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Only in Toronto #28: Ryan Gosling, Blondies Pizza, Amausaan Uji Matcha, TIFF

Ryan Gosling made a surprise visit to a Toronto coffee shop this week after a social media campaign got his mother's attention.

In this episode of the Only in Toronto podcast, we catch up with the owner of Grinder Coffee to find out what he had to drink, how he smelled and how the whole thing went down.

Plus, Toronto's best new pizza joint, a new spot for matcha everything and the latest from the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Hector Vasquez at Blondies Pizza


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