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| - I went to school across the street from this place for 3 years . From previous reviews, I know that the opinion of most students that attend GBC are well, not the best. Anyways, this summer I found myself a returning student to GBC for another year of torture, also known as school.
Anywho, for this whole time I have never ventured to Gabby's. Not once. Yes, I walk by it every time I'm at school, and have received countless invitations from friends to join them for after school drinks, but it has just never appealed to me for two reasons:
1- This particular area of Toronto is FULL of great bars and pubs where to get an after school or work drink.
2- If I want food, St.Lawrence Market up the street! OR there are hundreds of other restaurants in this area.
But today, after a final exam that almost made me cry, some school mates invited to Gabby's so we could commiserate about the exam from hell that was given to us by our heartless professor, and I accepted.
First impression: This place is a regular, run of the mill bar. It is pretty dark in there which I appreciated, as it made me feel better about my plans to drown my sorrows on a pitcher of beer so early in the day. We took the biggest table they had and ordered our drinks. The waitress looked at me suspiciously and then carded me, which made me feel great, specially since I was the oldest in the group by like 4 years.
I was about 2/3 into my Stella when I saw the little drink menu on the table with the daily specials. Thursdays = $2.25 beer mugs. I asked the waitress what beers were offered on the special and she told us Coors Light and Canadian. Not my choice of beers, but at $2.25, I wasn't going to say no. I ended up having 2 mugs, plus that Stella and it all came to less than $10.00!
I don't particularly like Gabby's at all really, but its a good option for cheap beers (as long as you don't mind their only 2 choices).
So will I be returning? Probably only after another exam, when all I want is a cheap beer with friends. Oh, before I forget, our waitress was really nice and did not mind at all that we all wanted separate bills :)
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