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| - After watching a Raptors game on a Sunday night (they won! :D), my friend and I walked to the Spirit House to enjoy mojitos which we both had been craving. Unfortunately, the place was closed. King Street was completely dead, and I was reminded of why Toronto is so lame. It was only around 9:30 pm on a Sunday night, and the streets were eerily quiet, and this was doubly surprising because of the warm weather we were enjoying. Sigh.
We walked around in vain, from empty bar to empty pub on Queen Street West, in search of a mojito. Finally, he suggested the Drake Hotel. I'd never been there, and neither had he, but we both had heard rave reviews of it. Discovering from their website, that it was open till 2 am, both of us were thrilled. We walked in and instantly gratified by our decision to go there. The lounge is large and beautiful. The seating arrangement is also well thought out.
There are leather couches by the window. We chose to sit at one of the booths that were on the right hand side. We immediately got the Drake Mojito. After that we enjoyed some Vodka tonics, and multiple Gin & tonics. We also got the Blackforest Cake.
All the drinks were fantastic. The Persian waiter we had really chill, and super friendly. He chatted us up the entire evening, and was very polite. The service was really fast. We didn't have to wait much for anything we ordered.
The Blackforest cake was rather small and not sweet enough for my liking, but the chocolate sorbet that accompanied it was good and made up for it. Still, their desserts menu could use some work. As it was approaching 1 am, we decided to head upstairs to the rooftop patio. It was beautiful. There was a clean fire pit, and we enjoyed excellent conversations and jokes with other folks who were sitting around the fire. I had a Baileys from the bar on the second floor.
The waiter basically had to kick us out when it was 2 am, because we totally could have passed another hour or two around the fire. It is a classy place, but it still manages to create an atmosphere that is incredibly warm and inviting. I don't live too far away, so I've pretty much found my go to bar, now that I know it's open till 2, seven days a week! I'd choose this place over any pub. The service is very good, and the drinks are great. We ordered drinks amounting to over $150 for the two of us. I had a wonderful time, and am going to be a regular here.
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