{"id":2416,"date":"2014-02-03T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2014-02-03T11:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T16:13:48","slug":"bivy-indie-coffee-passport-2013-coffee-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/bivy-indie-coffee-passport-2013-coffee-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"BIVY &#8211; Indie Coffee Passport 2013 &#8211; Coffee Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We went into BIVY on Sunday this weekend. It&#8217;s one of the cafes on this session of the Indie Coffee passport. It&#8217;s another one of those spots that has only been open for less than three years. They opened in mid-July 2012 in the Brockton Triangle\/Brockton Village area. They do food, coffee, and weekend brunch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bivy-in-Brockton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2639\" alt=\"Bivy in Brockton\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bivy-in-Brockton.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bivy-in-Brockton.jpg 800w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Bivy-in-Brockton-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It felt like more of a restaurant than coffee shop (or as they say an &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bivy.ca\/main\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Food Outpost<\/a>&#8220;), but they didn&#8217;t seem to mind us only ordering coffee. Service was super friendly, the latte was totally my style (but JC didn&#8217;t dig it as much as I did.)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bivy - Indie Coffee passport options by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/12288018444\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Bivy - Indie Coffee passport options\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5471\/12288018444_a9639c6e89.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are a bunch of options for their Indie Coffee Passport offerings, but we went with the usual &#8211; soy latte.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/12287588595\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7345\/12287588595_543c0d5b71.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BIVY appears to have their own Bivy Collective espresso blend, which I really liked.\u00a0The latte had a nice thick foam, and the coffee had a rich full flavour.<\/p>\n<p>They also sell a variety of products in the back corner, like my favourite chocosol chocolate, stasis preserves, Social coffee &amp; tea bags, cup cozies, and a bunch of other things that I no longer remember. Overall, I really liked the space, it was warm, inviting, and as an added bonus they have wifi (that they even invited us to use.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Paper Heads on the Wall - Bivy by MeShellG, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prairiev\/12287747013\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paper Heads on the Wall - Bivy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3823\/12287747013_832a4fc811.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was a little weirded out by the glowing paper heads on the wall, but after a while I really started to dig them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vegan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bivy.ca\/main\/breakfast-lunch\/\" target=\"_blank\">menu options<\/a> seem fairly limited &#8211; to potentially nonexistent (unless you count salad,) though you might want to ask about the soup (according to the website the soups are always dairy-free). In case you&#8217;re curious, the &#8220;V&#8221;&#8216;s on the menu mean lacto-ovo-vegetarian.<\/p>\n<p>They brew <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialcoffee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Social Coffee<\/a> (roasted in Richmond Hill, ON) a local roaster which recently (in 2012) won the SCAA Roasters Choice Award, so I&#8217;m in good company thinking the coffee is good. (and it&#8217;s still good.)<\/p>\n<p>Yet another great find on the <a title=\"The Indie Coffee Passport. Less than Three Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/the-indie-coffee-passport-less-than-three-edition\/\">Indie Coffee Passport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>BIVY<\/h3>\n<p>1600 Dundas St. W. Toronto, ON (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=1600+Dundas+St.+W.+Toronto,+ON&amp;daddr=1600+Dundas+St+W,+Toronto,+ON+M6K+1T9&amp;hnear=0x882b34518fbef26b:0x815dba1c1faaf8e6,1600+Dundas+St+W,+Toronto,+ON+M6K+1T9&amp;gl=ca&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=ddw1\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bivy.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Bivy\/320975154653297\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIVY1600\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Indie Coffee Passport stops we&#8217;ve checked out so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Cabin Fever Collective \u2013 Indie Coffee Passport 2013\/14\" href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/cabin-fever-collective-indie-coffee-passport-201314\/\">Cabin Fever Collective\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Amani Earls \u2013 Indie Coffee Passport\" href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/amani-earls-indie-coffee-passport\/\">Amani Earls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"i deal coffee on Sorauren \u2013 Indie Coffee Passport Stop \u2013 Coffee Monday\" href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/i-deal-coffee-on-souraren-indie-coffee-passport-stop-coffee-monday\/\">i deal coffee (Sorauren)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went into BIVY on Sunday this weekend. It&#8217;s one of the cafes on this session of the Indie Coffee passport. It&#8217;s another one of those spots that has only been open for less than three years. They opened in mid-July 2012 in the Brockton Triangle\/Brockton Village area. 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