434393 Thu Aug 23 17:30:24 -0700 2007 14 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 2875758 hi chowfolk, my friend and i want to go out for snacks and drinks tomorrow, but we're looking for recommendations on where the best most inexpensive bang for the food and wine buck is given that my friend is extremely house-poor (reno reno reno) and is a new mom, so needless to say, not a lot of cash but very high standards - its always the way! we're open to anything in the dufferin, king, church, bloor quadrant, but frankly tend to stay west of yonge for the most part. i don't know if i can define 'inexpensive' for you, because whenever i ask the same question, the response i get is sort of 'as close to free as possible' :-) i know this might seem like an impossible request, but i'm just looking for recommendations. i've been thinking of places like la palette, the paddock, etc, but i'm sure i'm overlooking some gems. thanks in advance!! Thu Aug 23 17:30:24 -0700 2007 97451 alisonb 1 2875768 maybe torito? Thu Aug 23 17:34:45 -0700 2007 2875758 97451 alisonb 1 2876039 shanghai cowgirl on queen west Thu Aug 23 19:50:27 -0700 2007 2875758 104146 foodieinTO 2 2876757 IMO...the patio at Shanghai is great and the interior looks cool, but the food is so awful, their burger is a too small for the bun frozen preformed patty, brutal, and on top of that the way the kitchen staff handles it is worse, I once saw a guy who usually is behind the counter, in street clothes reach over the counter from the restaurant side and pick something (bacon bits?) out of a bowl and stuff it in his mouth...total disregard for customers both in attitude and more importantly hygiene. Fri Aug 24 06:15:46 -0700 2007 2876039 114516 Recyclor 1 2877107 Kalendar (on College) is cheap and cheerful. So is Seven West. Fri Aug 24 07:53:47 -0700 2007 2875758 60563 Rabbit 1 2877152 I don't know if I'd ever describe La Palette as "inexpensive". Look at spending around $40 pp for appetizer/entree and a glass of wine. It's a lovely place, though, and I'm always happy to recommend it. Weezie's is ever so slightly out of the quadrant you gave, but I'm going to recommend it anyways because I think it's a charming little restaurant with excellent food. It'll be in the same price range as La Palette. You should also consider Volo on Yonge St. The food is just passable, but their wine and beer selection is fantastic and more than makes up for the food. You're looking at about $30pp here. Fri Aug 24 08:03:17 -0700 2007 2875758 111113 tartiflette 1 2877201 Red Room on Spadina. Diabolical pseudo-Asian food, divey atmosphere, inexpensive suds. You said she was cheap! Fri Aug 24 08:15:36 -0700 2007 2875758 93550 Edith S 1 2877947 thanks everyone! Fri Aug 24 10:59:06 -0700 2007 2875758 97451 alisonb 1 2877955 Cheap Alcohol in Toronto The Toronto Drink Special Compendium ALL THE TIME magpie - $3.50 domestic bottles - Dundas W of Bathurst Funhaus - $3.50 Jack & Cokes (and other shots/drinks!) $3 Mill St. Beers - 751 Queen St. W Piccadilly's - $9 pitchers - College St. E of Bathurst (across from Sneaky Dee's) Bistro - Sun-Tues $8 pitchers / $1 Shots - Wed-Sat $10 pitchers / $2 shots - College St. 12:30 - $4 half pitchers / $8 pitchers - Bloor E of Ossington Squirly's - $2.99 domestic beers, $4.50 imports - Queen W. Bovine Sex Club - $3 drinks before midnight - Queen E of Bathurst Social - $3.50 pints of 50 (Cover some nights) closed mondays - Queen W of Dovercourt Woody's - $3.75 cocktails (doubles $5.75), $4 beers, $11 pitchers, until 8pm - Church S. of Wellesley Asean Buffet - $2.50 domestic bottles - College E. of Spadina Gorilla Monsoon - $10 pitchers/$4 pints (11.70/4.70 w/taxes) of "Cool" brand beer from 4-7. - Queen E of Spadina Ikea - $3.75 pints of carlsburg - Sheppard/Leslie Volo - $4 pints - Yonge/Wellesley Wild Wings - $7 pitchers or $2.50 pints till 8pm. After 10pm: Pitcers $10, Pints $3.50 - Pape/Danforth. Annex Wreck Room - $3 drinks before midnight - 794 Bathurst @ Bloor - www.theannexwreckroom.com Sneeky Dee's - $4 pitchers (Bricks Brewery) (can someone confirm) - http://www.sneeky-dees.com Rib Shack - Victoria Park and Russica (N. of Eglinton) $2.80/beer Rib House - Woodbine Av., south of Danforth $2/beer (variety) MONDAY Insomnia - $3 pints - Bloor E of Bathurst Gladstone Hotel - $4 pints - Karaoke - Queen W and Gladstone Wide Open - 2-for-1 drinks before Midnight - Spadina S of Richmond Squirly's - $3 Margueritas (plus "all the time" specials) - Queen W. Souz Dal - $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) - College and Grace Tortilla Flats - $3 Daiquiries - Queen W. of Spadina Bryden's - $3 pints $9 pitchers - Jane & Bloor Kubo Radio - 'Chicken Balls & Beer Night' - $3 pints of Mill Street. Queen E, west of Logan. One Up Lounge - $6 Martinis - Dundas and Bay The Social - $1.50 Drinks before 11pm - Queen W of Dovercourt TUESDAY Souz Dal - $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) - College and Grace Hooters - $2.50 domestic bottles - John and Adelaide Bovine Sex Club - $2.50 drinks before midnight - Queen E of Bathurst Bistro 422 - $10 pitchers (house draft) $1.75 shots WEDNESDAY Serf n' Turf @ The Queenshead - $3 Domestic Beer after 10:30pm - DJs - Queen W of Bathurst Sneaky Dee's - $2.50 bottles of Brick Beers- College and Bathurst Labyrinth - $3.50 martinis ($4 cover) - Brunswick S of Bloor Gypsy Co-op - $5 martinis ($5 cover after 10:30) - Queen W of Bathurst -XXXXXXXXNOW CLOSEDXXXXXXX Tortilla Flats - $2.75 bottles - Queen W. of Spadina Hey Lucy - $3.50 Martinis- King & John THURSDAY Labrynth Lounge - $2.50 drinks before midnight - DJ - Brunswick S of Bloor O'Grady's - $3 domestic bottles and pints, $3 shots - 171 College St. Tortilla Flats - $3 Margueritas - Queen W. of Spadina Eintein - $8.50 pitchers - College E. of Spadina Brant House (Brant Room) - $3 any drink - 1 Brant St. @ King (between Bathurst and Spadz) 5pm-8pm ; http://www.branthouse.com/ [May07] Route 365 - $2 Ladies Drinks, $3.65 Men drinks - 365 King St. W (at Blue Jays Way) Two Cats - all drinks are $2 between 9-11 - (King and Portland) ; http://www.chowhound.com/topics/386395 [May07] Fox & the Fiddle - $10 Pitchers Velvet Underground - FRIDAY Dance Cave - $2.75 drinks before 11:30 - Bloor W. of Spadina Neutral - $3.00 beers before 12am, $4.00 after - College and Augusta Phoenix - $2.50 domestic bottles and mixed drinks (and probably shots too) until 1am. no cover for women all night - Sherbourne N of Carlton Funhaus - $2 Beers and Drinks, $1 Shots till Midnight - 526 Queen Street West. Crystal Room - $3 domestics and bar rail before 11:30 ($5.75 after) - $3 cover before 11:30 ($5 cover after 11:30) - 567 Queen W at Portland Brant Room - $2 any drink - King and Brant (between Bathurst and Spadz) 5pm-8pm Velvet Underground - $2.50 drinks before midnight (No cover) - DJs - Queen W., E of Bathurst Annex Wreck Room - $3.00 drinks before midnight - DJs (cover unknown) - Bloor & Bathurst Schmooze it up! - 5pm-9pm drinks (including Heineken and vodka mixers) are just $2.50 EACH! - 15 Mercer - http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/toronto/schmooze-toronto.htm SATURDAY Dance Cave - $2.75 drinks before 11:30 - Bloor W. of Spadina (could be wrong... can someone verify?) Paddy Murphy's - $3.50 pints $2.50 shots (free beer somenights) - LFK, pwyc before 12:00, $5 after - 751 Queen W. Annex Wreck Room - $3.00 drinks before midnight - DJs (cover unknown) - Bloor & Bathurst SUNDAY Squirly's - $17 for Pitcher and a Pizza - Queen W. Souz Dal - $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) - College and Grace Bedhead @ The Queenshead - $10 pitchers (domestic) - DJs - Queen W of Bathurst Asean Buffet - $2.50 domestic bottles and $4.99 BUFFET! - College E. of Spadina NEW ADDITIONS SYSTEMS THURSDAYS @ AFTERLIFE - 250 Adelaide St W THURSDAY JUNE 14th > > > > $2.50 FUEL ALL NIGHT < < < < > > > > Ladies FREE 'til 11:30 PM < < < < ALL WEEK LONG $5 MARTINI'S-OVER 80 KINDS TO CHOSE FROM AT EAT MY MARTINI ON COLLEGE ST JUST A BIT WEST OF GRACE Sweaty Betty's has half price draft between 5-7 pm, weeknights. Owl & Firkin (Woodbine & Steeles) has Canadian, Coors Lite, Carlsburg and something else for $3.49 Saturday nights (might be Sundays too, can't remember). The Madison Ave. Pub Thursday's $4.25 rail shots $4.50 Domestic pints and $5.25 premium Pints 6 patios and live music Roma Restaurant (Bloor/Dufferin): $10 pictcher ...... Eat my Martini (College St in Little Italy) $5 martini, over 80 to choose from, on wednesday BRIN - $4.75 tax included Martinis All Day Wednesday- 340 Adelaide @ Peter/Adelaide- Amazing Rooftop Patio That gets sun all day and they let you tan there Free Times Cafe (320 College St) Mondays - amsterDAM cheap night - pints of amsterdam blonde and ansterdam nut brown are $4 including tax. 1) Toby's @ yonge/bloor $2.50 liquid cocaine polar bears etc, $10 pitchers carlsberg etc, $4 tequila shots. all everyday all day. 2) BLVD room friday nights $3 drinx, join CU party group, no $7 cover Updates - July 15, 2007 Wednesdays $3.50 martinis at Minibar (Dundas and Mutual) $4 bottles of Blue/Canadian and NO COVER at the white orchid (Dundas and Bathurst area) on tuesdays and thursdays I believe Saturday Night At Blurrr Nightclub at 214 Adelaide - $10 dollars Cover if you arrive for open bar between 10-11. After that $3 drinks all night. $3 beers Monday nights at the Falcon, Bloor and Islington Dakota Tavern - $5 pints - 249 Ossington, 416-850-4579 - July 3, 2007 http://www.thedakotatavern.com/ just called sneaky dees and for a pitcher of domestic it's 11.25$-14.75$ and for a shot/soda drink it's 3.75 XE LUA !!! (the train place on spadina south of dundas in chinatown.) get drunk on draft for $2.50 !!!!! im not even joking! even green room in the alley behind bloor west of the brunswick house, with arguably the best patioin toronto, has $13 dollar pitchers...with keiths being the only 15 dolar pitcher. 13 is still good and the patio alone makes spending the extra couple bucks well worth it. Toby's at Yonge and bloor also have ten dollar domestic pitchers. And Upfront bar at Front and jarvis have 11 dollar domestic pitchers Crocodile Rock on Friday and Saturday. 1/2 price shots till 10:00pm!! Corrections: Labrynth Lounge - $2.50 drinks before midnight - DJ - Brunswick S of Bloor -- It's $3.00 drinks Sneaky Dee Wednesdays - it's $2.75 ALL domestic beers downstairs Level Nightclub on a Friday Night...$3 shots Tequila Sunrise (Adelaide east of Duncan) Every Tuesday & Thurday Night $3.50 drinks (domestic beers & rail drinks) & It's Karaoke Night.... Both Nights Rockwood/Grass - Martini Mondays $4.50-5 Martinis!! Ein-stien at college and spadina. $10 pitchers all the time Another thing. If you're a fan of the beer/burger combo, check out Ciro's House Of Imported Bier on bloor just west of lansdowne. Not the nicest neightbourhood, but they make the most amazing burgers (f*ck frozen patties) as well as 100+ different beers to choose from saturday at Blurr Night club, drink are $ 1 from 10-11 and $ 3 after 11 Fri Aug 24 11:00:39 -0700 2007 2875758 111770 robgm 2 2878315 WOW, what a list. You've done your research! Thanks. This will be valuable to keep as a reference. Fri Aug 24 12:18:01 -0700 2007 2877955 29331 pancake 2 2878359 One note... some of the places on this list are bars/clubs and do charge cover (I can confirm this for Bovine Sex Club, Wreck Room, Croc Rock, Labyrinth and Dance Cave). Great if you're planning on going anyways, but do factor this into the budget. If it's food you're looking for, write off everything except Volo, Xe Lua and Insomnia. You are taking a risk eating at Sneaky Dee's, Toby's, Asean Buffet or Free Times. The food is bad at the best of times. The remaining places on the list either don't serve food at all, or are also really nothing worth writing home about... Souz Dal does a fantastic cocktail, tho. Fri Aug 24 12:28:09 -0700 2007 2877955 111113 tartiflette 3 2878438 I can't take credit for the list...it is from another group i belong to. as for the food, nachos and wings and the like are probably safe bets-i can't vouch for the quality of most of it...have fun ladies... Fri Aug 24 12:45:32 -0700 2007 2878359 111770 robgm 2 3463532 That was a great list you put together.With so much snow cabin fever is setting in.Any chance you have an updated list for a pub crawl. Thanks Wed Mar 05 14:21:05 -0800 2008 2877955 172187 jonesin 1 2878876 Insomnia on Bloor east of Bathurst has yummy AFFORDABLE food without the compromise on mood and vibe. Seven West on Charles just off Yonge is always a late-night snacking destination. Eat My Martini on College west of Bathurst might also fit the bill. Fri Aug 24 14:32:56 -0700 2007 2875758 70876 LemonLauren 2 2878929 You can take down your cost significantly if you go the BYOW route. There are a number of places that will charge 10$ corkage, and even a few with no corkage. http://www.bringmywine.ca/toronto/ Fri Aug 24 14:49:21 -0700 2007 2878876 80671 Snarf