Taste of Colombia – Fair Trade Coffee & Gift Shop

“TASTE OF COLOMBIA” Fair Trade Coffee & Gift Shop has been created to be the first store for Fair Trade Colombia – our parent organization.  It is the first green and fair trade coffee & gift shop operating in Oakville, Ontario (Canada) offering a wide array of Fair Trade Coffees, Teas, Colombian Snacks and Fair Trade products in a fun and lively environment! TASTE OF COLOMBIA wants you to taste the best of Colombia through its food, music and products!

Regular hours updated on Jan 9, 2018:

Monday – Friday 8 am to 9 p.m.

Saturdays 10 am to 11 pm

Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

For more details about our regular weekly events at El Salon please visit:

Meetup.com:

1. All classes (Yoga / Dance / Wellness) held in our El Salon – our events room (Unit #3): https://www.meetup.com/LakesideYoga_in_Oakville/events/
2. Spanish Conversation Club: https://www.meetup.com/Club-de-Conversacion-en-Espanol-Spanish-Conversation-Club/
3. Salsa Night: https://www.meetup.com/Salsa-Night-Noche-de-Salsa/

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See our listing with HEN (Halton Environmental Network)

or on Trip Advisor

                                                               

Address:

67 Bronte Road, Units #2 & #3

Oakville, Ontario, L6L 3B7 Canada

Phone: 289-837-3021 Cell 416-568-5707

Map here

FREE Parking on the street or behind our units all the time; if parked behind the units you may use back entrance!

We are located on Bronte Road south of Lakeshore. The entrance to the parking lot is on Marine Drive.

info@tasteofcolombia.ca

www.tasteofcolombia.ca

Our beautiful cafe (Unit #2) and “EL SALON” events room – (Unit #3)  are both available for corporate and private events.

 

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Fair Trade in Music!

#FairTrade #Music #Musicians #ComercioJusto #L2P #L2Play

How can a business be / apply the concept of Fair Trade (comercio justo) to music and musicians? In our cafe we benefit daily from the awesome music we play as the background music (latin / salsa / merengue / rumba / Spanish pop /flamenco and more).

Our salsa night requires the most awesome Salsa / Cha Cha Cha / Bachata ever created.

This is how:

Show respect for the music you love by supporting the artists that create it. Pay for their work as you would for another service or equipment.

1. Always buy a vynil / cd / dvd and if online we encourage you to pay for a service that pays royalties to musicians (we buy music in iTunes if we don’t own already own it).

2. If using music for business – pay your yearly fees to your local association (in Canada we pay SOCAN).

If you know another way – please share it with us! Gracias, Taste of Colombia / Fair Trade Colombia

Easter Hours 2019

 

Felices Pascuas! Happy Easter!

#EasterHours #WeAreOpen!
Thursday: 8-9 pm
Friday – April 19: 8-9 pm
Saturday- 10-11 pm (Salsa Night is 6-11)
Sunday 10-5 pm
Easter Monday 10-9 pm

Salsa Night Video by The Sheridan Sun

 

 

We want to share this lovely video made by Sheridan College Journalism students: Alyssa Kaoukis and Ross Cadranel. They put together this video for one of their assignments two weeks ago and we are thrilled! Great job guys!!!!!! Thank you for choosing #SalsaNight as the subject if your reporting.
See the video in the link below!
https://youtu.be/HKSmrtLSDgY

Everybody is welcome to join our salsa nights! For more detailed info visit our meetup group and become a part of it for free! https://www.meetup.com/Salsa-Night-Noche-de-Salsa/

Closing at 5 pm Mon-Fri during March Break 2019

Please note that this upcoming March break our cafe will be closing at 5 pm Monday to Friday.

Weekend hour remain the same:

Saturday: 10 am to 11 pm (Salsa Night goes from 6-11)

Sunday: 10 am to 5 pm as usual

Any classes – events in our community room will continue as usual as all the instructors have keys to El Salon.

Thank you! Taste of Colombia

Cafe CLOSED for Family Day (Feb 18, 2019)

#FamilyDay2019 Please note that our cafe will be CLOSED on Monday, February 18 to allow our dedicated baristas precious time with their families! We encourage you to do the same if you can! #CreateMemories
Learn more about this holiday here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Day_(Canada)

Early Closure Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019

#EarlyClosure: Please note that our cafe is OPEN today from 8 am to 6 pm – albeit with less staff members (some baristas are parents of school aged children) so it you make it around here – we will do our best to take care of you! Stay warm & drive carefully if going out at all!

#snowday ❄️☕️🍪

Closing at 6 pm instead of 9 pm. Gracias

Holiday Hours Dec, 2018

#HolidayHours Please note our extended hours and holiday closures this 2018 season:

Regular Hours:

•Monday-Friday 8 am -9 pm
•Sat 10 am – 11 pm (Salsa Nights don’t stop!)
•Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

Cafe CLOSED: Mon -Dec 24th & Tue -25th.

Café Open: Dec 26th (Boxing Day 10 to 5 pm)

Dec 27th through Dec 30th with regular hours

Café CLOSED: Mon – Dec 31st & Tue – Jan 1st.

Open with regular hours Wed – Jan 2^nd, 2019!

May your holiday season be peaceful and full of joy!!!!

Contact Management at (416) 568-5707 for emergencies. GRACIAS for being such awesome clients & suppliers!!!

Gift Card Promotion

Our #GiftCard special is here! In time for the giving season!!!

Here is the scale of this once a year promotion! Going on until Dec 31st!

Cards $20+ get 15% more added
Cards $50+ get 20% more added Cards $100+ get 25% more added

Is our way to say Thank you for being such loyal clients! Valid for any drinks / food / merchandise and Salsa Nights.

First come – first served!#easygiving #bestgiftever🎁 #ready #teachergifts🍎

ThanksGiving 2018 Hours

#ThanksGivingHours #CafeOpen #LongWeekendHours

As per our clients request, our cafe will be OPEN on ThanksGiving Monday 10-5 pm.
Long Weekend Hours:

Friday – Oct 5: 8 a.m. – 9 pm
Saturday – Oct 6: 10-11 pm (Salsa Night 6-11 pm)
Sunday – Oct 7: 10-5 pm (as usual)
Monday – Oct 8: 10-5 pm (Holiday Hours)
Tuesday – Oct 9: 8-9 pm (usual hours)

Updated July, 2018 Calendar of Classes

Below is an updated calendar of classes and events that occur weekly in our El Salon – Event’s Room: