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| - This mini-resto/bar at Queen and Bathurst is what I would call "dive-chic".
Digression: Reviewers below complain about 'hipsters' (I'm getting so sick of that word btw) but I see them simply as cool boys / beautiful girls in their 20s and 30s. To my fellow Yelpers: What makes these people hipsters? The fact that they have an urban sensibility? To me, the pejorative word "hipster" means someone who has an "I'm cooler than you" attitude. Did you speak to everyone at 416 Snack Bar to assess whether they're all douches? If not, the hipster factor is irrelevant.
Anyway. Dark, divey yet still somehow sexy interior...There was no bouncer on the night we went (Fri at about 10:15pm) and the DJ in the corner was spinning some loud, sweet old-school hip hop etc. The place was pretty rammed.
Seating is limited, so if you go during peak hours be prepared to hover awkwardly in the middle of the room before scoring a table or a seat at the bar.
At any rate....the limited snack menu of mostly high-calorie options are FUCKING WICKED-ASS. Sorry :) They are truly that awesome. Plus, all are "cutlery free"! Cutlery is so overrated.
Crispy morsels of boneless Korean fried chicken-on-a-stick are doused in sweet-spicy sauce and are highly, highly (highly to the power of awesome) addictive. Cantonese shumai (dumplings, essentially) are moist and superbly flavourful. The mini reuben sandwich is OTHERWORLDLY. Didn't try the scotch egg benny or oysters, but will do next time.
Nice wine list to boot, featuring some great Canadian wineries (Organized Crime, Rosehall Run) and they even have Ontario's Waupoos apple cider on draft! Impressive. I'll be back for more apres-joint snacks for-fucking-sure!
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