Comments on: Caffeine & Wireless, Post #2: Downtown Roundup

By: apt1801

apt1801 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:12:09 +0000

Thanks Rachel! I remember when Insomnia had the ‘net cafe’ thing happening, with computers in the back – but not sure about the wifi. I’ll have to check! Blog TO also has a recent write-up on new coffeeshops, several of which have wifi:
http://www.blogto.com/toronto/the_best_new_cafes_in_toronto_2008/

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:38:53 +0000

bless you for this! I take it Insomnia Cafe in the Annex doesn’t have wifi anymore?

By: apt1801

apt1801 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:54:49 +0000

Two more havens for free wifi: Greenavi Café – 490 Queen St. West (east of Bathurst) & Dolce Gelato – 697 College St.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:23:33 +0000

no wifi at moonbean.

By: boywithnoname

boywithnoname — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:28:52 +0000

I just wanted to add another coffee place I found today that offers some pretty good coffee & free wifi.

The place is called Urbana. It’s on Bay St. just north of Wellesley. It’s a very nice place with large windows that let in the sunlight. And if you’re into people watching you can definitely do that here as well.

By: boywithnoname

boywithnoname — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:36 +0000

Williams Coffee Pub just opened recently along Queen’s Quay (245 Queen’s Quay West) in the PawsWay building, which is the new pet discovery centre that just opened up by the Harbourfront.

Williams Coffee Pub offers free wifi and has pretty good food. When I went there, I got a Pomegranate Blast Drink.

The only downside is that if you’re looking for a quiet place to work on your laptop it’s probably not the best place to go as PawsWay allows people to bring pets in so you’ll hear dogs barking and there may even be dogs in the cafe.

By: bunnyhero

bunnyhero — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:24:02 +0000

i often go to the aforementioned lettieri, but recently, about half the time i go there, the connection to the internet is spotty and i end up using some stray open wifi signal instead of the actually cafe-provided one. sigh.

By: apt1801

apt1801 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:06:00 +0000

Lettieri, at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor, also offers customers free Internet.

By: Jeff Schallenberg

Jeff Schallenberg — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:49:57 +0000

Well, it’s more like “Alcohol & Wireless”, but allow me to point out the Fox and Fiddle:

http://bloorfox.com/

It’s right in the Holiday Inn, which I discovered to my surprise when staying there on a trip from Montréal last May. It’s one of the 39 Wireless Toronto hotspots, so if you subscribe at one of their other hotspots, you can login at any other:
http://auth.wirelesstoronto.ca/node_list.php

The Fox and Fiddle is good pub fare, and the staff are laptop-friendly.

- Jeff