or just over a year now, Notre-Dame-de-Grace locals and ex-pats alike have been filling this busy and delightfully leftist airy café located across the street from NDG Park. Bringing in small acts and displaying works by neighbouring artists, this little place has created a loyal following, cultivating a local bean coterie with its original sandwiches and green-conscious free trade coffee. With the will-be-requisite free WiFi connection, Skaika encourages burrowing and long type-residences. – C.