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La Finca was the crowning winner of our weeklong quest to try out and discover as many local, indie coffee spots as we could during our visit to attend the Canadian F1 Grand Prix and our stay in Old Montreal (in the Chinatown area at the new Homewood Suites (some kinks the hotel needs to address but, overall, can't beat the central, walk-to-everything location and it being steps away from a metro station - would stay there again for sure)).
Indie coffee shops are cute and quaint but, let's face it, cute and quaint mean squat if the drinks don't cut it. La Finca checked all the boxes! TWO THIMBS UP.
The interior was well laid out, decorated tastefully, trendy but comfortable, open, bright, light and inviting. Oh - and clean and neat. A large open seating area greets you as you step through the doors, great bar-height seating all along the front window line (perfect people watching perch!), more table seating in the back and even a cute little back deck seating area on beautiful sunny days like the day we went.
SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT - friendly, smiley, cheery workers, our drinks came out quickly and promptly and the barista/server made awesomely tasty lattes - strong, flavorful and piping hot - unlike some of the other coffee shops we tried whose drinks were disappointingly just barely hot (to the point where I wondered if this is a thing in Montreal that I wasn't aware of...). Our barista's latte foam art handiwork added just the right nice touch....it's those little things that put a smile on your face, you know?
We took our drinks to go as we were enroute to take in the City and stroll and shop on St. Catherine's Street for the afternoon.
Nothing like nursing a perfect latte during an afternoon of strolling and shopping on a beautiful sunny Summer afternoon. :)
Highly recommend a stop-in here and if you want to take a load off and take a little coffee break, this is the place to do it!