Pilot Coffee Roasters Te Aro
- ★ 4.6
- Café
- $
Order A filter coffee from the day's single-origin offering.
Pilot Coffee Roasters Te Aro on Queen East opened 2009 as the flagship third-wave roastery cafe, named for a Wellington suburb, wood-fronted bar.
Queen Street East between Carlaw and Greenwood. Lady Marmalade brunch, Bonjour Brioche bakery, Bestellen steakhouse, plus the Riverside-Leslieville fine-dining axis around DaiLo and Lake Inez.

Order A filter coffee from the day's single-origin offering.
Pilot Coffee Roasters Te Aro on Queen East opened 2009 as the flagship third-wave roastery cafe, named for a Wellington suburb, wood-fronted bar.



Order The almond croissant and a Saturday brioche.
Bonjour Brioche on Queen East in Leslieville is owner Tom Rea's French bakery since 1995, the city's reference almond croissant and an all-day brunch counter.
Order A single-origin filter from the rotating daily list.
Pilot Coffee Roasters has run the Toronto third-wave canon since 2009, the Queen East cafe-roastery the flagship, beans across 100+ Toronto cafes and retail.
Order An Eephus 12oz brown ale at the bar.
Left Field on Wagstaff Drive south of Greenwood is brothers Mandie and Mark Murphy's baseball-themed brewery since 2013, the Eephus 12oz brown ale plus hoppy.
Order A Forno Cultura focaccia plus Mountain Path mushroom pickup.
Evergreen Brick Works on Bayview is a Saturday Ontario-producer farmers market since 2010 in a Don Valley brickworks heritage site, with 70 vendors.
Order The chilaquiles or the breakfast pocket, plus an order of churros if dessert is calling.
Lady Marmalade on Broadview is the city's reference Mexican-leaning brunch room since 2007, owner-chef Eric Brennan's chilaquiles and huevos rancheros.
Order The buttermilk pancakes with house-smoked bacon and a rotating daily doughnut.
White Lily Diner on Queen East has run since 2017 as the Leslieville reference diner, baking and curing in-house, the Reuben on house bread the staple.
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