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| - A solid 4.5 for this place.
Let me start off by saying the customer service here is phenomenal. I bought a Groupon and stupidly left it until December to use. Of course things got busy and unfortunately it expired. I contacted one of the owners (James), to ask him how I go about using the purchase price of the Groupon ($20) since it had expired. He quickly wrote me back offering me a chance to use the entire Groupon (which had a value of $40) as long as it was within a reasonable amount of time from expiry because he'd rather we come and have fun. Impressive. He recommended the Catch 23 show since we were newcomers. A great suggestion, but I will get to that later.
We decided not to eat here (kind of regretting that now after seeing the food). The menu looks pretty good with a variety of pub fare - nachos, wings, wraps, sandwiches, salads, Mac and cheese, shepards's pie etc. You can eat in the bar before the show, or actually bring the food in to the theatre as well. Be careful if you're eating something that requires utensils though because there are only a couple of tables, most of the seats are typical fold out chairs in rows. The food look really tasty and with large portions.
Getting to the show that we saw, Catch 23 is an improv show with 3 teams performing 4 skits each. There is audience participation as they vote on the quality of the scenes and a winner is crowned (or belted in this case - you'll get it when you see the show) at the end. The show was absolutely hilarious and was a great recommendation.
Looking at the calendar of events, This place has a wide variety of shows - both improv and stand up - on two different stages, every night of the week. Ticket prices vary, but none of them were expensive.
This place is very easy to get too as well, right on the subway line at Ossington station.
The half star is removed because it was hard to find a seat in the bar when we first got there. That being said, when we left our show and the people for the next show were coming in, I could see why they wouldn't want much seating because se the place was packed. In the theatre itself, I found that the seating was kind of tight. And like I mentioned, not many seats if you had food that would be hard to eat on your lap.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend coming to this place over and over again. A cheap, HILARIOUS way to start off the night, or even stay for both shows and make a whole night of it. I will be back, 100%
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