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| - Came here on Saturday night with a group. It was cold and other restaurant establishments were either dead or closing and we didn't want to pay cover to go somewhere and just have a drink. So we ended up here, which is pretty random. It was pretty busy and noisy in the bar section. There are several TV's playing hockey and basketball, while club anthems blast from the speakers -- odd. The booths and tables were mostly dudes watching the game and drinking beer, while the stools by the bar seemed to be all canoodling couple (seriously? who takes a date to Jack Astor's?). As we were a group of women, my friend said "they should pay us to be here!" But we were too lazy to go elsewhere, so we sat down for some drinks and snacks.
The cocktail options all sounded really artificial/overly sweet, so I opted for a white wine sangria. It was kinda disappointing -- you could barely taste the wine. It was like orange juice! My friend's Caesar was okay. At least drinks here are cheap! $6.70 for most mixed drinks. We shared the guacamole, which was like the grocery store variety -- no chunks of avocados and kind of processed. The tortilla chips were good though. We also had the bruschetta which was a better choice. Super garlic-y and the tomatoes were fresh.
Service was passable. Our server was chipper and enthusiastic (although it's not helpful when we ask about different appetizers and she says "oh that one's really good" for everything). It was clear that they didn't want us to stay if we weren't gonna keep drinking... The second I took the last sip of my sangria, my glass was removed in the blink of an eye. Oh well, it's not the kind of place to linger and have real conversation (we tried, but we were shouting).
Good location near Union though, and the patio looks like it would be nice in the summer. More sports-oriented than what I'm into, but understandable given the proximity to the Rogers Centre/ACC. Lots of peeps in jerseys. So it may be a fun place to watch the game, but I wouldn't go back otherwise.
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