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2026-05-06
📚 Book swap Sunday! Also… happy Mother’s Day.
We’re setting up outside, so stop by if you’re planning on heading to at Greenwood Park or if you’re just out and about.
Drop off a book you’ve loved between 8 and 9:30am.
Browse and take something new from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Grab a coffee. Say hi to a neighbour.
A great Mother’s Day morning starts with a good book and a great coffee!
Rain or shine.
📍 Corner of Gerrard St East and Leslie St.
📅 May 10
🕗 9:30am–3:30pm
What are you bringing to swap? 👇
2026-05-06
Hi neighbours! We’re doing a book swap this Sunday and we’d love to see you there! 📍 The Magpie Coffee and Bakeshop, corner of Gerrard St East and Leslie St.
We’re setting up outside this Sunday, May 10 — perfect if you’re already heading to The Leslieville Farmers' Market. Stop by on your way!
Come by and drop off a book you’ve loved and take something new home.
Here’s how it works:
Bring donations between 8am and 9:30am, then the swap opens to everyone from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Browse the shelf, grab a book (or a few), and if you’re feeling it grab a coffee while you’re here.
A great Mother’s Day morning starts with a good book and a great coffee!
(If the weather doesn’t cooperate we’ll move it inside, so come rain or shine.)
📍 The Magpie Coffee and Bakeshop, corner of Gerrard St East and Leslie St.
📅 Sunday May 10
🕗 Donations 8–9:30am | Swap 9:30am–3:30pm
The Magpie Cakery
2026-04-08
When someone walks in for the first time and already feels at home, we’re here for it! So grateful for this review, and for every person who makes Magpie what it is. 💕
2026-03-26
Good coffee deserves good company. Ours just happens to be baked.
📍1125 Gerrard St East at the corner of Leslie St.
Open Wednesday to Sunday till 4pm
2026-03-20
It’s the first day of spring and we are so ready for it! 🌸Bring on the patio hangs, iced drinks and longer days.
What’s your favourite first sign of spring?
🪺🐥☀️🌸🌱
2026-03-17
You don’t need a reason to take a break. But if you want one… this is it!
Come in, grab something from our book shelf, order a delicious treat, and give yourself an hour that’s just yours. No agenda, no guilt. Just a good read and a great coffee.
We’ll be here. ☕📚
At the corner of Gerrard St East and Leslie St. Wednesday to Sunday till 4pm
2026-03-08
Today we’re celebrating the incredible women who make up the community around The Magpie. 🌸
From the women running their food businesses in our kitchen, to the bakers and team members who help bring everything to life, to the women who join our baking workshops, and the wonderful clients who come in for coffee and treats — we’re surrounded by creativity, talent, and generosity every day.
There’s something powerful about women coming together to build, share, and support one another. It lifts everyone up, and we feel so lucky to witness it here.
Happy International Women’s Day, and thank you to all the amazing women who are part of The Magpie community. We’re so grateful for you!
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2026-03-05
This Women’s Day, we wanted to do something that felt meaningful and close to home.
This Sunday March 8, we’re donating 15% of every sale at The Magpie Bakeshop to Shelter Movers — a charity founded right here in Toronto’s east end.
Shelter Movers provides free moving and storage services to women and children leaving abusive homes.
On moving day, volunteers arrive with trucks and care so survivors can leave safely and with dignity. They’re the only service of their kind in Canada.
Come in this Sunday, grab something you love, and know that your purchase is going somewhere it’s really needed. 🌸
📍 1125 Gerrard St East at the corner of Leslie St.
2026-02-20
Meet Juliana 🎈the woman behind Balloon, the sparkling water you might have spotted in our fridge. 🫧
Juliana noticed a gap that many of us had probably just accepted: if you’re not drinking alcohol, your options are usually sugary mixers, club soda, or water.
So when she was laid off from her marketing job in 2023, she decided to make the thing she’d been wishing for — all-natural sparkling water with real fruit flavours and just a touch of real sugar. No artificial sweeteners. No compromise.
Then retailers started reordering. Customers kept coming back. Turns out she wasn’t the only one who wanted better bubbles.
We love carrying Balloon because it’s exactly the kind of story we’re here for: a woman who spotted a need, rolled up her sleeves, and built something worth raising a glass to. 🥂
📍 Grab a can next time you’re in and see what a little boldness and a lot of hustle tastes like — 1125 Gerrard St E, Leslieville
2026-02-11
Just in time for the long weekend - and Valentine’s Day. The deep n’ decadent cakes are back!
Address
1125 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, ON
M4L1Y1
Public Transport:
- Take the TTC subway to College Station.
- Transfer to the 506 Carlton streetcar heading eastbound.
- Get off at Gerrard Street East and walk west for about 5 minutes.
Driving/Parking:
- From downtown Toronto, head east on Gerrard Street East.
- Look for parking options along the street or in nearby paid parking lots/garages.
Opening Hours
| Wednesday |
7:30am - 4pm |
| Thursday |
7:30am - 4pm |
| Friday |
7:30am - 4pm |
| Saturday |
8am - 4pm |
| Sunday |
8am - 4pm |
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What people say
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