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| - While visiting Toronto Canada I had to check out the Real Sports Bar & Grill. I have heard many stories about how phenomenal this Sports Bar is/was and I have to say the stories did not disappoint. I heard this is where 'Drake' the R&B artist holds parties when he is in town; I have no idea what this person looks like so he/she might have even been here when we visited.
Prior to visiting we made reservations which is a MUST because this Sports Bar is more of a restaurant mixed with full service Sports Bar / Nightclub. As our party was checking in for our reservation several people from the Air Canada Center (where the Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors) play tried to walk in and get a seat and/or table and were turned away.
This Sports Bar is multileveled, has a DJ playing, has televisions that stretch from the floor to the ceiling, no matter the sporting event from water polo, to horse racing (which I disagree with), to hockey, basketball, baseball heck even cricket & Jai Alai were being broadcast.
This Sports Bar has bars on every level, tables set up all of which face the television screens and even has private areas if you want to throw a party. During my visit we sat upstairs and just missed sitting in the dead center which would have been quite rad because of the huge big screen television that sits directly in front of you and gives the feeling of being at whatever game it is that you are watching.
We were seated and our waitress came over promptly and handed us our menus. I was not that hungry and elected to go with a small order of edamame and a chamomile tea with honey. The other members of my party order beer & wine and ordered some buffalo wings and a hamburger. I had a bite or two of their food and found it to be good, not great but better than I had expected. The prices however in Canada, Toronto and this Sports Bar are much different than in the States and by much different I mean much more expensive.
The major downfall even though a petty one was while sitting upstairs you have to walk down two flights of stairs and down a long hallway to find the bathroom which was undersized at best.
As for parking and visiting this Sports Bar you could probably find a parking garage that will literally charge you an arm/leg or take the subway system which drops you off right under this Sports Bar designed to not expose you to the elements for too long (FYI very cold in Canada esp during the Winter).
Chances are extremely high that this was my first and last visit to this Sports Bar because the folks that lived with a short Subway ride from this Sports Bar are now relocating elsewhere BUT if I found myself in Toronto during a BIG game no question I would come back here.
Our waitress was super nice, funny and even got a member of our party a 'free' glass hockey skate mug that Molson Beer Company was on hand handing out if you ordered a Molson, even though said member of our party didn't order a Molson, her tip reflected the love she gave us.
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