I'm going to start at the 22 year old C'est What, a place that specializes in local draught beer. It's a good place to get started due to it's proximity to Union Station. Over 35 locally produced beer, and a couple from Quebec, grace the draught menu and there are a couple of casks serving local real ale .
Head back upstairs to the sunlight and head north on Church Street to King Street and go west until you reach beerbistro, Toronto's upscale beer bar. Delicious food prepared with beer, hundreds of bottles from around the world, local draught, and experienced and knowledgeable staff make beerbistro one of the best places to have a beer in Canada.
Back out to the street. Head east until Victoria Street and turn up north until you hit Lombard Street. Duggan's Brewery. Opened in December of '09, Duggan's has already been experiencing a steady stream of regulars and has also received a good share of attention in the press. Eight beers produced on-site by Michael Duggan, including a very good Asian Lager, London Porter, and his signature #9 IPA. Good food too.
McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern is the next stop on the crawl. Walk east on Lombard back to Church and head north. McVeigh's is a great old Irish pub that pours a good pint of Guinness and has a nice welcoming feel upon entering. Once you've ploughed through your pint, change directions and head towards Yonge street and walk north to the 3 Brewers.
Opened in June 2009, the beers produced at the 3 Brewers won't knock the socks off the beer geeks out there, but it's good for what it is. Food's not bad, lots of tv's, good staff, and decent prices make the 3 Brewers a good choice when putting together a list for a pub crawl.
*C'est What - 67 Front St. E
*beerbistro - 18 King St. E
*Duggan's Brewery - 75 Victoria St
*McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern - 124 Church Street
*3 Brewers - 275 Yonge St
Tomorrow - Yonge Street
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I've been to all five places ... though not on the same day!
Troy, this is a bit of the "walking tour" I normally take out-of-towners on if they fancy a bit of a walk and a good view of downtown.
It goes like this: Get off at Queen Subway, walk down to McVeigh's. Consider a stop in at C'est What (though I've had such tremendously bad times there recently, I would probably say "no" unless the group in question specifically wanted to). Go down to Beir Markt for a game of everybody order something different and pass to the left, cut across to Steamwhistle for a bit of history and a brewery tour, up to the Wheat Sheaf for history, beer if they want, across Queen stopping wherever the muse leads, then up Yonge aiming for Volo, with Duggan's and 3 Brewers as possibilities. If we still haven't eaten, either a ttc to The Granite or to Ceili, and close the night out there.
Troy, this is a bit of the "walking tour" I normally take out-of-towners on if they fancy a bit of a walk and a good view of downtown.
It goes like this: Get off at Queen Subway, walk down to McVeigh's. Consider a stop in at C'est What (though I've had such tremendously bad times there recently, I would probably say "no" unless the group in question specifically wanted to). Go down to Beir Markt for a game of everybody order something different and pass to the left, cut across to Steamwhistle for a bit of history and a brewery tour, up to the Wheat Sheaf for history, beer if they want, across Queen stopping wherever the muse leads, then up Yonge aiming for Volo, with Duggan's and 3 Brewers as possibilities. If we still haven't eaten, either a ttc to The Granite or to Ceili, and close the night out there.
Chris - thanks for sharing your crawl with all the readers. It is definitely a 'walking tour'. Ending at the Ceili or the Cottage is never a bad choice.
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