Ginger Molasses and Tim Horton's by Gary Hainsworth

[note: this was written June 2012] 

I was in a Tim Horton's in Toronto when I wrote this. I wrote it shortly after eating a ginger molasses cookie. A type of cookie I have never had before. I just bought a cookie and ate it. I'll tell what I thought of it later.  Some people compare Tim Horton's to Starbucks Coffee. Often saying along the lines of "It's kind of like of like a Starbucks" or Canada's Starbucks equivalent. In fact, many people have told me this, h drawn comparisons to the two franchises. Well, I'm going on the record to say, declare; I disagree. Yes, yours truly is officially announcing that he doesn't think the analogy applies. That the comparison is apt. No sir. It is not.  Tim Horton' is in design and so on more like a Dunkin' Donuts. However, it's a really, really nice one (or at least the five or six I've seen so far).  I can see why so many drew comparisons to Starbucks which is famous for its ascetics and how much it as has permeated Canadian culture in what I'm only assuming is a very short amount of time. I suppose comparing Tim Horton's to Starbucks is meant as the highest possible form of complement but not necessarily as an accurate assessment of their business reality. Its store functions outside the superficial resemblance it has with Starbucks as both places are home to coffee, cookie's pastries and so on. However, it is good. I enjoyed my brief time there. And since many of these Tim Horton's are coupled with Cold Stone Creamery's. I'm sure the average Canadian has all the more reason to love it...or hate it. I guess it all depends on how you feel about ice cream. So how was the Ginger Molasses cookie? Delicious. "Tojours Frais."