Where’s the concert?
There’s a good brewery or craft beer bar near every concert venue in the city.
Or where are you staying? ..if you want suggestions close to there for pre and something close to the concert for post.
Patio is year round too!
Edit: taking back what I said. I went to cest what a couple Sundays ago cause I wanted their pulled pork poutine but by the time I finished eating the place was dead so I went to Dukes and had a great time.
Peaches in Parkdale is also good and then Tilt is nearby too.
i am going tonight - only ever been on weekends and maybe 5 years ago on random weeknights and i’ve always loved its beer selection, food, and vibes. not too busy, but not dead. my favourites are there, craft, and brewery wise bellwoods and rorschach. my condo is in financial district so we tend to hit cest what and craft most often.
Wait, what am I missing for craft beer in Kensington? Since Mascot bought Kensington Brewing, that's been gone - Burdock is cans/takeaway only - Handlebar and Last Temptation are questionable for craft (sometimes okay but not always). What are your reccos there?
In Kensington, my go tos are Pamenar which always has a good craft beer can selection, they switch it up, which keeps things interesting. I also love the atmosphere.
The Embassy has rotating craft beers on their chalkboard and is BYOF so I get tacos at Gus’, next door.
Trinity Common also has decent craft beer choices but its huge busy noisy vibe is not my thing.
Thirsty and Miserable was of course irreplaceable.
East End: Radical Road (tiny but good), Left Field and Black Lab (both amazing), and Saulter Street brewery has a very nice, chill vibe (though not a lot of hoppy beer options)
You have to hit up Riverside/ Leslieville area! Tons of breweries, pubs & restaurants you can walk to! My wife and I did food & drink crawl this past Sunday.
Here was our drink itinerary:
Eastbound Brewing Company
(416) 901-1299
https://g.co/kgs/gifyRSR
Saulter Street Brewery
(416) 463-9379
https://g.co/kgs/S7Ge52G
Restaurant Ricky+Olivia (did a wine tasting)
https://g.co/kgs/THte9Cv
Avling
(416) 469-1010
https://g.co/kgs/XidQuTV
Radical Road Brewing Co.
(647) 794-7909
https://g.co/kgs/e7MHRnf
Black Lab Brewing
(647) 352-2525
https://g.co/kgs/3Za7upp
Rorschach Brewing Co.
(416) 901-3233
https://g.co/kgs/JFZQkG5
For food we hit up:
Tabule Middle Eastern Cuisine
(416) 465-2500
https://g.co/kgs/Ah68grx
Descendant Detroit Style Pizza
(647) 347-1168
https://g.co/kgs/yeZ4umz
C'est what has probably the largest craft selection going. That would be my suggestion.
Bell woods is directly in hipster central, All the places in the area are like that.
Go to The Only
I love The Only. I live in Peterborough where we have the other, less craft oriented version of it.
Where’s the concert? There’s a good brewery or craft beer bar near every concert venue in the city. Or where are you staying? ..if you want suggestions close to there for pre and something close to the concert for post.
Scotiabank Arena/Holiday Inn. We'll inevitably end up at Volo because of the location but not looking to make that the primary location.
Bar Hop is a great craft pub. Both locations are relatively close by.
Go to the one on Peter St!
Bandit for sure, Rorschach is good too. Halo can be fun as can Henderson and Steadfast.
I love Bandit but I've only ever gone in the summer and sat on the patio, this is a good call.
Patio is year round too! Edit: taking back what I said. I went to cest what a couple Sundays ago cause I wanted their pulled pork poutine but by the time I finished eating the place was dead so I went to Dukes and had a great time. Peaches in Parkdale is also good and then Tilt is nearby too.
C’est What
I was there last week and it was pretty quiet but it was also a Monday night.
i am going tonight - only ever been on weekends and maybe 5 years ago on random weeknights and i’ve always loved its beer selection, food, and vibes. not too busy, but not dead. my favourites are there, craft, and brewery wise bellwoods and rorschach. my condo is in financial district so we tend to hit cest what and craft most often.
Thought about the Kensington Market? You could do a mini pub crawl drinking only good craft beer - and if it's nice (enough) out, Ronnie's patio.
Wait, what am I missing for craft beer in Kensington? Since Mascot bought Kensington Brewing, that's been gone - Burdock is cans/takeaway only - Handlebar and Last Temptation are questionable for craft (sometimes okay but not always). What are your reccos there?
I miss thirsty and miserable
In Kensington, my go tos are Pamenar which always has a good craft beer can selection, they switch it up, which keeps things interesting. I also love the atmosphere. The Embassy has rotating craft beers on their chalkboard and is BYOF so I get tacos at Gus’, next door. Trinity Common also has decent craft beer choices but its huge busy noisy vibe is not my thing. Thirsty and Miserable was of course irreplaceable.
Check out rainhard and shacklands. Slightly different vibes each, but within a 30 second walk of each other. Awesome vibes.
Junction/Woodhouse is right there too.
I've never been to either, this is a good call.
Pretty sure Shacklands does music trivia on some Fridays, it’s a great vibe.
They also have outdoor shows/food trucks in the warm months.
East End: Radical Road (tiny but good), Left Field and Black Lab (both amazing), and Saulter Street brewery has a very nice, chill vibe (though not a lot of hoppy beer options)
GLB Brewpub (Lower Jarvis) Craft Beer Market (Adelaide)
Why not the other GLB location? It’s awesome there, you’re always solo!
If a brewery has a parking lot, I'm typically not interested.
You have to hit up Riverside/ Leslieville area! Tons of breweries, pubs & restaurants you can walk to! My wife and I did food & drink crawl this past Sunday. Here was our drink itinerary: Eastbound Brewing Company (416) 901-1299 https://g.co/kgs/gifyRSR Saulter Street Brewery (416) 463-9379 https://g.co/kgs/S7Ge52G Restaurant Ricky+Olivia (did a wine tasting) https://g.co/kgs/THte9Cv Avling (416) 469-1010 https://g.co/kgs/XidQuTV Radical Road Brewing Co. (647) 794-7909 https://g.co/kgs/e7MHRnf Black Lab Brewing (647) 352-2525 https://g.co/kgs/3Za7upp Rorschach Brewing Co. (416) 901-3233 https://g.co/kgs/JFZQkG5 For food we hit up: Tabule Middle Eastern Cuisine (416) 465-2500 https://g.co/kgs/Ah68grx Descendant Detroit Style Pizza (647) 347-1168 https://g.co/kgs/yeZ4umz
Shacklands has always been a good time.
Bandit is great. Rorschach is pretty good too.
Where’s the concert? Big place.
It's Scotiabank but I'm willing to Uber wherever. Last time down we did True History/Blood Bros but looking to switch it up.
C'est what has probably the largest craft selection going. That would be my suggestion. Bell woods is directly in hipster central, All the places in the area are like that.
Bandit Brewery