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| - I really like this bar. For a stretch of road (the Danforth) that is filled with restaurants and bars, I think this gets first place in my books, however the service could be slightly improved.
My wife and I will go up once a week or once every other week for pints and burgers. The burgers are some of the best around - cooked to your liking and void of any grease - just natural flavouring with salt and pepper. Anyway, we always sit at the bar and find the barman to be disinterested in any friendly chat with the patrons and, as was said in a previous post, we always are the one to wave him down to place an order, at least at the start of the evening. He may pass by occasionally to see that we're satisfied or if we need a fill up on the drinks but not nearly enough for us to say - "hey, we really like the staff at Allen's". For that reason, it's also a place I wouldn't think about venturing to for enjoying a pints and meal on my own. For a neighborhood bar, I would expect a little more engaging from the staff.
Aside from that, the food is really really good. There is an excellent selection of beers (more so in the can and bottle than on tap.). If you like Lagers, go for the Allen's Lager (their house brand). It's made by Amsterdam and is pretty decent.
The atmosphere is more mature and well-heeled than a lot of other places on the Danforth and the price reflects that.
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