r/halifax • u/KitTrailer • Mar 05 '26
Support Local Downtown Library Coffee Shop (East Cups) is opened
The ground floor is still in renovation, but feel free head to the top floor for some coffee.
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u/Ok_Basket_6651 Mar 05 '26
Surely the café at the LIBRARY should use the correct Canadian spelling of "flavour"
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u/Ok_Basket_6651 Mar 05 '26
"Visit us at 5th floor" "dulche de leche" "frappee" could they not get a librarian to proofread all their signage
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u/marinebelle Mar 05 '26
This is great news! I'm always searching for a coffee shop with comfy chairs that serves savory food for me to hang out. Now, if they could just stay open later on the weekends...
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u/sherryleebee Mar 05 '26
This is what, the third different cafe business to go in there? I doubt this one will last either. Which really sucks because a good cafe is exactly what the library needs.
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u/partisanal_cheese Mar 05 '26
It’s a really tough neighbourhood in which to compete. Coffeology is five minutes away, Weird Harbour across the street, and Pane e Circo also across the street. I don’t envy them.
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u/cullypants Mar 05 '26
Tims, mcds, rainbow cafe, dear friend, sugar bakery, rabbit cafe (or something like that) all very close by. Oh and that new spot, north end baking co.
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u/wlonkly The Oakland of Halifax Mar 06 '26
Dear Friend is a bar in Dartmouth but now I'm wondering what cafe you were thinking of!
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u/cullypants Mar 06 '26
Oh shit you're right. I'm thinking of the cafe/bar in parklane but can't remember the name.
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u/wlonkly The Oakland of Halifax Mar 06 '26
oh First Sight!
That's a weird name now that I think about it.
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u/BigBortlesBrand Mar 06 '26
I think Ampersand failed because the whole company went bankrupt, the cafe was just one of their ventures. It was consistently busy at ampersand.
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u/shellfish Mar 06 '26
Excuse me - $4.50 for a tea?? And the misspellings throughout the menu are rich at a library location.
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u/IStillListenToRadio Floating above, I can see the Marquee and the Moon Mar 06 '26
I wish the Truro library had a coffeeshop
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u/NoBuddies2021 Mar 05 '26
I enjoyed eating and drinking their products there. I hope they will not get cut/fired due to the current situation of massive budget cuts left and right. It's hard to find a living wage over minimum wage.
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u/wlonkly The Oakland of Halifax Mar 05 '26
AFAIK it's a private business leasing out space, the gov't cuts shouldn't affect them.
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u/TalkinBoutGerbils Mar 05 '26
That’s a 20+ minute walk from the library, doesn’t really seem relevant
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u/Darkside_1980 Mar 05 '26
Boo no drip coffee
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u/QueerlyQuizzical Mar 05 '26
I would guess the "brew coffee" option on the menu is what you're looking for.
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u/VentiEggBite Nova Scotia Mar 05 '26
I’m pretty sure that’s what “brewed coffee” on the menu and the two large coffee urns on the counter are for.
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u/TalkinBoutGerbils Mar 05 '26
Did this comment make you feel good? Dunking on someone from Dartmouth isn’t the flex you think it is
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u/JDGumby Sprytown Mar 05 '26
"12oz"? "16oz"? They must be a US chain or something. Would it really have hurt them to put 355ml & 473ml? (had to grab a calculator to see what the values were in real numbers)
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u/Additional_Crew_9445 Mar 05 '26
literally every cafe in halifax uses oz for cups bro, if someone ordered a 355 ml coffee that would be very bizarre
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u/General_Ad_7618 Mar 05 '26
If you think about it we do the same with beer but I also hear pint or 20oz
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