Back Alley Moto Café is the new java joint in town, located at 6393 Main St., just a smidge west of Park Dr. Owner and Stouffville resident, Paul Dutra, has been in the coffee business for many years, offering up his expertise and special proprietary blends of carefully selected beans from around the world. Paul’s love of motorcycles is the theme behind this newly renovated space, complete with a decommissioned 1962 Triumph in the window. Paul has a varied background from working in sales, to building custom motorcycles, to coffee aficionado and now café owner.
Throughout his changing career, his love of a satisfying coffee has always remained, ever searching out where the best cups of java could be found. His café has been open since September of this year and still has a few things to come, as ideas are always presenting themselves. You can stop in for a piping hot cup of coffee and/or any of the specialties that can be made from coffee beans – espresso, latte, Americano – he and his staff will whip you up something delicious. Enjoy a selection of fresh Portuguese pastries, as well as unique sandwiches, and a few surprises still to be finalized. You may have seen his coffee trailer popping up at events around Ontario – mostly car and motorcycle events – where he would serve up his finest blends to the crowds. He has four blends at the moment, and you can pick up bags of beans anytime. Café Racer is a blend of beans from two countries and is his light roast. Then comes Chopper, a three-country blend, his medium roast. Over to the medium dark roast called Bobber, again from three countries but different from the Chopper countries. To round out the bunch is his E-bike dark roast decaf, a single origin roast.
A new dark roast is coming soon and will be called Scrambler, so watch for that if you’re a dark roast fan. While you may see flavours noted on the bags, that is to indicate the type of taste
you’ll get from that blend, but there are no flavour additives, just straight up 100% pure coffee beans. Back Alley Moto Café is open Monday through Friday, 7 AM – 7 PM, and Saturday and Sunday 7 AM – 3 PM. Tell Paul you read about him here! Go back regularly to see what’s new and enjoy delicious coffee and treats, and don’t forget to pick up beans to mtake home. For the month of December, be sure to try out their tasty holiday drink—the Candy Cane Dirty Chai Latte!
Story by Susan Tucker
