Comedian Robby Hoffman loves coming home to Canada for many reasons (but mostly it's Tim Hortons)

Here & Queer is a Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series hosted by Peter Knegt that celebrates and amplifies the work of LGBTQ artists through unfiltered conversations.

People often assume that because she was born in New York City, comedian Robby Hoffman must have got her start there. But the truth is that Hoffman cut her comedy teeth north of the border.

"I really came up doing standup in Toronto, so that is special to me [to be back here]," she said when she stopped by the set of Here & Queer in the midst of a cross-Canada tour. "I really think the Canadian audiences are underserved and underappreciated, along with Canadian talent. But really, I got my chops here."

On the latest episode of Here & Queer, Hoffman chatted about the many reasons she loves coming home — Polish food and Tim Hortons very much among them. She described the latter as "water with a couple drips of some type of coffee syrup … and it's excellent. Watch the full episode below:

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Montreal, Hoffman got her start not only doing standup in Toronto, but writing for locally produced (right here at the CBC) shows like Workin' Moms and Baroness Von Sketch Show. She went on to be named one of Vulture's top comedians to watch and was on Conan O'Brien's "comics to watch" list, before recording her first one-hour standup special I'm Nervous in 2019 (it's available to watch on Crave). 

Hoffman is currently the co-host of the podcast Too Far (alongside Rachel Kaly) and has several projects in development (including with Showtime and A24). But she still found the time to come home for her first theatre tour (appropriately called First Theatre Tour), performing in six cities across Canada.

Like most of her performances, the tour will not feature any repeat material.

"I just don't stop thinking," Hoffman said. "It's always a rebirth. It's always that I have more thoughts. I wish I could turn my thoughts off, but thank god I have such an outlet that I can put them somewhere and actually perform them … As long as I'm living, I can't imagine not having new material because I always have new thoughts. I wake up and I'm like, 'It's another day, can you believe this?'"