The things people ask.

Yes, and a lot of people do — it’s one of the main reasons the café exists.

Sit wherever you like. If you’d like the option of company, take a seat at the long shared table in the middle and turn the little wooden marker over. If you’d rather be left alone, leave it as it is and nobody will bother you.

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Yes, free, and nobody will move you along for staying a while. Ask at the counter for the password.

There’s street parking along 12th Street. Update this with the confirmed time limits, any nearby lots, and the closest bus routes.

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It’s a café that’s set up on purpose so people can meet each other — through a free conversation you can order at the counter, Kindness Sleeves left behind for strangers, and events built so that turning up alone is normal.

The Humanity Café page walks through all of it.

No. There’s no minimum and no small print. You shouldn’t have to buy something to deserve a little human connection.

If you do want a coffee we’d love that — we’re still a business — but the two aren’t connected.

No. It’s one person sitting down with another person, and we’re upfront that we’re café people rather than clinicians.

It isn’t counselling, crisis support or professional mental-health treatment. If what you’re carrying is heavier than a conversation, we’ll say so kindly and we keep local service information behind the counter.

If you’re in crisis in BC right now, 988 and 310-6789 are both free and available around the clock.

Add a Kindness Sleeve to your order at the till, write a line on it if you want to, and we clip it to the board behind the counter. It stays there until someone takes it.

If you need one, point at the board. No form, no questions, no explaining yourself.

Plenty. Most of the Indian street food is vegetarian and a good share of it is vegan, and the menu marks every item — V for vegetarian, VG for vegan, GF for gluten free, HP for high protein and a chilli for spicy.

Oat, soy and lactose-free milk are available at no extra charge.

Tell us when you order and we’ll tell you honestly what we can and can’t do.

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It depends on the event. Free ones usually just want a heads-up so we can set out enough chairs; ticketed ones have a registration link on the events page.

A few are proper walk-ins with no booking at all — those are marked.

It’s the normal way to come. Most of our events were designed for exactly that, and on any given night a good share of the room arrived by themselves.

Yes — birthdays, workshops, meetups, community gatherings, team lunches, and full venue bookings outside regular hours.

Tell us what you’re planning on the bookings page and Amrin will reply personally.

We do — three tiers, a pot of tea per person, and a masala version if you’d like our take on it. We ask for 48 hours’ notice.

Details and the enquiry form are on the High Tea page.

Often, yes — chaat platters, sandwich trays, chai urns and dessert boxes. It depends on the date and what else is booked, so ask early.

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