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  • It was a sad sign of the times when the Gull and Firkin opened up shop a few years back and replaced the legendary drinking hole appropriately named...well Legends. Long gone are the days when crusty owner/operator "Pete" stalked the dimly lit and hastily constructed bar, discriminating at will who he dispensed alcohol to that evening or even afternoon if that was your particular thing, and it was for many a patron at Legends. The Gull and Firkin is yet another incarnation of the corporate pub where every menu item, color scheme and square inch is planned according to a highly disciplined corporate agenda and is based upon exhaustive market research-all geared toward getting us to eat and drink more. The Gull is no exception, and as part of the Firkin Group Of Pubs now spanning the GTA it is precisely what one would expect of a pub that is slave to the corporation. The menu comprises standard pub fare but does have some diamonds in the rough. Most notably the Irish Nachos which are essentially seasoned waffle fries with melted cheese, bacon, green onions and sour cream. If anyone is familiar with Licks Homeburgers you will probably recognize this as Taters and cream under a different name. Licks does them well, but the Gull does them better. Another plus is the impressive patio which fronts Queen St. E. and is absolutely ideal for people watching and consuming massive amounts of alcohol in the summer months. When in the process of completing this review I did come to ponder the question as to what a Firkin actually was. I Googled it and came across this fairly succinct Wikipedia entry. Without further ado, a Firkin is an old English unit of volume and for beer and ale a firkin is equal to nine imperial gallons, seventy-two pints, or a quarter of a barrel. In concluding I feel that firkin moniker is apt. The Gull and Firkin is a quarter barrel pub. It does everything "ok," but nothing exceptionally well and the deliberate corporate crafting of pubs just doesn't do it for me.
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