Knife located along Givins Ave near Queen St. W. is a high end cookware and coffee accessory shop…read more Located along a residential street just off the busy Queen St. W., this unassuming shop has quality cookware and coffee accessories as well as blacksmith services as well. They also have a coffee bar (called Slow Coffee Bar) featuring a menu with rotating roasters/beans where you are able to get some good quality pour over (the baristas use the best methods to extract the best flavour of the beans from the coffee). There is some seating in the front area of the store to enjoy your coffee as well. I've been meaning to visit Knife for the longest time for their coffee bar and was finally able to do so on Sat morning. This review is specifically for their coffee bar services only. The shop had a steady flow of customers and the coffee bar was definitely non-stop busy. Since pour over does take time (different water temperatures/timing for certain beans), I did appreciate the meticulous precision it took to craft that perfect brew. Since I do drink pour over at home, I was excited to try this coffee spot. The store is big where they have a selection of high end quality Japanese knives, which are displayed at the back of the store. There is also a huge display of coffee brewing accessories. Blacksmith services are also on site where you can sharpen your knives as well. The coffee bar is located in the middle. In terms of the coffee bar, don't expect this experience to be quick. The idea behind the coffee bar is to savour the moment. I did wait about 5-10 min for my pour over but staff were nice enough to ask me to take a seat where they brought my coffee over. I asked them for a recommendation based on my preference for coffee (more floral and more acidic). The recommendation they gave me suited my tastes perfectly where I could taste the notes of Jasmine, peach and Bergamot in my coffee. Savouring the coffee, I spent some time just relaxing in the space. Afterwards, I paid for my coffee and the barista mentioned that they change their offerings frequently. Overall, a great coffee experience not to be missed by any coffee enthusiast! The pour over is great and the baristas definitely know a lot about coffee and how to perfectly execute the brewing method to best extract the flavours of the coffee out. It can be quite pricey but as someone who drinks pour over daily, I appreciate the time and effort it takes to execute each cup. A great somewhat hidden gem near Queen St. W.!

Amazing experience. If you know that you don't know everything and you want to learn more. I've…read morebeen living in kitchens and restaurants all my life. Liv was our instructor and her easy and patient style will make you all knife aficionados. Well done. I took away more than I brought, for me that's a win. Great spot to visit and Liv ROCKS!

I had wanted to check out this truck for some time as we saw him pass through our neighbourhood…read moreregularly in hopes of sharpening our well loved knives. I asked John about knife sharpening and he said no issue. Commented on how nice the knives were then went to immediately grind away their edge and break the tips off of two of three knives for sharpening. While the knives were sharper, they were all ruined but as I brought them in a towel was not able to inspect them until I got home and the truck was immediately gone. I have found no way to contact John about replacement or refund of the costs. On the positive, he did a great job with our garden shears and I would highly recommend the service for outdoor implements, but not kitchen knives and other nice blades.

yeah, a few years ago when relatively new to higher end knives, this guy was stopped near my place…read moreand my spyderco manix 2 was a little dull, so I approached his back door with it and asked him how he would go about sharpening a pocket knife like the one I held out to him....he grabbed it out of my hand and stuck it straight onto a super corse bench grinder and made an absolute mess of my knife.....he asked for money after this and I just walked away sad.

Sam replied quickly to my emailed query about sharpening my kitchen knives and an old pair of…read morescissors. We arranged a time for drop off the same day, and basically he was able to get them all sharpened while I ran a few errands in Burlington. Highly recommend using this service, as the turnaround was fast and the pricing was reasonable. Will definitely recommend to friends.

Crisp service and seriously sharp kitchen knives. Sam was very flexible and accommodating when we…read morecalled for an appointment to drop of our (very, very blunt) knives.

Absolutely the best knife sharpening service available in Toronto…read more At an average of 15$ per knife, this service is obviously not for lower-grade knives, but if you have good German or Japanese knives and want them brought to *above* factory sharpness by hand rather than machine ground into merely usable sharpness, this is the place to go. I brought a pair of somewhat neglected global knives to him (one with minor chips on the blade) and they came back chipless and sharper than when I first bought them. He also offers slightly more expensive services for fixing major chips or restoring broken points, again, worth the money for great knives, and again, all by hand. He also makes beautiful handcrafted wooden sayas or sheaths for protecting individual knives. For people with very high end japanese knives, he also offers a range of above-and-beyond services including polishing and treating the handle, converting the blade to a hamaguri edge and polishing the spine. The sharpener is a professional chef and the service is run out of his house. You can contact him through email or phone and then drop the knives off at his place. He generally takes three to four days to sharpen them. Nella is cheaper and still decent, and I am sure there are several passable services in the city (I've sent my knives to a few not-so passable ones as well), but if you want your knives brought to beyond factory sharpness *by hand*, by someone who will treat each job with an incredibly high level of personal attention to detail, this is the only option.

Joe did an excellent job sharpening my kitchen knives. Ready on time and good pricing. Will…read moredefinitely use Markham Knife & Scissor Sharpening again.

My fairly expensive haircutting shears got used a lot during the pandemic. These guys did a good…read morejob restoring them. Decent price. This is not in the same league as the dude driving around in a truck. I'll use him for my garden shears but not for my expensive knives and scissors. A lot of hockey paraphernalia in the store for a knife and scissor place. Only minor complaint is they seem to be so busy, even a small job typically needs to be left behind and picked up another day, and I don't live anywhere close to Markham.

Ted is a great option for all of your blades if you live in/near the Danforth area (I'm not too far…read moreover in Leslieville). He understands the difference between high-end Japanese steel and your regular everyday use go-to kitchen knives and treats them all with precision and care. My knives came back as good as new with all the nicks worked out and incredibly sharp for our needs. His service was super prompt (he did them all on-the-spot for me while I waited) and the pricing was reasonable. I know it sounds odd, but I'm looking forward to using him more frequently (now that I have found him), in order to keep our blades in tip -top shape rather than getting used to gradual dulling and stop-gap sharpenings/maintenance with my own tools.

as a first time customer the service was fast prompt and professional i highly recommend this knife…read moresharpening service to all culinary wizards