Closed for winter
The Daytime Café
Thank you for the coffees, conversations, and familiar faces. Daytime café service is paused; any reopening news will be shared here and on Instagram.
Café update
Aura
686 Queen Street East
A cocktail lounge on Queen East. Your evening hideaway, Tuesday–Sunday from 5 pm.
Our daytime café is closed for winter. The lounge remains open with its usual evening hours.
Bar opens tomorrow at 5 pm
About Aura
Warm light, exposed brick, and a bar built on house infusions.
Aura sits on Queen East in Riverside, a few doors from Broadview. Inside it's low light and warm wood; out back it's a heated patio under a mural and a canopy of wisteria, open all year.
The cocktail list is built almost entirely in-house — our own vermouth, our own bitters, our own cold brew liqueur, infusions started days before they reach a glass. Dine in, take it away, or settle in on the patio and stay a while.
The heated patio
Open year-round. Yours for the evening.
A canopy of wisteria, a wall of colour, and a table tucked among the greenery. Our heated patio stays open through winter, Tuesday–Sunday from 5 pm.
This season at Aura
Evenings are still yours
Join us for house-made cocktails, warm company, and evenings on Queen East. Our daytime café is taking a winter pause.
From 5 pm · closed Mondays
The Lounge
Candles down the bar, a room that softens as the night goes on, and a cocktail list that rewards a second visit.
Book a tableFrom the bar
Three to start with
Scottish Kiss
Single Malt Scotch, Lemon, Demerara Syrup, Hot Sauce, Smoked
Spicy · Sour · Smoky
Hot Towel
Homemade Cold Brew Liquor, Vanilla Infused Vodka, Coconut Infused Rum, Coffee, Cacao Bitters
Coffee · Sweet · Boozy
Ocean Eyes
Rum, Blue Curaçao, Clove Syrup, Lime, Pineapple
Sweet · Fruity
Private events
Take the patio. Or take the whole room.
Birthdays, engagements, launches, wakes with a good bar. Gather on the heated back patio or make the whole space yours. Tell us the date and we'll review availability and options with you.
We'll keep a table for you.
Plan a quiet drink, an evening on the patio, or a night with friends. Reserve your table through OpenTable.
Book a TableParties of five or more? Start here instead.