Grounds For Reading

I do have to agree with dinah that when I lived in Canada, this was a very awesome café and used bookstore. I loved perusing the books available and I also enjoyed having a nice cup of hot chocolate here. It’s a very nice café and I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who asks!

This place was closed when I tried to go today… :(

Located in the heart of downtown, Grounds For Reading was basically a surprise discovery while waiting for the next train. Offering new and used books, GFR gives you a chance to lounge, put your feet up and re-​remember the title of that book and author that you always wanted to read.
As an added bonus, GFR offers Wifi internet and a nice selection of coffee for pretty darn good prices. The thing that got me hooked though is the owner of the store; talk about a bibliophile. I rattled off some of my favourite authors Atwood, Connelly, Winterson and Ondaatje plus my devotion for Canadian writers, and he scooted off to the back of his store and came back with a Timothy Findley novel. He threw the paperback at me, it was 3 bucks and he said, «this book hardly lasts here you will love this!» And sure enough I did, he has great intuition.
Now that I own a vehicle I try to avoid downtown at all costs, but I do promise to return to this bookshop. I was so pleased with the overall experience.