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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, N ov em be r 22 ,2 01 8 | 54 1276 Cornwall Road, Unit C, Oakville Ontario, L6J 7W5 T: 905-845-0767 • F: 905-845-5552 •www.haxelllaw.com • lawyers@haxelllaw.com Personal Professional Service at Competitive Rates Buying? Selling? Re Call us for a quote at 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas GOLDGOGOGOGOGOGOGOLDLDLDLDLD 905-845-0767 ext. 223Jameson Glas 250 Wyecroft Rd #13, Oakville, ON L6K 2G7250 Wyecroft Rd #13, Oakville, ON L6K 2G7 www.hcbtax.com • (905) 845-1194 We are excited to announce that on November 27, 2018 we will be participating in a Business Immigration Conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil to promote Canada as a destination for Brazilian direct investment Hanson Crossborder Tax Inc. will be represented by its Tax Manager, Trinity Zhang CPA, CA, who will be part of the expert panel. She will be addressing various Canadian tax issues related to Canadian inbound corporate taxation, mobility employment, HST to name a few. Alongside, will be the Canadian consulate in Brazil, the Bank Nationale du Canada, the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce, and immigration and business legal counsel from several Toronto law firms. This is a great opportunity for us to promote Oakville community, GTA and Canada to our Brazilian business partners and investors. When it comes to marathons and Ironman triathlons, it's a case of been there, done that for Brett Ti- tus. When it comes to serving coffee, pastries, soups and sandwiches to many customers, for Titus it's a case of Bean There Café. He is the owner-operator of an independent coffee shop that has been a fixture in downtown Oak- ville for almost a quarter-century. Opened in January 1995, Bean There Café has withstood the rise in popularity, and market domi- nance, of coffee shop giants like Starbucks and Tim Hortons, en- abling him to establish a niche mar- ket. For nearly 24 years, Titus, a manFor nearly 24 years, Titus, a manF some customers call Mr. Bean, has run the café in the same location, on Reynolds Street, a little north of Lakeshore Road. "As an independent, it is hard to compete with (the) others." Titus sells what he calls comfort food.food.f "The bread is all from Cobbs. All pastries are scratch-baked by a woman in Toronto," said the 56- year-old native of Collingwood. "I think I'm known for comfort food that is affordable and quick. Ifood that is affordable and quick. If pretty much know everyone who comes in." Other fare offered includes soups and a variety of meat sand- wiches and wraps, but also veggie wraps and bagels. Chicken caesar, garden and Greek salads are also available.available.a It wouldn't be a café if Titus's business didn't offer coffee and teas. He sells cold drinks such as iced lattes, frappes, chai lattes and green chais. Hot beverages include espresso, cappuccino, mochaccino, hot chocolate and a vanilla steamer. He even sells several flavours of packaged Bean There brand coffee beans. "We don't really have a kitchen, but for sandwiches all the food prep is done in the back. We bake cookies (chocolate chip) and muffins (blue- berry-bran and cranberry-carrot) on site, and there's a homemade chili that's quite popular." Titus says he works six days a week. "I hire weekend students, and my main person is here during the week," he said of co-worker Patricia Nicholls, who has been working alongside him for about a year. "Lunch is kind of my bread-and- butter time of the day. Typically, I get here around 5:30 a.m. and get some baking done. I leave around 6 p.m. I used to close at 6 but now it's 5:30. It's pretty quiet after 4," noted Titus. "We're a small operation .... You settle into who you are. I've found a niche on a side street here. I'd be paying double (the rent) on Lake- shore. "There were two other coffee shops in the downtown" when he opened, said Titus. "Now there's three just down the street." Before moving to Oakville and opening his café downtown, Titus worked as a ski coach in Banff, Alta., and also operated a conve- nience store and gas station in Ed- monton. At the time he bought his busi- ness in Oakville, the building housed a patisserie called Heaven and Earth. Prior to that it was the women's boutique Tocca Finita, which is now several stores downwhich is now several stores downw from him.from him.f When he's not run off his feet serving the breakfast and lunch crowds, Titus uses his feet to train extensively for running events. He's an accomplished long-dis- tance runner, having competed in the Boston Marathon 11 times, with his best time being two hours and 56 minutes. On Nov. 4 he ran the Hamilton marathon and posted a personal best time of 2:55. Even more impressive, Titus has completed two Ironman triath- lons in Hawaii, a gruelling combi- nation of a nearly four-kilometre swim followed by a 180-kilometre bike ride and finishing with a full marathon run (42 kilometres). Titus did his most recent Iron- man in Hawaii in October and fin- ished in about 11 hours. His wife Lambrina also com- petes in marathons and triathlons. Coupled with the occasional nine-kilometre training run he does around the downtown area with a running group, Titus doesn't view his daytime job as all that onerous. "Training takes up pretty much all of my time when I'm not here. I've catered the café around my life- style and vice versa." He's unsure how much longer he'll operate the café. "I'm 56. I haven't really thought about it. It's almost like being re- tired (now)." Bean There Cafe owner Brett Titus inside his Reynolds Street business. Nikki Wesley/Metroland BEAN THERE CAFÉ A DOWNTOWN STAPLE FOR NEARLY A QUARTER-CENTURY TIM WHITNELL twhitnell@metroland.com FOOD AND DRINK OWNER BRETT TITUS IS RUN OFF HIS FEET INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WORK ABOUT BEAN THERE CAFÉ LOCATION: 106 Reynolds St. Oakville HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CONTACT Call 905-845-2928 SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT INSIDEHALTON.COM