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.
Bending Elbows: One of the city’s best beer lists. Nibble on Italian nosh while watching the Yonge Street people go by. Read more.
Bending Elbows: Decent food and a big beer selection, but a drab patio — plastic chairs on concrete. Read more.
Bending Elbows: Is membership worth the $285 annual fee? If you are keenly interested in cocktails and respect them as a culinary craft, the answer is, at last, yes. Read more: 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.
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: 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.
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.
The Miller's Space Gin Smash starts refreshing and finishes delicious, writes the National Post's Adam McDowell. Read our review of the Miller Tavern Read more.
Bending Elbows: For reckless, sun-headache-tempting fun, go for the Arctic Mudslide. It’s swirl of frozen coffee slush, Kahlúa and Bailey’s, reminiscent of a Tim Hortons Iced Capp. 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.
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.
Origin offers a selection of cocktails in milk bottles, for sharing. The one with Bulleit bourbon, Grand Marnier, clove syrup and citrus makes a smart modern answer to good old Lynchburg lemonade. Read more.
Rockabilly-era memorabilia is on the brick walls, there's a jukebox stuffed full of Elvis records and the bar is stocked with great beer, quality sake and luxurious Japanese whisky. 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.
Try the Full Metal Jacket (aged rum, Crown Royal, Averna) & the Raging Bull (tequila, akvavit, Averna again), splendid examples of retro revival mixology from cocktail creator Sandy De Almeida. Read more.
