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| - I'm from Scarborough, not a student or downtown resident, and I still usually make this a stop or destination during any kensington/college street drinking binge. Why? For starters THE CHEAPEST BEER AVAILABLE IN A TORONTO BAR. Even chinese restaurants/poolhalls don't serve cheaper beer. Ten dollar pitchers? Those haven't existed since I was fifteen! I disagree that it's all dorky engineers at this joint, I've actually scored here and I find it's a pretty good mix. You get a long of young people, the student crowd, and they're always really friendly and easygoing. The bartenders are alright but the service is awful, probably why I didn't give it a five-star review. The servers seem to really hate their lifes and get visibly offended when you ask them to do anything. The live music is pretty wicked, the guy I saw on Friday had a huge repetoire and did requests all night. Unfortunately when I saw the live comedy I was not impressed and it actually deterred me from drinking there. Two pool tables that usually aren't very busy and a foosball table provides lots of stuff to do once you've already hit on every chick in the bar. Einstein beer, despite being suspiciously cheap, is actually pretty good, and easy drinking, better than Coors Light or Mill St. Tankhouse Ale. I wasn't bothered by the decor, seems like a typical student bar to me, but yeah, it is definitely dingy. Highly recommended hangout that won't break the bank.
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