoods, Found Coffee Bellwoods and Two Penny Café are on Shaw Street and Morning Parade on Crawford Street; enter by the stone gates on Queen Street at Strachan Avenue, the last piece of the old Trinity College.2

At a glance

71Cafés listed
16With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
23:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Bom Dia, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: i'm mochi!, until 23:30 (Mon–Thu 13:00–22:30 · Fri–Sat 13:00–23:30 · Sun 16:00–22:30).
  • Most listed streets: Queen Street West (27), Dundas Street West (12), Queen St W (7).
  • Most common features: bakery café (8%), wi-fi (7%), wheelchair access (6%).

White Squirrel Coffee Shop

  • 907 Queen Street West
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–19:00 · Sat 08:00–18:00 · Sun 08:00–19:00
  • +1-647-428-4478
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
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Coffee chains in Queen West & Trinity Bellwoods

The Ossington Strip

Ossington's south end mixed shops and houses from the 1840s and later turned to auto repair and storage. Rising Queen Street rents pushed bars, restaurants and shops onto it from around 2007, and the city limited new licenses of the same kind in 2009, lifting the rule in 2010.3

Pilot Coffee Roasters, founded in 2009 as Te Aro Coffee Roasters, moved a block south on Ossington into a shop with a Modbar espresso bar, Sprudge reported in 2019.4 It is at 117 Ossington Avenue, near San Coffee Room at 135 and Sam James at 141, one of the four Sam James bars in the city, open daily 08:00–16:00.5 Jimmy's Coffee is at 15 Ossington, by Queen.

Around Trinity Bellwoods Park

Bishop John Strachan bought the land in 1851 for Trinity College, which opened to students in 1852 and moved downtown in 1925. The stone gates at the Queen Street entrance, on Strachan Avenue, are the only part left; the iron gates are replicas.2 The park's white squirrels have their own place in city folklore.2

Cafés surround it. Found Coffee Bellwoods is at 189 Shaw Street, Two Penny Café at 180 Shaw (daily 09:00–15:30) and Morning Parade Coffee Bar at 256 Crawford Street. White Squirrel Coffee Shop at 907 Queen Street West opens at 07:30 on weekdays. On the Dundas side are Hamers Coffee at 870, Ella's Uncle at 916 and Bellwoods Coffee + Gelato at 1006 Dundas Street West.

West Queen West

The Drake Café is at 1150 Queen Street West. Further west, Highly Likely at 1189 Queen opens 07:00–16:00 on weekdays, Bom Dia at 1205 opens at 07:00 on weekdays and closes at 19:00, and Cafe GiGi at 1186 serves brunch daily 08:00–17:00. Fix is at 80 Gladstone Avenue.

East of the park, nearer downtown, HotBlack Coffee at 245 Queen Street West opens at 07:00 on weekdays and stays open until 19:00 every day, and Dark Horse Espresso Bar at 215 John Street opens at 07:00 on weekdays. Thor Espresso at 180 John Street opens only Monday to Friday, 08:00–15:00.

Getting along Queen Street

The 501 Queen streetcar, one of the busiest and longest routes on the TTC, runs the length of the street and becomes the 301 Queen overnight.1 A Queen subway was proposed in the 1940s and never built; the Ontario Line is planned to run beneath Queen.1

Sources

  1. Queen Street (Toronto), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Trinity Bellwoods Park, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Ossington Avenue, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee In Toronto, Sprudge (January 2019), accessed October 2026
  5. Toronto coffee bar slashes prices, blogTO (January 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Queen West & Trinity Bellwoods cafés: questions

Which cafés are on Ossington Avenue in Toronto?

Toronto's Ossington Avenue has three coffee chains near Queen Street: Jimmy's Coffee at 15 Ossington, Pilot Coffee Roasters at 117 and Sam James at 141, open daily 08:00–16:00. San Coffee Room is at 135 Ossington. Pilot started in 2009 as Te Aro Coffee Roasters and moved a block south on the avenue into a shop with a Modbar espresso bar.

Where can you get coffee near Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto?

Near Toronto's Trinity Bellwoods Park, Found Coffee Bellwoods is at 189 Shaw Street, Two Penny Café at 180 Shaw Street and Morning Parade Coffee Bar at 256 Crawford Street. White Squirrel Coffee Shop at 907 Queen Street West opens at 07:30 on weekdays, and Hamers Coffee and Bellwoods Coffee + Gelato are on Dundas Street West.

How do you get to Queen West in Toronto by transit?

The 501 Queen streetcar, one of the TTC's busiest and longest routes, runs the length of Queen Street through Queen West and Trinity Bellwoods, and becomes the 301 Queen overnight. There is no subway under Queen Street; a line was proposed in the 1940s but never built, and the Ontario Line is planned to run beneath it.

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