Lieto Cafe
A bright Willoughby café known for its miniature cakes, award-placing tiramisu, macarons and Spanish lattes.
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- Where
- #120–20826 72 Avenue, at 208 Street in Willoughby
- Since
- September 2023
- Known for
- Miniature cakes and tiramisu
Lieto is the kind of café you pick when you want to sit and talk for an hour. The room is bright and calm, with long wooden tables and big windows, and the cake case by the door is hard to walk past. The name is Italian for “happy”, which suits a place built around dessert.
What to order
- Tiramisu: the one that placed in Vancouver Foodster’s 2024 Tiramisu Challenge (first in the People’s Choice vote and third with the judges). It was $8.99 on their delivery menu when we checked
- Miniature cakes: sweet potato, chocolate ganache, Earl Grey and blueberry yogurt are regulars, and they’re sized for one
- Macarons: Earl Grey, matcha and pistachio among them
- Coffee: Spanish lattes, flat whites and other espresso drinks
- Something savoury: sandwiches and light lunches if you need more than cake
Want a whole cake? The whole strawberry cake needs a day’s notice.
Who’s behind it
Lieto is family-owned and opened on September 1, 2023, in the spot at 72 Avenue and 208 Street. When it opened, the café said its baking was done in-house every day.
Before you go
Winter hours are 8 am to 5 pm, seven days a week. Call 604-328-7798, or check their Instagram for the day’s cakes. There’s no website.
More independent places nearby are on Shop Local in Willoughby, and our guide to things to do in Willoughby and Willowbrook has the rest of the area.
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