The Takeout: A love letter to Tim Hortons from a Canadian expat in Paris
Stock photo Todd Cravens
Oct. 14, 2020
The first stop on my annual pilgrimage home to Toronto, Canada from Paris, France, where I’ve been living over the last decade, is always Tim Hortons. And given the sheer number of locations across the country—about 4,300 in Canada—I’m never very far from one.
Canadians with more highbrow coffee tastes than me may puzzle at my unsophisticated coffee habits. I live in Paris, one of the café capitals of the world, and Canada itself boasts a dynamic scene of artisan craft coffee roasters and gourmet coffee houses. There are a host of more premium Canadian coffee chains and franchises I can patronize, including Second Cup, Timothy’s World Coffee, and Van Houtte.
But as many other Canadian expats can attest, when you return to the country after being abroad for a while, the sight of a Tim Hortons coffee shop is perhaps one of the warmest, friendliest, and most comforting affirmations that you’re finally home.
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