I had attempted going here many times but with each try my plans would derail and we would end up going somewhere else. I went to Magpie for the first time for one of my best friend's birthday, indecently she is also one of the bartenders there.
All the beers are tap & bottle were local, organic and/or specialty beers... so if you are looking for Coors Light or Molson Canadian, you may want to go elsewhere. Sadly they did not have any cider, but my frown quickly turned upside-down when I saw that they had Strawberry Fruli in bottles at a reasonable $6.50 (Bier Markt sells it for 9$).
My first thought was how this place was super cute, my second was how the hell a 5 piece band managed to play in here last time I attempted to go with my fellow Yelpers. It was pretty busy at 11pm even though there were still a few seats available. The lack of ventilation quickly became troublesome; I can only imagine how gross it must be to drink here on a summer night when it's packed! As the night progressed the music went from good, to bad, to worse. I felt like I was turning into my mother "that's not music it's noise!"
I would probably come back on a week day to grab a beer to early on a weekend to pre-drink but I wouldn't recommend this place as your "means to an end".
Rumour has it their monthly Trivia Tuesdays are super fun.