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Library Bar: A Book and Toast
A hidden, book-lined room off the Fairmont Royal York lobby — once the hotel's reading room, now one of North America's 50 Best Bars. The menu reads like a library, organized by literary chapter rather than base spirit, and every detail has been left to quietly do its work.
A Closer Look at Koko's Cookies
Earthy gas, Chem lineage, and a session tied directly to place — Koko's Cookies became one of those cultivars inseparable from the memory of where we smoked it.
The Porch at Casa del Humidor
Pouring rain, a barely-spotted sign, and a last-minute U-turn — Casa del Humidor turned out to be one of the finest cigar sessions of the entire trip, under a covered porch while Ontario weather pounded everything around us.
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