Hipster IHOP
JANUARY 18TH, 2008
Funky cool Café Medina (Chambar's new little next-door venture) is freshly squeezed on the breakfast scene with 49th Parallel coffees made by carefully screened baristas, fruit smoothies and real Belgian waffles pressed right in the window.
While the room doubles as a private party area for Chambar at night, mornings you'll find downtown types breezing through the New Yorker or W magazines (on hand at the bar) and perching on stainless steel French stools while dipping waffles in lavender-chocolate or pistachio sauce.
Now that's the type of place we like to see "pop up."
Café Medina, 556 Beatty St., 604-879-3114, www.medinacafe.com