Did I honestly think a bar/restaurant would be this bumping on a Monday night?!
No.
Did I think the fruits of our 'adventures' in finding a place to have a drink on Queen West would result in such a gem of a find?
No.
Did The Beaconsfield blow my socks off?
YES!
So the night started off with wanting to have a drink someplace new. My gf and I didn't want the same ol' same ol' so we went on an 'adventure' looking for a place to go.
We've both been to The Drake next door so that was out of the question, but somehow the little Beaconsfield next door seemed to be glowing on an otherwise gloomy street.
The place was packed! The random smoker outside told us we were like two people looking for where's waldo trying to find the entrance which is actually on Beaconsfield and not Queen.
Once inside we managed to score two bar seats as every other seat was taken or reserved. We ordered two glasses of Rioja and chatted the night away. The crowd was mixed (my fav kind of crowd) with people on first dates, groups of friends, random old men alone pounding down their stellas at a table for one. Oh, and did I mention a live DJ in the corner cranking out beats? oooh yah..
Though we ate dinner before we arrived (3 cheers for all day dimsum!) I was enticed by the menu and want to return to try out some of the food and more of the drinks!
(**The lack of one star is because I haven't tried the food yet!)