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| - The space is incredible. It looks good, the picnic tables are comfortable, lots of places to get some shade, and lots of places to get some sun. It's right downtown, but it is a quiet little oasis. I really like that the prices of pints include taxes. So that $8 pint here with taxes in is like a $7.07 pint somewhere else, not bad really, not great but not bad.
It is not without it's issues.
1) They claim to be a 'brewery' but they brew nothing themselves, from my understanding that's subcontracted to Duggan's for the brewing... so it really isn't a brewery like Bellwoods, it's just a name.
2) They are often out of their namesake beer. It's hard to judge a 'brewery' when you can't try their beer.
3) I am not the type to get hyperbolic about things, but this was some of the worst service I've had at any bar in Toronto. The standard of service at Toronto bars is rarely very high in the first place but this was something else. On my most recent visit we seated ourselves around 5:30 waited about 15 minutes to be greeted. At this point the server stopped by very quickly to drop off menus and let us know what was on tap but didn't stick around long enough for our drink orders, even though we were ready to order immediately.
The server told us about the Mill St. ginger flavoured beer they had on tap, my friend's response was "oh that sounds good, can I have one of those" but the server was gone before the sentence could be finished. About 10 minutes later we got to order, and another 10 minutes later we got our beers.
I am not sure if the servers are over worked or what. I would be understanding if the servers were just super busy. It happens from time to time and I am willing to wait. But here it seemed like there were 3 servers serving the entire patio, while there were 3 bartenders just standing around pouring drinks for the servers occasionally. Also, there were many people just kind of hanging around the food truck area, including a guy who was using a GoPro to film everything the staff did. I guess he needed video evidence that people were actually getting work done?
Anyway. I hope they get their shit figured out because having a big patio close to work would be great for the summer.
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