My European Café

I discovered a delightful little café this week, the Caffe Buongiorno (I may be spelling that incorrectly) at Pender and Richards. It reminded me of a little European café that you might find in that French movie Amélie, with a high coffee counter, little tables and chairs with curly-cue legs and a mosaic tile floor.

I tried a chicken panini for lunch, and I was a little worried when I ordered it, thinking there might be nothing but chicken inside. Thankfully, I was wrong, and my panini had some grilled veggies and a mild but gooey melted cheese, too.

My latte was also fantastic, and it was served in a wide coffee cup with a saucer. These always remind me of Europe because when I was going to school in France, the only place you could get coffee in a paper cup (à la Starbucks) was from the cappuccino machine at the university. And I don’t mean a fancy cappuccino machine like you would find in a café; this was what could probably be considered the European equivalent of the coffee machines you can find in hospitals here.

The Caffe Buongiorno is highly recommended for the next time you feel like having lunch in a European café without actually going to Europe.