Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples
Against the Grain Urban Tavern Corus Quay is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

1. Against the Grain Urban Tavern Corus Quay

25 Dockside Dr (at Queens Quay E), Toronto, ON
Bar · Downtown Toronto · 47 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Beer lovers have many choices, from Ontario craft beers to German and Belgian imports. Westvleteren, one of the world’s hardest beers to track down, pops up here at $25 a bottle. Read more: Leia mais.

barVolo is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

2. barVolo

587 Yonge St (at Dundonald St), Toronto, ON
Bar de Cerveja · Church and Wellesley · 88 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: One of the city’s best beer lists. Nibble on Italian nosh while watching the Yonge Street people go by. Leia mais.

3. The Rhino

6.1
1249 Queen St W (btwn Elm Grove & Gwynne Ave), Toronto, ON
Bar ao Ar Livre · Parkdale · 81 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: Decent food and a big beer selection, but a drab patio — plastic chairs on concrete. Leia mais.

Toronto Temperance Society is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

4. Toronto Temperance Society

577A College St (W of Manning Ave), Toronto, ON
Bar Escondido · 20 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: Is membership worth the $285 annual fee? If you are keenly interested in cocktails and respect them as a culinary craft, the answer is, at last, yes. Read more: Leia mais.

TOCA Bar is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

5. TOCA Bar

6.1
181 Wellington Street West (Ritz-Carlton, near TOCA Restaurant), Toronto, ON
Bar de Hotel · Entertainment District · 7 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: The Tandoori Spiced Pisco Sour takes a Peruvian classic and adds a liberal dose of cumin, resulting in a sweet-sour-spicy long drink; a refreshing fusion. Leia mais.

Gladstone House is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

6. Gladstone House

8.2
1214 Queen St W (at Gladstone Ave.), Toronto, ON
Hotel · 71 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Depending on the night or day, you can partake in an art show, a bluegrass concert, nude art lessons or Simpsons trivia. Or while away a Sunday afternoon with a bottle or two of Molson Stock Ale. Leia mais.

Hurricanes is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

7. Hurricanes

6.1
963 Bloor St. W (btw Delaware & Dovercourt), Toronto, ON
Karaokê · Dufferin Grove · 20 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: A more or less average Canadian casual bar, except with politer-than-average servers, a tastier-than-average pulled pork sandwich, and way more character than a chain pub. Read more: Leia mais.

GoodNight is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

8. GoodNight

431 Richmond West (at Spadina Ave), Toronto, ON
Bar de Coquetéis · Fashion District · 8 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Drinks columnist Adam McDowell: A cocktail bar saying it’s not interested in mixology is a bit like a restaurant saying it’s not into cooking. And it shows. More at the link: Leia mais.

The Miller Tavern is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

9. The Miller Tavern

7.7
3885 Yonge St (at Mill St), Toronto, ON
Pub · 32 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: The Miller's Space Gin Smash starts refreshing and finishes delicious, writes the National Post's Adam McDowell. Read our review of the Miller Tavern Leia mais.

Sunnyside Pavilion Cafe is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

10. Sunnyside Pavilion Cafe

6.1
1755 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto, ON
Café · 9 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Bending Elbows: For reckless, sun-headache-tempting fun, go for the Arctic Mudslide. It’s swirl of frozen coffee slush, Kahlúa and Bailey’s, reminiscent of a Tim Hortons Iced Capp. Leia mais.

Stout Irish Pub is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

11. Stout Irish Pub

8.4
221 Carlton St. (btwn Berkeley & Parliament), Toronto, ON
Pub · Cabbagetown · 28 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Beer is what Stout does best. The menu includes plenty of local bottles and at least 16 Canadian-made craft beers on tap, including lots of malty, spicy ales from Ontario. Read more: Leia mais.

WVRST is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

12. WVRST

8.3
609 King St W (btwn Bathurst & Portland St), Toronto, ON
Bar de Cerveja · Fashion District · 183 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: With 30 beers on draft and in bottles, from Ontario micros to rarely seen Germans — Gaffel Kölsch is a wise choice — many, though not all by any means, make great partners with sausage. Leia mais.

Origin is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

13. Origin

109 King St. E (at Church St.), Toronto, ON
Restaurante · St. Lawrence · 90 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Origin offers a selection of cocktails in milk bottles, for sharing. The one with Bulleit bourbon, Grand Marnier, clove syrup and citrus makes a smart modern answer to good old Lynchburg lemonade. Leia mais.

Black Dice Cafe is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

14. Black Dice Cafe

8.1
1574 Dundas St W (Dufferin), Toronto, ON
Bar · Brockton Village · 12 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Rockabilly-era memorabilia is on the brick walls, there's a jukebox stuffed full of Elvis records and the bar is stocked with great beer, quality sake and luxurious Japanese whisky. Leia mais.

Henhouse is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

15. Henhouse

1532 Dundas Street West (at Sheridan), Toronto, ON
Bar · Brockton Village · 10 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: The unassuming Henhouse features gay-and-lesbian dance nights but anyone ought to enjoy throwing a loonie in the jukebox, taking a vinyl seat and digging the friendly vibe. Leia mais.

Churchill is one of Bending Elbows: A guide to Toronto's top tipples.

16. Churchill

7.1
1212 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON
Bar · Dufferin Grove · 23 dicas e avaliações

National PostNational Post: Try the Full Metal Jacket (aged rum, Crown Royal, Averna) & the Raging Bull (tequila, akvavit, Averna again), splendid examples of retro revival mixology from cocktail creator Sandy De Almeida. Leia mais.