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thespec.com > news > canada > a-bygone-era-lauras-coffee-shop-embodies-mount-pleasants-many-changes > article_5f5ebc87-09bf-5ac8-8a15-7fe4fd45e236.html

A bygone era: Laura’s Coffee Shop embodies Mount Pleasant’s many changes

2+ week, 11+ min ago   (1310+ words) Laura’s Coffee Shop on West 6th and Manitoba. On the corner of West 4th and Manitoba, sits a little cafe that may appear out of place, dwarfed by the glassy high-rises that have sprung up around it. Despite the faded signs that…...


thespec.com > life > hamilton-region > rooneys-analog-photo-booth > article_bfbea465-fa62-51b5-a2ea-de038c31b9e7.html

One of the world’s last operational 1959 analog photo booths is tucked inside this Hamilton coffee shop

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (411+ words) Rooney’s coffee shop on Main Street East at Sherman Avenue. Rooney’s has partnered with Toronto-based Graination to collect and develop analog film. “It was meant to be,” said Botelho, whose company operates the rare booth now nestled in the front…...