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 Nov 2, 2019:

Monday – Thursday 8 am to 9 p.m.

Friday 8 am to 10 pm (Latin Nights 7-10 pm) 

Saturdays 10 am to 11 pm (Salsa Nights 6-11 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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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.

 

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 on March 23, 2019.  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 info visit our meetup group:

 

 

Canada Weekend Hours 2019

CANADA DAY LONG WEEKEND HOURS for the 2019 Weekend:

Friday – June 28: 8 to 10 pm (Latin Dance w/ Cesar 8-10 pm)

Saturday – June 29: 10- 11 pm (Salsa Night with Giovanni Torres Dj Gio Salsa) who is bringing TeleLatino TV to film a segment of Salsa Night as part of the promotion for Salsa on St. Clair. Prepare to be on camera!

Sunday – June 30: 10-5 pm (usual Sunday hours)

Monday – July 1st (Canada Day!) 10 – 11 pm – as the main cafe in the area – our baristas will be ready to serve you on this busy day! El Salon opened to salsa dancers 5-10 for dancing!

Tuesday – July 2nd – CLOSED (to give us a chance to recoup!)

**Please note that we are a #familyfriendly cafe and we do not mind at all if you use our facilities (bathrooms) especially if you are in the area with children. We just ask that you leave them cleaner than what you found them!!!!**

Gracias!!!!

TASTE OF COLOMBIA FAIR TRADE COFFEE & GIFT SHOP

Taste of Colombia “After Dark”

#Carajillo #RedWine #Beer #InfusedWithCoffee

Hola everyone! We have some exciting news to share! Introducing Taste of Colombia ‘After Dark’. Starting this week we’ll be offering a selection of coffee infused alcoholic beverages for you to enjoy in the evenings. We’ve sourced out wines, beers, and spirits that blend beautiful coffee with your favourite ‘After Dark’ drinks. And of course we’ll be making traditional Spanish Coffees as well- starting with our version of ‘Carajillo’, originally a Spanish drink but also very popular in Colombia and other South American countries.

We’ll be rolling out these new products in the coming weeks and invite you to, as always, come in for a taste and let us know if there are other drinks you’d like to see us offering. Looking forward to seeing you at the cafe…after dark!

Victoria Day 2019 Hours

 

#LongWeekendHours #VictoriaWeekend Yes! We are OPEN this long weekend!!! Hours as follows:
#Saturday – May 18: 10-11 pm (Salsa Night 6-11)
#Sunday– May 19: 10-5 pm (Kizomba class 2:30-5:30 pm)
#Monday – May 20: 10-9 pm (Yoga classes & Dance Classes with Giovanni Torres Dj Gio Salsa in the evening)

Have a happy and safe Victoria Day!!!!

Cafe Closed on Sunday for Mother’s Day!

 

#WeekendHours #ClosedSunday

To honor all the mothers in our team – we are closing our cafe this Sunday – May 12, 2019.

Happy Mother’s Day to our staff members and to our wonderful clients!!

Here is how the weekend will unfold:

Friday: Open 8 am – 9 pm

– StretchYoga with Angela 12-1 pm

– Latin Dance w/ Cesar 8-10 pm

 

Saturday: Open 10 am -11 pm

– Vinyasa Flow Yoga w/ Angela 9-10 am

-Salsa Night with Angela Seth (6-9 Lessons then 9-11 pm Social Dance!)

 

Sunday: Cafe CLOSED

– Kizomba class in el Salon as usual 2:30-5:30 pm with TLC Kiz

Help us support Mental Health!

Help support team “Taste of Colombia” by pledging / donating whatever you can to the Sashbear Walk 2019. You may also support the team by registering for the walk if you are available on Sunday – May 26.

 

We host this wonderful organization in our community -event’s room so they can deliver their 12 week “Family Connections” Program to families in need of support as they often are in crisis mode.

 

Organizations like #Sashbear one are making a difference in our communities and we are very proud to support it.

 

Their current session ends tomorrow and the next one starts June 5th. Learn more about it here: https://sashbear.wildapricot.org/GTA-Groups-Upcoming

 

Go directly to the team’s page by clicking below: Gracias!

 

https://borderlinewalk.dojiggy.com/ng/index.cfm/18692/regPages/pledge/TeamTasteOfColumbia

 

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