Allen's is an institution on Danforth I keep forgetting about. The backyard patio with a giant tree is surprisingly as spacious as the vintage toned cinematic, well aged feels-like-imma-in-a-1940s-tavern insides. It's a pub with a bit of an upscale casual bent to it, at least when it comes to the grub it serves, where it aims to deliver a gourmet food experience instead of mere usual pub fare.
Maybe it's a bit over-the top that there's a thesis statement on the quality of their ingredients on some of the many items on their hefty menu. Maybe it's a way of saying we're no college dive bar; it's a place you can bring a date, have a family lunch or run a small casual meeting at--the mature sense of the business is palpable. On that sense the service is generally great and accommodating; the prices a notch above affordable though.
They got pizzas and fish and chips and such. The decent burgers are small but tall A.F. And they got an insanely extensive beer list that spans several chalkboards.
But yeah, the popular patio. More like a big-ass homey backyard of a relative's place and you're expecting steaks fresh off the grill.
{TTC: Broadview subway station; it's pretty much adjacent to the Danforth Music Hall}