I loved Gerry's (and miss it), so I vowed never to set foot in Hudson's. Well, a couple weeks ago a friend asked me to meet her there...I was so disappointed! The interior looks nice enough (dark wood paneling and canadiana-kitsch art) but it was full of drunk yuppie bros and I was not feeling the vibe at all. The music ranged from shit I could get behind (Gnarls Barkley) to completely inane (soulDecision?!) and at 9pm when I got there, was so loud I had to yell over it. There were tonnes of tvs all turned to the same thing--sports! The menu was fairly comprehensive, some dishes with cute local names, but kind of expensive and not very friendly to this vegetarian! I ended up getting some 11.00 potato skins but paying that much for 6 wedges was kind of a rip-off, though they tasted fine.
I convinced my friend to hoof it out of there and we headed over to the hop-in-brew for a much nicer scene. what a relief!