As someone who freelanced/remotely worked for years, these are some places I frequented.
Livelihood Cafe
In Kensington Market there’s a cute cafe that serves Lebanese cookies… I have a hard time finding these! I make better ones from the recipe my friend’s mom taught me but they’re ok. This cafe also employs refugees. https://www.livelihoodcafe.com/
Green Grotto
35 St Joseph St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1J8
They are mostly quiet in the day time, have wall plugs, wifi, natural light, food and bubbletea, what more do you want.
Victory Cafe
440 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X5
Coffee, beer, wine as you type away… up to you.
ICHA TEA
235 Spadina Ave Unit 4, Toronto, ON M5T 2E2
Good tea and drinks but weird tables unless you can get a square one, and no natural lighting.
Bonus
Women’s College Hospital
Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville St, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
This is not a work space but I just like it, if you can get a family doctor here… this place is the bomb. Walk-in ultrasounds, same day IUD insertion… wow. Sometimes when I’m early for an appointment I just sit on ground floor and work.
Cops Donuts
https://www.copstreats.com/
Adelaide and Brant, I think. Tiny donuts that give you mouthgasms, also the branding of this business is a millenial’’s aesthetic wet dream.