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| - This is a difficult rating for me, but I think I just about pegged it. 3030 was touted to me as a place to visit by a beer geek friend. She hadn't gone yet, but she had heard good things. I was in the High Park area and heading North, so I decided to stop in and have a quick drink to assess the place before we came back at a later date.
After finding parking I started looking for this place and thankfully I knew the address because the signage is horrible. If that's intentional and their aiming to be the kind of place only those in the know are able to visit, that's a mistake. When I entered, right at lunchtime, the HUGE place had only two people. I don't imagine they'll get too many walk-ins.
Because of the empty cavernous feel, I had the awkward feeling that they weren't open and my hesitancy was noticed by someone who nervously asked me what I wanted. Uh, yeah, I actually had to ask this guy if they were open...and they were. I told him that I was just in for one drink and he seemed disappointed. This isn't a good start to my experience. He then pointed around to the empty place and said..."sit anywhere". Sure, buddy, I'll just do that...I took a seat beside the other people as close to the door as possible.
Because of the recommendation, I expected an awesome beer menu, but was disappointed with the 12 taps they had on offer. Most were decent Ontario craft brews, but there were no standouts. Disappointed might be too strong a word, I'd happily drink here, but it's not going to be an outright destination for the evening.
I was heading to lunch, so I didn't eat, but the menu looks ambitious and reasonably priced. It seems so varied, that I'm not sure that I'd return here some day for lunch or for their $5 tapas menu. I've always wanted to try 'provisions' before, but haven't had the chance. I'm not sure this is the place to get it authentically though.
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