666044 Tue Nov 10 08:01:42 -0800 2009 9 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 5169849 Does anyone have a CURRENT specials report on places downtown (financial district, king west, front street) to have some cheap pints or martinis on weekdays? I know Hey Lucy's Wednesdays but looking for Monday, Tuesday, mainly. There are a lot of sites out there but not that current or up to date. Basic theme? Couple of after work folks hanging pre-game, pre-concert, pre-convention center activities. Thanks much, Tue Nov 10 08:01:42 -0800 2009 1123292 MultiverseQueen 1 5169889 For yet another time (at least half a dozen so far - search this board) it's ILLEGAL in Ontario to change prices[more than once a day]. The AGCO essentially forbids any 'cheap drinks' - unless the price change is 'semi-permanent'. So, yes, you can find a Mon-Fri price and a different 'weekend price' - but forget any "4pm-6pm' or 'lunch' specials on any alcoholic beverages in Ontario. I know, I've seen it too, but the penalty is loss (or suspension) of license. Tue Nov 10 08:13:34 -0800 2009 5169849 11134 estufarian 2 5170031 Penalty/loss/legality aside: Mondays - Fox & Fiddle (John/Addy) has 1/2 price wings and domestic pitchers for $10. Wednesdays - Fionn MacCools has 20 oz pints of Keiths for $4.99 Fridays - 2 20oz of Harp, Guinness or Smithwicks for $9.99 from 4-6. (see: http://esplanade.fionnmaccools.com/calendar/2009-11-08/53/) If anything else springs to mind, I'll repost. Tue Nov 10 09:03:50 -0800 2009 5169889 232995 bittermu 2 5170192 Happy Hour begins today at The Loose Moose!! Join us for $3.50 daily drink specials from 4-7 Monday to Friday. Mondays enjoy: mixed drinks Tuesdays enjoy: Guinness draught Wednesdays enjoy: Canadian draught Thursdays enjoy: Bud and Bud Light draught Fridays enjoy: Keiths' family draught Cheers!! Tue Nov 10 09:55:00 -0800 2009 5169889 1103861 ingloriouseater 2 5170428 I've seen several places offering cheap drink specials on certain nights lately. Have the laws changed or are they just playing around with the day/night price thing? Tue Nov 10 11:10:10 -0800 2009 5169889 99681 abigllama 3 5170463 from estufarians post, i'm understanding it to be that a single change in price (ie. a daily special) is fine but a limited time period (ie. happy hour) would require two price changes in a day and would therefore not fly. do these places change their price back after a certain amount of time? the beaconsfield (and i think formally the drake) offers a happy hour but i noticed that it's a food and drink combo. i suspect that when queried about it by officials the drinks are still full price but the food would be dirt cheap. that's a pretty decent way to skirt the regulations. this would also explain why happy hour isn't so abundant in this city... and i just recently was spoiled in seattle. oh well. Tue Nov 10 11:19:59 -0800 2009 5170428 10634 pinstripeprincess 4 5170848 Only one price change/day is the rule. So if you change the price tonight at 11:59 pm, you can change the price tomorrow at 6:00pm. So a 'Happy Hour' price can be in effect from Midnight until closing and still in effect from opening until 6:00pm - but that messes it up for the next day as you can't make a change at 11:59pm because of the 6:00pm change. Similarly the 'food + jug' type option (or combo) has a kicker hidden in it. If a 'combo' is offered, they must also make available (but don't have to advertize) an 'equivalent' non-alcoholic alternative. It gets a bit complex, but in simple terms, if you ask for the 'non-alcoholic' version of a combo it must also reflect an equivalent discount (i.e. the discount is deemed to be entirely on the food). Again, license suspnsion (at least) if 'found guilty'. Realistically, most complaints come from competitors (I understand, but have no first-hand experience). Tue Nov 10 13:26:24 -0800 2009 5170463 11134 estufarian 1 5170651 I do my boozing on Thursday where my local pub calls it "pub night" or "thirsty thursdays" 3 dollar pints baby Tue Nov 10 12:19:12 -0800 2009 5169849 115105 duckdown 2 5170692 Participating Wild Wing locations have "Pound and a Pint" for $12.99 on Thursdays. Not being much of a drinker, I would rather go on Tuedays when they have a pound and a half of wings for the price of a pound ($9.99). I have to find out, though, if they allow two different sauces on the pound and the half-pound (having learned the embarrassing way that "no splitting" means you can't have two flavours in one-pound or two-pound orders, rather than no sharing). Tue Nov 10 12:34:39 -0800 2009 5170651 192183 CeeQueue 3 5171266 Haha, hey don't feel bad -- if you remember when you made that post, I responded with a LOL and it didn't occour to me that it meant no splitting "flavors" either However I admit I'm a good old Canadian who loves his beers, so I'd go for the cheap brews personally Wild Wing, I have wanted to try, and was even in the restaurant one time about to place a take-out order when it struck me as incredibly overpriced and I didn't buy anything.. I stopped at Sobeys on my way home and picked up a pack of split drumettes & wings and grilled them on the BBQ instead; for way less than the price of 2lb's there I probably made 4 times the chicken wings Tue Nov 10 16:30:55 -0800 2009 5170692 115105 duckdown