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Rooster regular Kathleen Edwards performs a jaw droppingly beautiful duet with Bahamas (Afie Jurvanen) @ The CBC. 

Jay snapped these this morning on the patio. 

We keep two tables out there for the hearty :)

Dexter was returned to its owners! Yay!

Newsflash: "Dexter" the dog pictured below got spooked by the fireworks last night and ran away from his home at 106 Langley Avenue. Responds to his name, please call 416 463 4597 if you spot him. Thanks guys!

We've decided as a store to help out the "Be a Santa to Seniors" program this year. Its premise is rather simple: Giving gifts to seniors who are alone at Christmas. You come in to The Rooster, you select an "ornament" with a gift request (usually basics like pajamas, or pet supplies, or toiletries) printed on the back, go and purchase the gift, return it to us, and then a volunteer from the organization delivers the gift the senior on the 20th or 21st of December. Voila! Instant happiness on both sides. You have until December 19th to join in, so if you feel inclined, pop in and Help Out a Senior! Ask us in store next time you're in.

All star Rooster baristas Jay and Kenny, and fellow John Smith bandmate Chavin (on the far left), sent us this great iphone snap of their pre-Halloween Saturday night par-tay. 

The boys will be performing tonight at Sneaky Dee's at 7:30 if you want to see some zombie hardcore in action! Preview/buy their first single here. 

Jay and Shawn loaded up the scooter and headed up Broadview to help Montcrest celebrate its 50th Anniversary on the weekend. If you have en event you'd like us to help you with, drop us a note. In the meantime, some pics:

As David Hockney displays his recent works for the iPad at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian visual artist Renata Janiszewska broadens the possibilities of the electronic canvas with her exhibition Solar Roses, which is showing in the shop until October 24th.

From Renata's press release:

"The subjects in Solar Roses are fantastic, playful, original and utilize colour in a highly expressive way. They include flowers, faces, and creatures, created using multiple apps, and entirely original techniques. Janiszewska has used electronic photo frames to display some of the works; the rest can be viewed on her iPad. She is available daily at the Rooster to answer questions."

More information about the show is here.

Renata will be at the shop from 5:30-7pm daily during the run of the show and from 9-5 on weekends. 

Check it out!

Bizarre Foods Andrew Zimmerman declared this coffee "insane". Wired Magazine recently wrote a full length article describing it in full gush: 

"His name is Arnulfo Leguizamo, and his beans possess the acidity of passion fruit marked by splendid notes of apricot, lemongrass, jasmine, and tamarind. The liquor has a creamy, lingering, caramel flavor mellowed by hints of wild honey — and brings home a whopping score of 94.05."

Arnulfo Leguizamo won the coveted 2011 Cup of Excellence for this Columbian 100% caturra liquid gold, and now we have it on pre-sale on the shop! Come in and ask us about it in a really low, knowing voice :)

A half pound goes for $35, which is super reasonable if you consider that if you were to have a Robert Parker 95++ wine, you'd pay three to four times that for the experience. So come in and try a next level coffee!

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Aroma: baked sugar 

Taste: Jasmine, tamarind, apricot, wild honey

Finish: notably sweet from beginning to end

Varietal 100% caturra

Processing: washed

Altitude: 1841m