{"id":1839,"date":"2012-08-09T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2013-06-10T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:34:16","slug":"mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Mabel&#8217;s bakery finds a new home on Queen West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mabel&#8217;s Bakery at 323 Roncesvalles Avenue has been an oasis of great baked goods and specialty foods for about four years now. About six weeks ago, owner Lorraine Hawley opened a second Mabel&#8217;s&#8211;at 1156 Queen street West. It will be no surprise to hear that this second Mabel&#8217;s is, of course, every bit as glorious as the first one&#8211;the bread and croissants are just as flaky, buttery and fragrant as ever, the famous cupcakes are as sweetly baroque as before, and the sumptuous cakes are decorated with real flowers.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, we dropped in to Mabel&#8217;s for an early morning coffee and stayed long enough to chat a bit with manager Mary McDonald.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybWinE-8an8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1844\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Fresh-Bread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1844\" title=\"Mabel's bakery &amp; cafe Queen St. W. Toronto  \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Fresh-Bread-e1344430117925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh bread<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1843\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Buttery-Croissants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1843\" title=\"Mabel's bakery &amp; cafe Queen St. W. Toronto  \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Buttery-Croissants-e1344430166917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buttery croissants<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1842\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flowery-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1842\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1842\" title=\"Mabel's bakery &amp; cafe Queen St. W. Toronto  \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Flowery-cake-e1344430195774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowery cake<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1841\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Charming-Cupcakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1841\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1841\" title=\"Mabel's bakery &amp; cafe Queen St. W. Toronto  \" src=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Charming-Cupcakes-e1344430230382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"826\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charming cupcakes<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1840\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Mabels-Preserves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1840\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1840\" title=\"Mabel's bakery &amp; cafe Queen St. W. 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It will be no surprise to hear that this second Mabel&#8217;s is, of course, every bit as glorious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,188,193],"tags":[199,248,296,297,246,440,298,200,236],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-condos-interviews","category-queen-street-west","category-queen-west-stores","tag-art-condos","tag-gary-michael-dault","tag-mabels","tag-mabels-bakery","tag-queen-and-dovercourt","tag-queen-street-west","tag-queen-west-bakeries","tag-toronto-condo","tag-triangle-west-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mabel&#039;s bakery finds a new home on Queen West - Art Condos Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/artcondos.ca\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"administrator\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"administrator\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1ba4153ca38351633029333b762800d7\"},\"headline\":\"Mabel&#8217;s bakery finds a new home on Queen West\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-09T22:24:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-10T18:34:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/Fresh-Bread-e1344430117925.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ART Condos\",\"Gary Michael Dault\",\"Mabel's\",\"Mabel's bakery\",\"Queen and Dovercourt\",\"Queen Street West\",\"Queen West bakeries\",\"Toronto Condo\",\"Triangle West Development\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Art Condos Interviews\",\"Queen Street West\",\"Stores\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/artcondos.ca\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/09\\\/mabels-bakery-finds-a-new-home-on-queen-west\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mabel's bakery finds a new home on Queen West - 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