Pub entertainment in Ontario
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C’est What
Over 30 whiskeys and six dozen Canadian microbrews (mostly from Ontario) are on hand at this underground pub. An in-house brewmaster tightly edits the all-natural, preservative-free beers on tap. There’s live music most nights at the Music Showbar next door. There’s good grub as well – the menu encompasses all-local meats, including peameal bacon from St Lawrence Market next door as well as free-range bison.
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Ciro's
Way out west in the emerging West Bloor Village neighborhood, dodge the dealers and duck into Ciro's for a come-as-you-are beer and a game of pool as old soul crackles on the stereo. The good-looking owners inherited Ciro's from their parents, and they've refused to gentrify it – the crusty old Bukowskis at the bar still feel right at home.
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Brass Taps
This atmospheric, split-level pub is the kind of place where you can read a book over a slow pint during the day, then whoop-it-up at night with a crankin' jukebox, pool tables and an eclectic crowd of after-workers, students and locals. It has Creemore Springs on tap, and the food is top-notch – try the 'Brass Taps Deluxe' pizza.
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Black Bull
The Black Bull may have Toronto’s most desirous pub patio. Though it lacks the charm of more intimate spaces, it’s in an open downtown location that manages to catch more evening sunlight than perhaps anywhere else in the city center. Line up behind the others to wait for a table, and don’t give it up until the sun goes down.
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Village Idiot
The Idiot is a cherry-red, black and brass boozer on the southern fringe of Baldwin Village. Management aims for an Olde English interior, but (thankfully) comes up a bit short, the irrepressible student crowd helping to keep things local. Belgian beers on tap, great pub food and afternoon rays streaming in.
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Madison Avenue Pub
Consuming three Victorian houses in The Annex, the Madison is positively elephantine. A 25-to-35 crowd is lured through the doors – billiards, darts, a sports bar, polished brass, antique-looking lamps lighting the curtained upper floors at night, five patios and plenty of hot babes.
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Wheat Sheaf Tavern
At Toronto's longest running pub (since 1849), a host of faithful regulars shuffle and mutter around dartboards, pool tables, a kickin' jukebox and relaxed streetside patio. It's a bit out of the way, but we like it that way. Half-price wings Sunday to Tuesday.
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Rebel House
Just north of Yorkville, rough-and-tumble Rebel House has 16 Canadian brews on tap, Ontario wines and well-trained chefs (yes, chefs) in the kitchen. Bend elbows with neighborhood drinkers beneath the ex-rebel dangling from the gallows on the sign.
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Honest Lawyer
Is there such a thing? Maybe not, but it’s a sure-fire conversation starter at this long, narrow beer room where an upbeat crowd is usually knocking back a few. Student specials, wing nights, big-screen sports and live music on the weekends.
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Toucan
Kingston’s oldest Irish pub is tucked away in an old stone alley near King St. Traditional British pub fare is served alongside sweet potato fries and poutine, and the $2.99 Sunday breakfast will help with the hangover.
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Cellarman’s Ale House
This soft, cozy, British-style pub even has an intimate location, tucked away off King St. Hearty English fare, like bloody steaks and kidney pies, keep the locals strong during drafty winters. Live folk music.
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Tir nan Og
Set inside one of the oldest and most charming buildings along the waterfront, this Irish oasis serves up live music and overflowing pints, as well as a full menu.
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Wellington’s
Wellington’s is the ‘light beer’ of pubs – it looks like a bar, but it’s healthier for you. The menu has some calorie-conscious options like pecan chicken.
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Honest Lawyer
If you think the name is oxymoronic, just wait until you get inside the Honest Lawyer - the pub has a buzzing student vibe and yet it's remarkably clean.
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Château Lafayette
Many would argue that ‘the Laff’ puts the ‘crap’ in crapulence, but this run-down relic does a good job of capturing ByWard’s laid-back attitude.
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CEEPS
For reliable good times, head to this student-flavored party bar. Live bands, DJs, pool tables, shuffleboard, local beers on tap – hard to beat.
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D’Arcy McGee’s
Eavesdrop on MP’s aides at this spirited Irish pub just a stone’s throw from Parliament Hill.
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Lion on the Beach
An expansive pub that spills out onto The Beaches sidewalk (lyin' on the beach – geddit?). A respectably long beer list and hearty pub grub (tex-mex, bangers and mash, fried rainbow trout) keeps everyone occupied. Kids run around between people's legs.
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