Full Stop

Initially I didn’t like this place much, but it’s grown on me. The jumbo lattes are a deal at $ 4.75, both creamy and highly caffeinated. I had an egg sandwich on a croissant yesterday that they grilled in the panini maker and it was excellent. Kids have given me great feedback on the cookies. The seed brittle was amazing. Bagels are okay. Tons of space and no attitude about hanging around marking for hours.
New fav. Crema, with its attitude of wandering into the cool kids den and being slightly unwelcome, blah. Between Kaffebar and Full Stop I’m good.

This place is the best, good coffee, nice staff, and a small but excellent quality food selection

The banana bread is to die for. Lattes are not bad either: $ 4.25 for regular, $ 4.75 for jumbo. The space is a hoot! Lots of seating so you can definitely find a spot to chill, talk about needing to do laundry and needing to get a hair cut, and also study or work on some code for a web dev job you just got. I love the yellow and orange plastic elementary school chairs. Makes me feel like I’m in detention for being boring.

Great environment for hanging out or working. Their americano is good and reasonably priced. They make excellent scones and sandwiches, and their other snacks look good too.
I ordered an espresso shot once. ONCE. If you’re looking for a good espresso, find a Nova Era location near you for a proper one.
Somebody else mentioned a fly problem. I’ve noticed this too. Hopefully they address this soon. It gets a little irritating if you’re near the front.

Good coffee, friendly staff and affordable prices.
The fly situation at the front of the store makes it hard to enjoy your coffee and read. Needs to be addressed as I had to leave after 15 mins rather than constantly be swatting them.

Get the pistachio cake. I know it looks weird, but trust me on this one.

Stopped in for an iced latte and a sandwich. I liked the layout of the place and the ambiance. Their latte was good. I tried their prosciutto sandwich, it was ok! Staff was friendly! Looks like a decent spot to do some work. Loads of outlets and space!

I adore this place! Sure maybe it’s a little hipster, but so is the neighbourhood.
Stopped in here after getting horrible service at a berry crap place nearby and Full Stop is my new favorite! More affordable with nicer décor and a patio.
This place and its staff have been friendly (or at least polite) and convenient for me when I am solo, with kids or with adult friends.
The lattes are delicious and everything smells great. My toddler son and I split a sweet potato brownie and it was super yummy.
I also really like that they have a loyalty card.

I drop by here pretty often when I’m in the Junction. There’s a handful of cafes in the neighbourhood, but Full Stop is easily my go-​to when I need that caffeine hit.
As others have noted, with $ 2 Americanos you can’t really go wrong. They are tasty and well-​made. I usually like to pair my java with one of their peanut butter chocolate chip cookies that are sort of hearty but not too heavy. It’s a great treat!
Overall, the place is spacious. But one thing I really like about this place is their large front windows where you can sit at a stool or at the nearby green couch. The windows get a lot of sun and it’s quite nice!
I’ve also noticed they have a small selection of vintage magazines up front if you’re into that sort of thing.

I have been here twice and I love it. The coffee is good. I also love the atmosphere and how comfortable the place is. It would love to go there more often !

My place to go after spin class at RPM right beside. Can’t really go wrong with their $ 2 Americanos, especially when many independent coffee shops, or even chains like Starbucks charge more than $ 2 for a regular coffee. It’s spacious, with tons of seating. the décor is modern, clean and whimsical. They have coffee beans for sale, as well as a few baked goods. In the summer, their patio is open behind the store, but it requires you to go outside and around the building, the patio isn’t the nicest, and this is why I haven’t rated them a 5 star. I think they could spruce it up more, especially since it’s beside the old train station. It’s got a cool historic feel almost… They could also open up a passage from inside the store… I’ll be coming back for their Americanos!

Full Stop has a simple menu and a few things to eat. I like it for that. It has a lot of space and to be honest the atmosphere totally depends on what kind of customers are in.
It’s a nice ‘coffee with wifi’ place to just chill out with a friend or to go on your own to study, read a book or play with the internet.
Personally, I liked the Americano with the pistachio cake :)

I’ve been coming here weekly for the past month now with the moms from the OEYC a few doors down. What I really enjoy is the fact that we all bring our strollers in and the staff and patrons never complain.
$ 2 Americanos. Can’t really complain. I only get the decaf version so I can’t say if it’s actually tasty or I’m just desperate.
I’ve tried the caramel carrot cake and it was delicious. Then I tried the Gluten Free sweet potato brownie. Wow. That thing was loaded with sugar. I know I was eating a sweet dessert but I might as well have been chewing on a sugar cube dipped in syrup. Considering it was $ 3.50 for the square, I ate half that day and the other half the next. I definitely won’t be getting that again.

My mom kept telling me about how amazing this place was so I finally decided to stop by with a friend who lives pretty much across the street from it. I’m off of caffeine atm so I can’t speak to the quality of espresso but I did have a tasty chilli hot chocolate and rosemary (?) sweet potato scone (this was a few weeks back so I may be a bit off with the scone flavour). From outside it always seemed really barren and cold looking to me but I found it quite the opposite once I actually went inside. It certainly has a unique and fun vibe, and it’s nice that although it certainly falls into the ‘trendy/​hipster’ café category that it still remains a bit different and fairly welcoming.

This is my new favourite place. I tend to go everyday at least once before CrossFit. The staff are all super friendly and you can sort of get a sense that they like working there also because they are always around even when they are not working (like just hanging out on their laptops and chatting with people).
The interior is open, bright, and fresh. It’s a good change from all the other cafés in the area and really helps Full Stop stand out.
They have a pretty sweet breakfast special where you can get an americano and a breakfast pastry for $ 5 before 9am (after 9am the breakfast pastry alone is $ 5), and they are delicious. The breakfast pastries are just one of the crazy number of items they prepare in house, which is unique to all the other cafes in the area. Along with cookies, muffins, scones, and breakfast pastries, they also serve sandwiches and even cake (they are freaking nuts).
The coffee is pretty fantastic. Friends of mine who never before commented on coffee are telling me that Full Stop is their favourite coffee. They serve almond milk too which I appreciate.
For whatever reason both the café and the back patio (which is super nice) are always swarmed with flies or wasps. I guess the open kitchen in the café attracts the flies, but the wasps in the back are a mystery. They can also completely ruin hanging out at Full Stop. So unless it’s too cold for insects, I usually scout the area first– if there are too many bugs I’ll just grab my drink to go. It can be annoying.
I think they could use some more consistency in their signage. The Full Stop sign in the window is pretty bold and clean (just like the café’s interior is), but everywhere else is hand-​written menus, and tags which are sometimes just harder to read.

I really like this place. It’s a high ceiling, very spacious, trendy coffee shop. Orange chairs and bold colours in the wall. This might not be for you if you’re a traditional, dark wood kind décor person.
The service is hit or miss, sometimes chatty and sometimes not, but always friendly.
The cookies are to die for. The browned butter Choco chip and pecans– yum. Restored my faith in baked good, let me tell you. All baked goods and food is made on the premises, things taste fresh and considering this, the prices are reasonable ($ 5 breakfast pastry; $ 2 cookies; $ 10 sandwiches). The coffee is good as well, $ 2 Americano, to the $ 4.50 mocha.
They have a cute patio that is hidden and around the corner– I quite like this hidden gem, you can even just order from the back which is a cool feature to by pass the shop and have a patio to yourself and a friend.
The soundtrack is excellent as well and there’s just a very good vibe here.
You can breath deeper, get caffeinated, fall in love with cookies again, and get some work done. Free Wifi.

Damn!!! this place looks cool was my initial thought. Some sophisticated Lego art on the walls (original sort of) a huge airplane on the back wall and a hefty amount of seating and a patio you need to GPS so you can find it. I bought my friend a chair out of this place in Kensington Market «Bungalow» and I can swear this must be the same owner because it looks just like that place.
Now to the real stuff. Coffee…first of all the La Spaziale is the worst of the worst espresso machines on the market, so to save my palette from disaster I order one of their Americanos. $ 2 not bad. The barista a handsome fellow is absolutely not interested in conversation. I can see the nice lady in front is clamming to get his attention (dude the cool hipster barista thing is so ’08, get over yourself). I get my Americano and proceed to find this Patio… should not need to have to go outside to find the darn thing. Frustration has now set in, but I am hopeful that the coffee is at least going to taste good and this place is actually concerned with the quality of their products instead being a gimmicky café that just looks cool (i.e. Tarbucks).
Well… now I am nervous, as the women and there $ 3000 carriages just tossed there Americanos and my hand has lost a layer of skin do to the scorching hot water in my cup. Uh Oh! but here goes nothing. Instead of trashing the coffee because it was way to hot and just a tad bit past the tolerable chocolate point. Meaning bitter of course. I will give you a one star and never return. But I would give you a 5 star bump for the cool toys you put together and glued to a wall. Hint. Work on you goods and tell your Barista that a cool hipster who digs coffee should know how to make a good one before that snob thing can even begin to be part of his personality. The junction is starting to disappoint for such an awesome part of town. I need to get me one of the carriages.

I have been here a few times now. I think this place will get better in time, but for now, it is a three star, or perhaps three and a half star place between Pacific and Medland on Dundas in The Junction. Here are some key points that may make you like it more or less…
1. Full Stop offers a large space for sipping coffee and surfing the Internet. The space is new and fun, while definitely having a mom and pop local flavour.
2. The coffee is good. At 2 $, the Americano is a fine cup of coffee. They have more expensive varieties as well.
3. They have a patio out back. You must walk around through the Junction Farmers Market area to get there, but it is a nice space that has the ability to double as an area for small concerts/​musical venues.
4. Most, if not all of the food is made on site.
5. The breakfast pastries are just that, pastries, but at 5 $ a pop and served cold, not any real value.
6. I had a pastry with a cold fried egg on it. When I asked to have it heated, I was told that they didn’t typically do that. When I insisted, I was told how much trouble it would be. Then, I gave up and ate it. It was not that substantial, and the taste was hurt by the fact I was eating a cold fried egg on a thin flaky crust with a side of hipster attitude.
7. There are several other items besides the pastries. Their cookies are quite good and reasonably priced.
All in all, if they can work out some of the kinks, Full Stop will be successful and around for a long time.

Got to check out Full Stop last weekend. Had a $ 2.00 Americano (really good) and split a couple breakfast pastries (really, really good).
I enjoyed the décor, available seating, background tunes, and the surprise back patio with walk up back door service.
This place is cool, really cool, I’ll be back for sure!

There’s a new coffee shop in the Junction just east of Pacific and it’s a game changer! Let the coffee wars continue because a new competitor has entered the arena. TONS of seating, $ 2 americanos? In-​house baked goods? (No more dry Circles and Square pastries!) Freshly squeezed/​cut juice? Foam hearts in the lattes and A BACK PATIO? Full Stop is officially my hang now.