Little Italy has a new shining bar star in Crawford, Star Wars pinball machine and second hand furniture complete the feels-like-a-bar feel. With five dollar pints has a welcoming vibe Read more.
New owners have stepped in, preserving one of the only drinking establishments where brown bagging your food is welcome as long as it means you’re washing it down with a few pints.
Why? Because it's just like London -- in 1937. When a "public house" takes a stab at recreating the British pub experience & gets the blood sausage and scotch eggs 99% right, it’s worth stepping in. Read more.
The buttermilk pancakes are solid, the breakfast and bean burrito, a standout. But what makes Luna shine is that it is nestled on an otherwise quiet residential street.
All you need to know is it’s the Financial District’s best patio. Sure, you may wait for that drink, but hey it’s summer. Once you get past the clutter you may lose sight of all the towers around you. Read more.
The new gastropub (more British than French concept) features chicken Cordon Bleu with raclette, veal sweetbreads & steak frites. Canard also sports 150 classic drinks. It's soft-open - so get to it. Read more.
On any given night, you and your buddies can sample several fancy beers on the financial district's best patio. The Beer Bistro is one of those bars where you fell in love with drinking beer. Read more.
Sausage-and-beer themed restaurant opening should make your palms sweat with excitement. With 20 types of sausage on the menu we find a Bavarian beer hall aiming to redefine the term sausagefest Read more.
the Bowery, a new “punk meets farm” restaurant and bar on Colborne St. Bowery just opened this week and is styled after one of NYC’s most notable (and drunkest) neighbourhoods. Read more.
a new concept that finally allows grown men to serve themselves beer rather than wait in line behind Mr. Indecisive and the well-perfumed hobo returning a shopping cart full of empties Read more.
Consider enlisting the help of some experts at the upcoming Whisky Gala – a chance to taste a hundred different whiskies and learn from some of the best noses in the business. Read more.
The kitchen plate is awesome: generous selection of meats, cheeses, pickles and crackers, and only $9.
Nathan Ferraro: "The upstairs back patio is amazing because you’ll rarely find you’re not the only one there and it’s so private." Read more.
Andrew Pyper: "The food is excellent (haggis included) & there’s a whole world of whiskies on offer. What I most like is that the staff is — gasp! — always sweet and remember you from the last time." Read more.
Nathan Ferraro: "I love the coffee at Jet Fuel. Their coffee is so good you can drink it black. It’s always consistent and always strong." Read more.
Andrew Pyper: "There’s a high-ceilinged front room & cozier, cave-like back that I really like because you can check out a reading or get a drink at the front without being a jerk & interrupting." Read more.
Nathan Ferraro: "Sydney is a great and knowledgeable gentleman with excellent taste. They also carry Naked and Famous which is the best Canadian brand going!" Read more.
Always something going on at the Drake, especially during festival time. One of the few spots in the city that regularly secure 4 am extended licenses for special events. Click the link for event info Read more.
The happy hour special (between 5pm and 7pm) is a good deal. $6 for some of the best martinis downtown is pretty sweet (reg $11 to $13). Thursday nights are pretty good!
Bills itself as the city’s largest sports bar which includes 112 taps, 29 beers and North America’s largest indoor HD screen. We're sold. Read more.
Bending Elbows: A more or less average Canadian casual bar, except with politer-than-average servers, a tastier-than-average pulled pork sandwich, and way more character than a chain pub. Read more: Read more.
Bending Elbows: One of the city’s best beer lists. Nibble on Italian nosh while watching the Yonge Street people go by. Read more.
Beer is what Stout does best. The menu includes plenty of local bottles and at least 16 Canadian-made craft beers on tap, including lots of malty, spicy ales from Ontario. Read more: Read more.
The unassuming Henhouse features gay-and-lesbian dance nights but anyone ought to enjoy throwing a loonie in the jukebox, taking a vinyl seat and digging the friendly vibe. Read more.
Drinks columnist Adam McDowell: A cocktail bar saying it’s not interested in mixology is a bit like a restaurant saying it’s not into cooking. And it shows. More at the link: Read more.
Depending on the night or day, you can partake in an art show, a bluegrass concert, nude art lessons or Simpsons trivia. Or while away a Sunday afternoon with a bottle or two of Molson Stock Ale. Read more.
Bending Elbows: Decent food and a big beer selection, but a drab patio — plastic chairs on concrete. Read more.
Bending Elbows: The Tandoori Spiced Pisco Sour takes a Peruvian classic and adds a liberal dose of cumin, resulting in a sweet-sour-spicy long drink; a refreshing fusion. Read more.
Beer lovers have many choices, from Ontario craft beers to German and Belgian imports. Westvleteren, one of the world’s hardest beers to track down, pops up here at $25 a bottle. Read more: Read more.
With 30 beers on draft and in bottles, from Ontario micros to rarely seen Germans — Gaffel Kölsch is a wise choice — many, though not all by any means, make great partners with sausage. Read more.
Great place for a social gathering and to sit down and read a book. Lounge in a big chair and enjoy their bookstore atmosphere
You HAVE to see the wall of illuminated wall of skulls and AWESOME ceiling of lights! the music is great and atmosphere...HIP
Beer...lots of beers to choose from...a great place to hang out with good friends and have a great night.
On Sundays, sidle up with a pint and catch up on a week's worth of Coronation Street.
Going to a Jays game and looking to get drinks at a reasonable price? Check out the tour of the brewery tour before the game, it's interesting and drinks are cheaper than in the stadium!
Watch out for cask nights! C'est What shows off craft beers from all around Ontario. For only $1, you get a 3 oz. taster shot of beer!
