Timothys World Coffee

The staff here are the friendliest you’ll ever find. The coffee is always fresh and the pastries are very tasty. Their breakfast sandwich is made with real, not processed, cheese.

First: the staff and owners at this location are exceptional. Always in a good mood, friendly, and conversational. There’s plenty of regulars here for good reason.
Second: Timothy’s across the board has the most underrated drip coffee. I love the breakfast blend which is smooth, but not weak. Drip coffee is the hardest coffee to get right.
Lastly: There’s daily morning trivia, which I’ve yet to guess correctly. But if you’re a smarty pants then you can earn yourself a free cup of coffee (but get there early — only 10 first correct answers win)

I don’t usually buy take away coffee from chains because I think they wouldn’t know a decent cup of coffee if it hit them in the face. When I see a line of 20+ people at Starbucks I wonder if it is a figment of my imagination.
Anyway the main chain choices here in Toronto are Tim Hortons (which EVERYONE seems obsessed with), Starbucks and Timothys. Well following word of mouth I went into Tim Hortons but alas they do not have soy milk so over the road I went to try this joint. I got a soy mocha in the medium size (I forget the silly size name they had for it). It was pretty decent tasting and a good ratio of chocolate to coffee to milk (which Starbucks cannot master).
So yes two thumbs up… better than Starbucks and a black coffee at Tim Hortons (or so I would imagine). It will cost you five plus dollars but if you frequent these places you probably already knew that!