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| - From years back that I can remember the original Bier Markt I knew of was on the Esplanade. I didn't like that place. It was overly crowded and the food wasn't worth it nor was it that great. This was a long time ago when we went there and I haven't been back since.
Fast forward to the present and I ended up coming to the Bier Markt across from Sherway on the corner of North Queen and Queensway and this location and place is light years better than my original Bier Markt experience on the Esplanade.
To be fair I didn't have a full blown meal here yet but I have come to the Bier Markt twice in two evenings (the past two actually). I had come here after having dinner with friends just up the street on Wednesday and last evening I had a meet up with another friend for a quick snack and drink.
The beer selection at this place is absolutely awesome. If you like beer this place has it. On draught, in bottles, from here, from there, blonde, amber, ales, stout you name it, it's here. If you like beer I think you'd be hard pressed to not find something here that would appeal to you. The beer menu is to me, the beer version of a Cheesecake Factory menu. It has TABS so you can easily flip to a brew of your liking, yes the menu is nuts and impressive if not overwhelming. Menu items display ABV (alcohol content by volume) percentage as well as IBU (International bittering units) which is a metric for the bitterness, hoppyness of the brews.
Besides having an incredible list of drinks the menus for just apps are decent. I've had some of the sausage board which is a nice mix of different sausages that comes with two warm pretzels. We were told yesterday that there was a 2 for 1 special on duck wings and we ended up also ordering the seasonal "bier schetta" which is a board with a half dozen dressed bruschetta made their way. The bruschetta was ok but the duck wings were fabulous. Talk about a tasty non conventional finger food that are full of flavor and truly mouth watering.
The duck wings were so tender went so well with my hoppy drink.
The ambiance is nice and there are actually 2 outdoor patios, one that faces the Queensway with high tables and another near the entrance that faces North Queen with low tables. The service seems to be ok and the inside is just great with nice space, lighting and a feel good overall vibe.
I didn't know that Bier Markt is now a part of the Cara group but I noticed it when my wife gave me a Cara gift card and Bier Markt was on the list of restaurants just like the usuals such as Harvey's, Montana's, Swiss Chalet, Kelsey's etc. I have to say the food at Bier Markt is really inline with the drinks you'd be ordering so this place just doesn't seem like your typical out of the box across the board type of Cara "safe choices" food kind of places. It doesn't have a feel of a chain type place at all not that that really matters.
I'd definitely come back here for some good drinks and more not so every day food items.
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