Settle the tots in their special play area and enjoy a specialty fair trade coffee or the housemade chai. This neighbourhood cafe is perfect for getting a little work done or just getting out with the wee ones.
From the window of her office at the architectural firm Solterre Design, Local Jo Café & Market (2959 Oxford Street, 455-6225) co-owner Jennifer Corson can look down to her café. From another window she can see the roof of her home, and just down the street on Almon is another business she’s involved in, Renovators Resource, which is operated by her sister Alison Philbey. Corson is truly a supporter of her neighbourhood. “It was very self-serving,” she explains, outlining how five years ago last week she, with her husband Keith Robertson and backyard neighbours David Black and Heather Scott, opened