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Coral Cafe YYC in Calgary, specialty coffee cafe

if you're mapping out a slow tuesday or carving out a couple of focused hours before the week picks up speed, 16th avenue ne is a reasonable place to land. coral cafe sits at the kind of address that doesn't require a destination neighborhood to justify the trip, just a reason to be out and moving. calgary's independent coffee scene has grown up considerably, and spots like this are part of why. what you get here is a place that takes the work seriously without making it theatrical, which matters more than most cafes will admit. the local reputation has been built steadily, not on novelty. if you're deciding between a quick stop and a longer sit, the cortado might be the cleaner call for the former.

curated by gautam khorana, editor · updated

nri score56
buzz0
local cred--
what these three numbers mean

nri is our 0-100 quality index (review consistency, volume, web presence, specialty signals). buzz is social momentum right now. local cred is the share of reviewers who live nearby rather than visit. how the nri score works

hours

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social pulse

new wave0/ 100

newly on the calgary radar. coral cafe yyc is building social momentum at buzz 0/100.

google reviews

114

avg rating

4.3

local cred

n/a

google figures as of . the editorial copy above may predate them.

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