Tampered Press Café, Toronto

If you have even a passing interest in healthy home-spun fare, you would do well to become acquainted with the interminably named Tampered Press Café and Community Space. Tucked in beside Salon Goulart, the Tampered Press Café brings a little whiff of healthy back to Dundas and Crawford with its own version of healthy food. Sure, the muffins and scones biz is the lesser of the ‘eating out’ evils, but they hardly suffice as a balanced meal. So, Tampered Press is taking the traditional soup-and-sandwich café fare to the next level, making it the ad hoc hangout for coffee-shop junkies, hipsters, health fanatics, and small-group community gatherings alike.

Former Cava employee and Certified Health Nutritionist Caitlin Pask is busy and excited about the café and its bight future. Tampered Press offers up coffee in it usual renditions, from espressos, Americanos and cappuccinos to classic drip roast and French press coffee. And there’s loose-leaf tea. Also, with summer coming up, frothy ice caps and other cold juices are on tap. What won’t be available, however, is bottled water- Pask is keen on using the wonderful tap water that we have in our country, and offers re-useable bottles for customers to fill up and take out.

Nutritionist Pask has her intentions all over the menu. While her little house features muffins, scones and other traditional café nibbles, that isn’t the premise of her fare. Pask is more focused on serving food from all major food groups, like panini-pressed sandwiches, mixed-bean salads, homemade yogurt – simple foods that tackle all the health type foods that your body needs. But the healthy twist doesn’t stop there; the Tampered Press Café ethos trickles down into Pask ‘s after hours health seminars. These information sessions explore things like food trends, eating organically, and differentiating the fact and fiction when it comes to dieting. Beyond that, she’s offering up the quaint little space to book clubs, or any other small group-type events for the community.

256 Crawford St, Toronto, ON
416-534-9739
Mon-Fri 7am-8pm, Sat 8am-7pm, Sun 9am-6pm
Cuisine – Cafe Fare
Area – Dundas Street West
Price – $$ (Affordable)

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