{"id":2328,"date":"2013-11-15T14:34:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2013-11-15T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:34:33","slug":"coffee-on-manitoulin-island-in-tobermory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/coffee-on-manitoulin-island-in-tobermory\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee on Manitoulin Island &#038; in Tobermory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest discoveries of the trip is how much I like really good coffee. We did not bring any of our Alternative Grounds \u00a0or Coffeecology roast coffee with us on the trip, and instead bought a tin of pre-ground coffee at Foodland. It was passable, but we&#8217;re pretty spoiled on the coffee front.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted tasty interesting coffee, and luckily there was a coffee shop still open for the season in Tobermory. Before getting on the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry to Manitoulin Island we picked up a cup of regular coffee at The Coffee Shop (20 Bay St, Tobermory) near the Little Tub harbour.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Little Tub Harbour - Tobermory by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/10444986736\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Little Tub Harbour - Tobermory\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5526\/10444986736_d2d75253d4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prices were a bit above an average coffee shop in Toronto, but I imagine that&#8217;s what happens when you&#8217;re one of the only places in town offering a product.<\/p>\n<p>They also have soy milk available for coffee\/tea and service was really friendly (especially since we went in moments after the doors opened).<\/p>\n<p>Later, once we had gotten to Manitoulin Island we went to Loco Beanz in Little Current a couple of times.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/10505912783\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Loco Beanz Coffee\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7324\/10505912783_287f0c6e0c.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I really loved their colourful storefront, and the interior was really cozy too.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/10505729574\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5473\/10505729574_899d85ce23.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t look for any lunch options, but they did have this cookie from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manitoulin-island.com\/gardensgate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gardens Gate Restaurant<\/a>, the same restaurant we had attempted to go the day before (we were way too early.) \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The soy lattes were also really great (they were use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrisoya.com\/boissonSoya.php\" target=\"_blank\">Natur-a<\/a> brand Soy Milk on the day I was there)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/10505732954\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3772\/10505732954_77512599e6.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had one of these per day on Manitoulin Island, and they were pretty tasty. If you ever find \u00a0yourself out there, pay Loco Beanz a visit. To keep the fun alive, I bought myself a Loco Beanz Cup to go.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/10874034685\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3710\/10874034685_92e4653104.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Info:<\/h2>\n<p>Loco Beanz<br \/>\n7 Water E, Little Current, ON P0P 1K0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loco.beanz\" target=\"_blank\">facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest discoveries of the trip is how much I like really good coffee. We did not bring any of our Alternative Grounds \u00a0or Coffeecology roast coffee with us on the trip, and instead bought a tin of pre-ground coffee at Foodland. It was passable, but we&#8217;re pretty&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,24,351],"tags":[806,848,847,841],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coffee","category-travelling","category-wedding","tag-coffee-2","tag-loco-beanz","tag-manitoulin-island","tag-not-honeymoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}