. . "2"^^ . "1"^^ . "5"^^ . "If the walls of this place could speak they would yell \"Douche bags ahoy!\" Then peel themselves off the building and join you at the Ship next door.\n\nThe National is everything I hate about Toronto condensed and magnified through that distorted mirror image of a business trying to appeal to a crowd that doesn't live there.\n\nLet's look at the facts;\n\n- Decent selection of beer but the \"stock ticker\" style board is a pain in the ass to read because of how often it changes.\n\n- Music so loud and bad that I honestly can't remember what was playing because my brain is trying to spare me from the painful memories.\n\n- Rude/indifferent wait staff that weren't really concerned with a table of ten for some even though we drank (possibly too much) and ordered food.\n\n- More Affliction t-shirts than a UFC fight in Vegas.\n\n- Tiny bathrooms for a place that looks like it has a capacity of well over 200.\n\n- Mediocre food with mismatched pricing. Pub food should be cheap, unless it's bad. This place had the double wammy; bland food that was too expensive.\n\nConclusion;\nThe good people of Calgary need a better beer hall. The expectation has been set so low that the National comes off as attractive."^^ . "1"^^ . "2014-01-03T00:00:00"^^ . .