Many Presse Café branches change their opening hours during the holiday season. Please find below the information regarding the schedule changes at some of our stores for the coming weeks. 

Toronto

St-Clair

DEC 24 TO DEC 28 : CLOSED
DEC 29 : 9 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 30 : 9 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED


West Park

DEC 24 TO DEC 27 : CLOSED
DEC 28 : 7 AM TO 4 PM
DEC 29 : 7 AM TO 4 PM
DEC 30 : 7 AM TO 4 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED



Bay Street

DEC 24 TO DEC 27 : CLOSED
DEC 28 : 7 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 29 : 7 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 30 : 7 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED



Bloor

DEC 24 : CLOSED
DEC 25 : CLOSED
DEC 26 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 27 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 28 : 7 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 29 : 7 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 30 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 31 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED



Whitby

DEC 24 TO DEC 27 : CLOSED
DEC 28 : 8 AM TO 9 PM
DEC 29 : 8 AM TO 9 PM
DEC 30 : 8 AM TO 9 PMM
DEC 31 : 8 AM TO 5 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED



Cornell

DEC 24 : CLOSED
DEC 25 : CLOSED
DEC 26 : CLOSED
DEC 27 : 8 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 28 : 8 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 29 : 8 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 30 : 8 AM TO 7 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED


Ottawa


Blair

DEC 24 TO JANUARY 1: CLOSED



CBC

DEC 24 TO JANUARY 1: CLOSED


Les Suites

DEC 24 : CLOSED
DEC 25 : CLOSED
DEC 26 : 6:30 AM TO 10 PM
DEC 27 : 6:30 AM TO 10 PM
DEC 28 : 6:30 AM TO 10 PM
DEC 29 : 6:30 AM TO 10 PM
DEC 30 : 6:30 AM TO 10 PM
DEC 31 : 7 AM TO 8 PM
JAN 1: 8 AM TO 5 PM


Rockland


DEC 24 : CLOSED
DEC 25 : CLOSED
DEC 26 : CLOSED
DEC 27 : CLOSED
DEC 28 : 8 AM TO 2 PM
DEC 29 : 8 AM TO 2 PM
DEC 30 : 8 AM TO 2 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED

Carling 

DEC 24 : CLOSED
DEC 25 : CLOSED
DEC 26 : CLOSED
DEC 27 : CLOSED
DEC 28 : CLOSED
DEC 29 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 30 : 8 AM TO 3 PM
DEC 31 : CLOSED
JAN 1: CLOSED

Presse Café Cyprus is opening soon a new Express shop, on Limasol Avenue, in Nicosia. The store will serve frappés, espresso, hot and cold drinks, along with fresh and healthy food. 

Our Presse Café CEO and his esteemed advisors are presently in Russia. Their mission is to explore and weight the opportunities for us in Moscow over the next years. Stay tuned!

Many Presse Café branches change their opening hours during the holiday season. Please find below the information regarding the schedule changes at some of our stores for the coming weeks. This information will be regularly updated to help you plan your visits to our stores!

Presse Café Chambly

DEC 24 : 6 AM TO 5 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 11 AM TO 5 PM
DEC 31: 6 AM TO 5 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: 7:30 AM TO 8 PM

Presse Café Boucherville

DEC 24 : 7 AM TO 5 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 11 AM TO 8 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: 8 AM TO 8 PM

Presse Café Mont-Saint-Hilaire

DEC 24: 6 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 9 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 31: 6 AM TO 6 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: 7 AM TO 6 PM

Presse Café St-Hyacinthe

DEC 18 to JAN 4: CLOSED 

Presse Café Trois-Rivières

From DEC 1st to 31th
Monday to Friday: 7 AM TO 9 PM
Saturday: 9 AM TO 9 PM
Sunday:  9 AM TO 9 PM

EXCEPTIONS:
DEC 24: 7 AM TO 4 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 9 AM TO 9 PM
DEC 31: 9 AM TO 4 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: OPEN and back to our regular opening hours.

MONTREAL

Presse Café St-Eustache

DEC 24: 7 AM TO 5 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 10 AM TO 8 PM
DEC 27: 8 AM TO 8 PM

DEC 28 TO 30: 7 AM TO 8 PM

DEC 31: 7 AM TO 5 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: 10 AM TO 8 PM
JAN 3: 8 AM TO 8 PM

JAN 4: back to our regular schedule. 

Presse Café Square Décarie

DEC 24: 8 AM TO 4 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 31: 8 AM TO 4 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED

Presse Café 7172 St-Laurent (angle Jean-Talon)

DEC 24: 7:30  AM TO 5 PM
DEC 25: CLOSED
DEC 26: 9 AM TO 6 PM
DEC 31: 7:30 TO 5 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED
JAN 2: 9 AM TO 6 PM

LAVAL

Presse Café Cité de l'Avenir

DEC 22 TO JAN 3: CLOSED

Presse Café STL

DEC 22 TO JAN 3: CLOSED

OTTAWA

Presse Café CBC

DEC 25, 28 and JAN 1: CLOSED

Presse Café Bank/Esplanade

DEC 25, 28 and JAN 1: CLOSED

TORONTO / GTA 

Presse Café Whitby

DEC 20, 24-27: CLOSED
DEC 31: WILL CLOSE AT 5 PM
JAN 1: CLOSED

Why is it that when seen from the outside, some people seem to succeed in their business with a lot of ease? We decided to talk to our experts and it's Mr. Hussain, owner of two Presse Café branches at Quartier DIX30 and Square DIX30, who will be sharing with us his "winning recipe" for this week.

After 35 years in the trade and export field both here and abroad, M. Hussain became the owner of a Presse Café franchise without having planned it much. It was the kind of opportunity that you feel that you have to seize with the intention of doing something great with it.

Mr Hussain is a "real" businessman. It shows through the passion that pierces through each sentence when he talks about his business and explains to what he owes its success.

"When I start something I go all the way! It was like this from the beginning and still is. It is what I taught my children who are working with me to do. At first, you have to be aggressive as in determined, stubborn! Then you have to go all the way with your ideas without ever giving up, even when you encounter obstacles and difficulties. And to be able to do that, you must love what you're doing."

Customers have noticed that the attention to details in order to impress them and to make their visits to Presse Café enjoyable have been multiplied since Mr. Hussain and his family took over those two branches.

"We have embellished the terrace, gave a new look to the place and increased our daily salad selection by varying our offers. We take our time with each client when serving them the perfect coffee and plate they want, and in addition, to ensure the quality and the freshness of the products, we pay special attention to the presentation of our plates because we first and foremost "eat" with our eyes!"

For him, the word-of-mouth is the best advertising strategy. "When customers take the trouble to point out how delicious the food was and how much they appreciated the welcome they received from us, we know that they will tell their friends and find opportunities to come back" he said.

The secret? You have to work hard!

When asked what he means by "work hard," he hastens to explain that the quality of work is not measured by the number of hours you put in.

"We work a few hours each day. Between seven and eight. However, it is important to clarify the work, to make it more efficient and to simplify everyone's tasks. Working hard is putting your utmost in what you're doing in order to make it perfect. As simple as that. It is also coming up with ways to be more efficient. All this comes with loving what you do of course"

And finally, he attributes much of this work and success to his team that he shaped to his liking, obviously.

"It is important to get the team involved. I work with my family, my son, my daughter, but the employees also became part of the family. They are our children. And every day we ask them their opinion. When they taste our products they know that they're good and become more convincing when assisting the clients with their choice because they know. No need to pretend!"

If the Presse Café concept is strong in itself, people like Mr. Hussain who know how to surround themselves with a strong team give Presse café its flavor, its unique colors and that little extra that makes you come back again and again. To speak with Mr. Hussain and to drink a good cup coffee on the flowered terrace.

Both Presse Café branches are open 7 days a week until evening. 

Presse Café Dix/30 
Presse Café Square Dix/30

Have you ever worked in the service industry? If so, have you ever had to try very hard to please everyone but never the less felt that you were caught between a rock and a hard place? In any case, we face some of these situations occasionally in the course of our day-to-day operations and would like to share them with you with total honesty.

It's lunchtime for example, the queue is getting longer and an undecided customer is asking questions about every single item on the menu delaying everybody behind. We want to offer the best service that characterizes the type of business that we are, but people in the queue are in a hurry, they don't like being delayed, they're impatient and they show it.... It's ok. We are used to that! We take all the time needed to please this particular customer who later leaves well served and satisfied. We smile to the next client, the line starts moving again smoothly with no incidents!

There are also those who arrive early, choose a table that seats four people and settle in comfortably. Later, when other clients look for a place to put down their cup or plate, it's hard for us to ask those who were here first to make room to the new comers. But it is even harder to let people leave because there's no place for them to sit.

And if a person allergic to one of our products decided to bring their lunch into the store, would it be fair not to grant the same favor to someone who asks to do so but for a different reason? The list of things is long and hard to control, especially with allergies. Nut allergies for some, kiwi for others...What to accept and where to draw the line? Should we also accept a delivery of food ordered from another chain by a customer sitting in one of our cafés? (Because yes, as strange as it may seem, it has happened already!)

Therefore, to avoid misunderstandings and limit "harsh" interventions that look like school discipline, our designers and developers had a funny idea after discussing with our customers, employees, franchisees and territory directors. They worked on the sign below that shows with humor the ways that set the foundation of our work.

Even if we do everything we can to make everybody comfortable as if at home, the fact remains that we still have to pay the rent beginning of every month! Consequently, there are some things that cannot be allowed.

At the end, and without any intention to play on words, we have to face the fact that selling coffee and sandwiches, is our "bread basket" and beautiful spaces, nice atmosphere, good company, free WiFi, music, magazines and newspapers, are extras that we delightfully love to offer to you!

It is hard to believe that Presse Café Cyprus is already celebrating 4 years!

Congratulations to Theodoros Kringou and his team for rising and nurturing the Presse Café spirit amongst the Chypriote community.

In the picture: Jay El-Jalkh from Presse Café St-Hilaire and Emmanuel Robin at our Training Center at Presse Café 3563 Saint-Laurent Blvd.Before becoming a Presse Café franchisee, candidates must complete a few weeks of training. It's meant to teach them how to prepare our exclusive recipes as well as all the aspects of managing a Presse Café store.

The new franchisee of Presse Café St-Hilaire considers himself lucky because he discovered at the age of 39 his real vocation. Greeting people, cooking for them and offering them a second home, the time of a meal or a coffee, was always a thrill for him. He loves people and takes a great pleasure serving them as a restaurant owner.

We asked him to describe his journey a little more.

Before joining Presse Café network, I worked in the hotels and restaurants field for 18 years and between Hotel Management studies, Sommelier Training at the ITHQ, working shifts at receptions, nights’ auditions, room service at hotels and as a waiter at restaurants, I learned my job.

When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a singer, a dancer, a doctor, a fireman, an architect, a chef like any kid of my age. Then with time, the idea of owning my own restaurant grew and took roots in me.

Now, I will have the chance to welcome the locals in the Presse Café and somehow be there for them while they’re enjoying their relaxation moments outside the office hours or school or home.

Do I need to add that I am already thrilled at the idea of being part of this great community that revolves around Presse Café morning, noon and evening?

Presse Café Mont St-Hilaire is open from 6 am to 7 pm on weekdays, and from 7 am to 7 pm on weekends.

Click the link below to follow on Facebook the news of Presse Café Mont-St-Hilaire and the coffee contests: fb.com/pressecafe.msh

Presse Café Cyprus opened its new store December 19h, on the premises of the movie K-Cineplex in the area of Makedonitissas. The big cinema parking, the indoor and outdoor space and Wi-Fi services, makes our new store the ideal place for meetings, and special events.

The authentic espresso bar and the sophisticated menu is the best choice for a quality breakfast, a business lunch or dinner.

To find out Presse Café at K-Cineplex's operating hours and the full address, click here.

The results are in! You voted and, by popular demand, the Nutcracker was the clear frontrunner against the three other Christmas beverages in our survey.

Was the Nutcracker your favorite? Rejoice! For those who voted for Peppermint Hot Chocolate (our runner up!) or the two other drinks, the Eggnog Latte or Gingerbread Latte, be sure to bat your eyelashes at your favorite Presse Café waiter — you may get what you wished for! Several Presse Cafés will be offering all of our Christmas beverages during the holidays!

We wish we could have had them all, but there can only be one winner! Congratulations are in order for the Nutcracker; it put up a stellar performance!

Coming soon to a Presse Café near you!

The winners of the contest that accompanied the survey can be found via a post on our Facebook page (dated Thursday, Nov. 13th 2014).