Gold Winner World Tea House Silver Winner Sense and SensibiliTea Bronze Winner Wired Monk In a world throbbing with coffee snobs and cocktail connoisseurs, it’s worth taking a moment to raise a glass to the saviour of the steep: tea. A word that’s etymology is as interesting as the volatile political clashes it’s played a […]
Wired Monk
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Best Wifi Spot
Gold Winner The Wired Monk Silver Winner Uncommon Grounds Bronze Winner Second Cup (Spring Garden Road) The Wired Monk is a great little spot to hang for a few hours…the tasty treats, the art on the walls, the little metal tables that ought be impossibly rocky but are surprisingly sturdy and, of course, the wireless. […]
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Best Wifi Spot
Interesting spot, The Wired Monk, now winner for two consecutive years of Best WiFi Spot. It’s success in this category has a lot to do with the quality of the atmosphere, quiet and nonintrusive, the quality of the baked goods, fresh, and the quality of the coffee, flavourful. Not to mention location, the student-friendly south […]
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Best Wifi Spot
There are a lot of reasons why a coffeehouse such as The Wired Monk would win Best Wifi spot. Consider location, windows facing both Hollis and Morris Streets. Consider loungability, sipping your cup of java for extended periods while you fingers enable browsers, write dissertations, answer emails. Consider atmosphere, a friendly staff, organic slow-roasted coffee, […]
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They’re back….University students return
We’re all about to get hit. No, not with a hurricane, necessarily—even though we have seen a couple of tropical storms already in August. We’re talking about the storm of the student body, Hurricane Academe. Most businesses in town will be boosted by the sudden increase in the local population, either directly or indirectly. Some […]