Yes, that IS a Tim Horton's, right here in Suwon! A few of our fellow yankee teachers told us they had seen a tim's 15 minutes away. Now, Shawn and I have done quite a bit of research into these rumours and promptly made the short journey to verify the lie. As we were walking we discussed the possibilities: "It's got to be just the name, it CAN'T really be a true Tim's", "I wonder if they will know what a double-double is", "I don't see any Tim's litter, that can't be a good sign"....etc. Well, we got to the intersection and lo and behold, there it was: Tim Horton's Coffee, Cafri, Ballentine. But as we got closer, we saw that it was dark inside with blue lights.
When we got inside, we ordered two coffees and were instructed to sit down (no take-out option). We sat in black leather seats and drank our coffee. At this Tim Horton's you can buy alcohol, but no donuts, bagels, timbits...you get the idea; it was more like a bar than a cafe. We got the bill for our coffees and it came to 12,000Won (about 6 US$ each!). So, though this place was nice, it was NOT a true Tim's. The coffee grounds were of an unrecognizable brand name and the coffee came with a little cookie. We wonder how this place came to be. Did he simply steal the name upon a trip to Canada? Or does he have some kind of deal to use the Tim Horton's name and logo? I would guess the former as a more likely scenario.
Check out this video we made inside this giant farce!
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