It's stocked with an eclectic mix of trinkets (antique wooden Buddhas, clay Moroccan tagines) collected over years of dedicated globe-trotting. German-Chilean clothing designer Alexia von Beck and her Greek chef husband turn the spotlight on international culture at their 8-month-old Holy Cow Market. E., te-aro.ca, coffee from $14.25 per pound. It's hard to say what drives more traffic to Te Aro Roasted, a year-old café in a former auto-body shop: the fresh sea-salt chocolate-chip cookies, the El Salvadoran beans roasted on-site by co-owner Andy Wilkin, or the unbeatable people-watching from the front terrace. E.,, ice cream from $2.50.Ĭheryl Tschupruk and Gini Bechard opened Baby on the Hip three years ago to supply the city's green-leaning parents with everything from natural-rubber pacifiers to bamboo crib bedding to handmade, turtle-shaped organic-cotton crocheted rattles. The year-old Ed's Real Scoop does just that, thanks to a rotating cast of one-of-a-kind flavors (Guinness stout, pear-and-Parmesan) and cream sourced from a local dairy. In a food-centric neighborhood, even dessert must live up to the highest standards. Chef David Cherry cooks up poutine with bacon and miso gravy-plus 10 varieties of eggs Benedict-for a devoted crowd gathered around '70s-era thrift-shop tables. At 10-month-old Lady Marmalade, the menu focuses on breakfast, "the rest of breakfast," and lunch.