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| - While I typically don't like chains nor do I really like much about the French, this place is always a go to for me when I'm in Toronto. They brew some pretty good beer on site and am I glad that the IPA is now a mainstay on the beer list. The amber is also a very good brew. They constantly have about a half a dozen brews on tap along with a few seasonal guest brews. They also make a variety of beer cocktails and have a good whisky selection, so you're guaranteed to find something you'll enjoy. It's also wonderful to watch the bartenders' reactions when some ass walks in and tries to order a mass produced piss beer like Bud or Molson.
The main thing that makes this place wonderful is the staff. It's always nice to walk into a bar in a foreign city and be treated like a regular. When I was here last Wednesday, I was sitting at the bar and being served by a lovely and friendly bartender named Sarah, who I had never met before. She noticed that I was writing stickers and immediately perked up and mentioned that she'd been told about me. I almost always sit at the bar, so I can't comment on the table service, but the various servers are always friendly and chatty while waiting at the bar for their drink orders to be filled. My favorite bar back, Kumal, has moved on to bigger and better (or smaller and worse) things, making the move to Winnipeg, but he's been replaced by an equally friendly bar back. It's pretty impressive when the bar backs are as conversational as the actual bartenders. Speaking of bartenders, any review of this place would be incomplete without mentioning the wonderful Cynthia, who has made me feel at home from the very first time I stumbled into 3 Brewers. She works on Fridays and Saturdays and is just a joy to be around.
The food at 3 Brewers is okay. I usually eat the chicken quesadilla, solely for the NAFTA irony of being an American eating Mexican food in Canada. The music is a bit too poppy and in your face, but you get used to it after a few drinks.
Overall, this is a great place to stop in for a quick bite or endless hours of drinking your face off.
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