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| - Nice little spot for drinks and a bite, no doubt! There are few things that keep it from hitting the 5 star mark, however, and I think these are easily remedied.
First, the good to great:
* Draft beer list is small but very nicely chosen. Not a poor choice amongst them. Any pub that serves me draft McAuslan oatmeal stout scores big points right there! And at $5 ($5! I say!) it's practically stealing.
* Three Unibroue bottled options (Fin du Monde, Trois Pistoles, and Blanche du Chambly) means they have three of Canada's very best beer offerings available. They also have 750ml bottles of Chimay. Sweet!
* Chicken sandwich -- ok, so I'm not a fan of cranberry preserves... that's my bad for ordering it. Other than the cranberry, though, this sandwich was wicked good. And the toasted bread? I think I might serve prison time if I confess to the things I want to do to it.
* Pork burger. Daaaaaaaamn. Tasty! The ground pork was perfectly cooked. Perfectly -- ever so slight blush to the meat, loose but not crumbling, nicely seasoned... why are people so scared of undercooking pork burgers? It's not hard, and Drift proves it.
* Service. Service was superb. Super nice guy who was very attentive, let us take a couple samples of beer (even when I confessed we'd tried them before, just couldn't decide what we wanted and could use a refresher). He was serving double duty as bartender and server and made it look easy.
* Boardgames. And wo! GOOD boardgames, not just the crummy tile-raided copy of Scrabble, beer-stained Trivial Pursuit, and assortment of VV'd kids games nobody ever plays. They had Catan. Sweetness. Note to other pubs: having Candyland on your shelf is cute and all, but c'mon. Give us games we'll actually play.
The Not so Good:
* Poutine. It was soupy and lacked salt, while the taters were wedge cut. It's not that it was bad (hence "not so good"), it was just... off. Less robust fries, a thicker gravy (or maybe less of it), and just a pinch of salt. I may sound picky here but, hey, EVERYONE in this city does poutine. If you're going to deviate from the classic, you better have something amazing, and this isn't it.
* Decor. This definitely will sound picky... but most of the decor is cool, ol' vintage and second hand / rescued stuff/junk/art/swank. But they also have a bunch of photos framed in dollar store plastic that just look really out of place. When you've got weathered, re-purposed windows serving as frames and artwork, man, ditch the crap frames and tie it together better. It distracted me, what can I say?
So, Drift... meet Three Speed and Holy Oak. Enjoy vying for my love and affection. I may play hard to get but, trust me, I'm worth it.
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