Just 2 minutes walk from Notre Dame cathedral, you can see where my priorities lie when given only 15 minutes in this city on a large group tour. Instead of shelling out CAD8 for entry into the cathedral, I’d recommend making a beeline for Cafe Tommy. The cafe is housed in a beautiful old stone-facade building, and features very creative and quirky decor. You’ll find beautiful seating in every corner of the 2.5 floor cafe, including seat cushions on the steps leading up to the entrance!

With a good variety of baked goods and beverages you can have to go, you can pick something up before rushing to catch your tour bus. If you have more time to spare, they have things on bread or other brunch and lunch menu items for a leisurely meal and people watching. Thankfully, the staff here speak fluent English so we had no problems ordering!