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| - If you happen to be coming from where I was and walking towards the Rogers Centre by way of Bremner and want a beer and a bite, you're a bit stuck. Hoops is one of only a couple of options.
The service was mildly attentive, the interior obnoxious to even a big sports fan like myself (how many TVs do you need? One at the table? Ugh) and the food way, WAY overpriced. A pedestrian ravioli dish for $17.99? Yikes...I'm a lousy chef and I could have replicated it pretty easily. And what's worse, it doesn't seem as though they even feature their full menu before games. They have something called an "event menu" where my first and second choices (I looked online beforehand) weren't available! So for at least 163 nights of the year (Jays, Leafs and Raptors games) you're stuck with this limited menu? And I'm not even counting concerts, lacrosse and whatever else might constitute an "event". Now I may be wrong and perhaps this only pertains to baseball games, though I somehow doubt it. In any event, it's still pretty weak.
If you can, go out of your way if necessary and take Front Street. You'll have about a hundred options, most of them being much better. So unless you're coming from work, have little time and Bremner is unavoidable, skip this place and hit up Jack Astor's or The Loose Moose or Overdraught or well, anyplace else. When I was there and the other few times I walked by it was pretty packed and there's no reason for that, other than the location. Avoid.
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