Other shops in the Gerrard Street and Jones Avenue area are also concerned about growing rent prices.

Coffee shop owner Joelle Murray had been pursuing the star since Sept. 3 with a social media campaign in which she posted photos of herself and a life-size cardboard cutout of Gosling, promising 15 per cent off if he showed up at Grinder Coffee during TIFF.

Christmas spirit is alive and well in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood after a customer of a local cafe bought coffee for 100 strangers.