Grown-Up Café Meets Kids’ Play Space at The Willow

Design Milk | 18.02.2026 22:00
The Willow Play Cafe, in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood, is a hybrid of sophistication and whimsy. Local practices Denizens of Design and DS Studio transformed a dive bar into a warm, inviting coffee spot – with wood panelling, a coffered ceiling, checkerboard linoleum flooring, vintage bentwood chairs and soft lighting – that morphs into an Alice in Wonderland setting through a keyhole-shaped portal.