American Block Redevelopment | 3 fl | U/C

[tomh009]

If by everyone you mean the speciality shops then yes, their patrons choose those places for particular reasons ie. Fair trade/better than fair trade/vegan etc. They may have stilk taken a bit of a hit but yes surviving.

I see coffee Culture crowed as the same as Timmies crowds though.

By specialty shops do you mean coffee shops with espresso machines? Some have highly loyal patrons, but many customers are just looking for (what they consider to be) a decent cup of coffee, at a convenient location.

Tim Hortons will draw some of the Coffee Culture customers, but not all -- the product selection is not exactly the same. And some of the Tim Hortons customers will come from other locations (some of my neighbours currently drive to Tim Hortons to pick up coffee since there is no DTK location, for example).

I don't think it's a death knell for Coffee Culture, but it certainly will be a challenge for them.