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| - This is one of my favourite spots in Toronto: hipsters, locals, artists, students, and blue-collars alike come for no-nonsense fare like Molson Stock Ale and pickled eggs.
The staff is very friendly and welcoming like the people that choose this bar to hang out. Often you can ended up chatting with anyone in there and the conversation is always meaningful and brings you joy since no one usually is interested in what job you do and how much you make. At the contrary: this is the kinda place where you can feel like you're at home, a place where you have friends even though you don't know anyone in there.
It's the kind of working-class dive bar you could see yourself frequenting alone if you liked to tell bartenders your troubles, depending on your frame of reference.
The decor is either reminiscent of the older, lingering social clubs that you can still find scattered in neighbourhoods like Dundas's west end. Easy to be missed, outside, the facade is misleading, because the six-year-old bar is still crowned with the outdated signage of the venue's previous incarnation, "Nazare Snack Bar" which can get confusing for first-time visitors.
A chalkboard sign hanging in the window tips would-be customers off to its true name: "The Communist's Daughter".
On Saturday and Sunday evenings, live bands play in the window at the front of the bar, making things even cozier in the remaining space of the rest of the bar.
On Sundays instead, you can step inside to enjoy some good folk, acoustic set.
This is a fabulous place, laid-back and happy-go-lucky where everybody's your "compagno" (comrade) and the few seats available are equally shared by everybody.
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