In minutes, the laughter is infectious, and Jason Hazzard shows me what I’m doing wrong while launching. Quarters flow (most games cost only a single coin) and we join the posse on the nicely padded foam floor. There’s considerable buzz because former Canadian pinball champion Sean O’Neill was into the café recently and set a high score. I reassure her as I point to the back where, by this point in the evening, nearly every member of the Scrabble in the City club is poring over vintage pinball machines such as the Comet, Black Knight and Supersonic. When I return to my table, my friend is still struggling over the Scrabble board, feeling the pressure to play better with so many word nerds in attendance. To that I’d say, no, just a cap with less foam, please.) (Critics might tell me to order a macchiato. My cappuccino is nuanced, with a decent mixing of dark, deep cocoa-inflected coffee flavours and sweet foam, even if there is more than I’d like. House-made sandwiches ($5.95) are also on offer, with three rotating options. I add a chocolate peppermint patty ($1.50) to my order, mostly just because I can. Her latest was working front of house at North 44. “I’ve been making coffee since I was 16,” Rachel says, noting her first job was at a Timothy’s. If I had lowered my expectations for the cappuccino ($3), which is made using Faema Coffee’s Extra Strong Segafredo blend, I need not have. “But I was not going to let him collect any more and put them in our living room,” she says, laughing. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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