This may come as a shock to you, but the center of the universe aka New York City didn't have a timmy hoho's. Yes, yes, new yorkers, this was one thing you were missing out on as Canadian's do know how to make a great cup of coffee, donut hole and provide service with a smile. So big news flash as of Monday, Tim's has made a huge entrance and kicked out a few competitors (cough Dunkin Donuts). Apparently we do something that makes lots of $$ that NYC wants to be apart of. It's called cheap soup and sandwichs...go figure. And now there are multiple locations around the city and Brooklyn:
*761 7th Avenue @ 50th St. 212-767-8347
* 152 West 34th Street bet. 6th & 7th Ave. 212-630-0319
* 47 East 42nd St. bet. Park & Madison Ave., 212-681-8501
* Penn Station, LIRR Level, 212-630-0314
* Madison Square Garden, Taxi Ramp. 212-594-0204
Other Locations:
* 48 New Street @ Wall St., 212-483-8319
* 50 Fulton Street @ Cliff St. 212-732-6551
* 2547 Broadway @ 94th St., 212-316-2915
* 1276 Lexington Avenue @ 86th St., 212-339-8868
* 451 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. 718-237-9346
* 22 Court Street, Brooklyn. 718-624-1107
Because there is a location a mere 15 blocks from me i made my way down. Shocker of all shockers the seating area was diiiiisssssgusting (in Canada they are pristine...the gross places are the toilet. You couldn't pay me to have used this toilet...if it had one). Granted they had pretty much turned the old Dunkin Donuts into the classy Tim's in a short 36 hours and their were a few unsavory patrons enjoying the new digs, it could be worse...no ventilation, insects/rodents or feces (yup i have high standards for my food).
I ordered my medium coffee (apparently a bit more pricey here) from a guy who either was so thrown off by the new look of the store or design of the classy cups he was really frazzled. I didn't dare teach him about a double double (b/c turns out he didn't even understand my request of milk AND sugar). I then ordered my timbits, b/c what's a trip to Timmy's without a wee treat. From experience i know that a French baguette doesn't taste at all the same unless you are in France. Well this goes the same for a timbit. It must be the high quality enriched white flour, or the hydrogenated oils, or maybe the refined sugars, or maybe, just maybe the tender care that Canadians put into their baking because although delicious and sweet, this was no Canadian Timbit. Sigh...anyways, i'm giving them a few more days before i re-visit. By then i hope to not see trash on the floor, no stressful yelling by the staff and a comprehension of a double double. Welcome to the coloUrfull neighboUrhood Tim Horton!
