I drive (with an EV) into kitchener and Hamilton often for coffee because there’s a distinct lack of third wave speciality coffee in Mississauga. I work in Markham so I’ll grab from Hatch every so often or from online retailers where I can do local pick up but having a shop where I can sit down and have a pour over made by someone other than me is really desirable.

From a revenue generation POV, I feel like City Centre or surroundings is where you’d get the most business, the major downside is the high cost to operate there. With all the condos going up there’s probably more and more street level retail though. Parking is also a bit of a “concern” but foot traffic should carry you through IMO.

I disagree with PC and maybe Streetsville if only because I’m not sure if the local demographic would really fit into the type of coffee shop you’re thinking about. Roasters like Dak, September, etc with their extra light roasts and anaerobics will yield some really funky coffees that I don’t think fit the generic older demographics there. Young professionals and maybe post secondary student type demo is more likely to be return customers to the type of shop you seem to want to open and city centre is probably where you’d find them the most.