Reminds me of some BELGIUM basement/cave style bars Very narrow and warm in the winter Staff is always great Strong selections read more

Duggan's Brewery - Breweries Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Last night I made a return visit to Duggan's; it had been 2-3 years since my last visit and I was there for a bigger Event with a social Group I'm a Member of. Here's some history about Duggan's: they were previously located at Victoria St. in the Downtown Core, then they re-opened as a pop-up in their current location in 2014. They became a full-fledged Brewery/Brewpub by the end of that year and - although I didn't find out the full story until last night - they're currently renovating their main floor, therefore they're currently open in their lower floor space only, with a live band space just inside the entrance from outside. I visited the Brewery a number of times when they were on Victoria St., at least once when they re-opened as a pop-up and I was there when they had an Event on their 1st day as a full Brewery. I've also been back several times for Events with my aforementioned social Group, one of which included a tour of their beer making facilities downstairs. As they now need to accommodate live band and customer space, etc. the lower floor now looks radically different - it now resembles a long corridor, but with a fair bit of seating overall. Last night all of their beers avail. were only $6 which was a pretty great deal; I had 2 beers, both of which I quite enjoyed. I've never really eaten at Duggan's so I can't really comment on their food but I understand that it's mostly pizza and tacos that are on offer. I heard that 3 bands performed just during the time that I/my Group was there and both the musical instruments played and music performed were quite unique. There was Bar service which was quite prompt considering that it was pretty crowded and became more so as it got later. The entire downstairs area open to customers had a 'make-shift' appearance so I'm not sure what's in store for the space once the upstairs renovations are complete but there might not be any major changes at first as I believe the live space downstairs was installed when their main floor was still open. I'll consider posting an updated review if/when I visit their main floor once it's re-opened and I have an opportunity to see how it's changed. In the meantime the lower floor entrance is on Brock St.; look for the red Christmas lights and a stairway going down at the northwest corner of the building. read more

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Duggan's Brewery is a great spot for fresh beer and pub food. I've been ordering their stout since finding out how delicious it is, so I don't know yet about the other beers. On the beer menu there is a IBU rating for each of their brews along with the alcohol level (specific gravity). This is interesting to look at as the IPAs which are hoppier are more bitter too, so score higher on the IBU. A wheat or weiss beer is at the other end. Useful! The food looked amazing with piled high burgers and piles of jerk chicken popular items that I saw when I visited. Everyone looked happy! They have daily brewing happening in the basement along with some live music with tours available, so it is a happening spot. I first had their stout at Painted Lady where the brewery was sponsoring a Duggan's with free oysters as a promo. I was hooked! This place is worth seeking out. read more

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Gord and I had supper this evening at Duggan's. They brew their beer onsite and you can buy beer to take home. Gord ordered Crispy Chickpeas and Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings. Both were really good (I do like their lemon pepper wings and have had them in the past). I ordered Jerk Chicken. It was good ... it had a nice hot spice to it. Emily was our server. She was friendly and took good care of us. read more

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Really nice atmosphere, great place to chill with friends and enjoy good company. The number 9 is my favourite beer. This place is rad because the bartenders are really friendly and non-pretentious. The decor is super cute and it feels very laid-back country glam. ALSO THEIR FOOD IS AMAZING their tacos are to die for and make sure you try their ribs. read more

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Had a nice date here with the bae on Friday night. We ordered a couple of pints and enjoyed the vibe of this place overall. To share, we decided on the fried jerk chicken wings, which were delicious. Bae ordered the baseball steak and I opted for a soup and salad. I tried a bite of the steak which was very tasty and the side of smashed/fried red potatoes were oh so good. I enjoyed my french onion soup and arugula salad as well. I would return if I was in the area again :) read more

The beer here is still dynamite. The food tastes good, and the atmosphere is still nice, but I've visited 3 more times and the service was SO SLOW. I won't be back except to buy growlers. read more

Amazing beer loved it so much and the owner I believe is who I talked to was a great guy too. Definitely will Hey my beer from here again it was soooo good. read more

5 stars for the type of place this joint pulls off with ease. Clean, fun, well placed tables and chairs perfect for large or smaller gatherings, along with a good selection of local beer, and amazing food gives this place a great review and approval by me!! It's not a restaurant or fine dining place. This place is a 5 star, like I said, because it's more of a perfect sit-down-be-somewhat-loud-drink-and-eat-and-have-fun party joint. The staff are pretty cool, personable, friendly and efficient. There's a large screen TV near the back of the joint close to one of their large tables - perfect for watching a sports game during your party-outing adventure. I came here twice. Once with a friend after riding our bikes together - we had a pint and their amazing Jerk Chicken, and a week later with that same friend but for his bachelor party with many more guys. Both times, both different sized friendship gatherings, fun was had. read more

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NEVER book this place for a large event or gathering if you expect to have any communication with them at all. Back in December of 2016, I reached out to book this venue for my wedding reception to be held in September of 2017. It took a month of us pestering them before we were able to sit down, talk details, and pay a deposit. We gave them a pass on their initial slow response rate because Christmas is a busy season and we were excited at the prospect of having our reception here. Fast forward to June 2017, when we were told to contact them about confirming the details of our wedding. After several unanswered e-mails and phone calls spanning three weeks, we showed up in person expecting a reasonable answer as to why they decided to ghost us and completely ignore us for a month. Unfortunately a new employee had to deal with us, as the owner Michael was either to cowardly to face us in person, or couldn't care less about our business (after we already paid them $800). We eventually got our money back after threatening to report them to the Better Business Bureau, but the owner has still not acknowledged us, or the fact that he screwed us out of a venue and wasted months of our time. Now we're left finding a new venue less than 3 months away from our wedding date, and Duggan's probably couldn't care less that they've put us in this position. They don't even deserve the one star I've given, and I don't feel even close to being compensated for the time of ours they wasted. read more

I'm normally a very patient person when it comes to service. I don't mind waiting for my food, even longer than normal, and I'm not difficult to please when it comes to the taste of said food I am waiting on. It takes a lot to irk me when being waited on. Having said that, I was plenty irked by the time we left Duggan's. I would say I was at a maximum irk level. Here's why. The place was incredibly understaffed and even though the place wasn't full, one waitress can not take on that many tables, which is why we were treated more like an inconvenience than customers. Our drink order came about 25 minutes after ordering. When I finally decided to have a drink as well and wait another 20 minutes for a scotch on the rocks, it was plunked in front of me with no ice. I decided not to inconvenience the waitress and go to the bar to ask for ice in my glass where the bartender looked at me like I had some form of leprosy, and chucked a couple of cubes in my glass. I had the veggie burger, and while Toronto restaurants never usually disappoints with vegetarian fare, Duggan's completely underwhelmed me with a falling apart, bland, cold veggie burger. I had to go to Harvey's right after to satiate the craving I had all day of looking forward to a good veggie burger. If Harvey's can do it better, you need to figure out how to step is up a notch, especially for $12. We then waited another 45 mins to pay our bill at which point we just had to get up and stand close to the pay station. I can't entirely blame the waitress for the lack of service; poor management was the obvious culprit behind our experience, topped with expensive, lackluster food and a rocks-less scotch. Will not be back. read more

I like going to Duggan's Brewery, is a very relaxed atmosphere and you feel a bit like at home, the beers are great, I am specially in love with the Double IPA 99 but if you want something lighter try 9 or the Czech Pilsner, they are good too. Service is nice on the tables and is good at the bar, the baryender is super friendly and loves beer so she can provide some good recommendation. Food is super super good, the burger is really yummy, perfectly seasoned, the steak is unbelievable good truly worth trying. The best part is the sides are not your typical fries but a range of really tasty well seasoned veggies, from spicy cauliflower (my favorite) to asparagus, spicy green beans, sauteed mushrooms (2nd favorite) and salted-baked potatoes. read more

Duggan's Brewery - A cold one at Duggan's Brewery! - Breweries Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I popped in for brunch on Sunday, but instead of eggs, I opted for jerk chicken wings and caesar salad. It was all straight forward pub food, but the super service and local beer list make this brut a special place. Parkdale has many cozy little spots that are loved. Being so loved, they often fill up fast. Duggan's is a palatial space, so if you're ever within a few blocks and hungering for a snack and a beer, I recommend beelining for Duggan's... they'll get you sorted. read more

I've been here on 3 separate occasions - once when it first opened, a year later, and just yesterday. My first visit was satisfying. Had the Parkdale Bomber, a malt-liquor style beer. Service was quick and bartender lady with bright orange/red hair was very helpful and knowledgable about beer. The second time I went, their kegs were set up strangely and kept pouring out a ton of head so we had to wait a really long time to get our beers. It seemed to happen to almost every beer and all night. Yesterday night our bartender said he couldn't do beer flights but could do 5 oz. pours ($2.50-$3.50) of any beer we wanted. Oh...okay? Isn't that basically the same as a beer flight? I don't think he understood the concept of a beer flight - four 5 oz. tasters. He could've easily sold us $10 each worth of beer right then and there. So we each ordered two 5 oz. tasters and of course a couple of them had a lot of head due to a fussy keg. And then we just settled our bill because we didn't want to continue getting head-y sample pours. And you know what's annoying? When your bill is $13.50 and you pay with $20, and they give you this change: a $5 bill, a loonie and some change. read more

I only gave this place 1 star because of the candied bacon.. Which was delicious. Our waitress (blonde hair, horrible picked-off-the-wall tattoos, and bitchy AF) was probably THE worst. We got our food before we even got drinks When we did finally get our drinks.. mine sucked a big one. I ordered the Grapefruit Beer Cocktail, and it was absolutely horrible for a $14 drink. It really just tasted like straight beer, no grapefruit, maybe a little orange food colouring. Since I was unhappy with my beverage, I waited for our lovely server to come back to check on us. ... ... ... Didn't happen. It wasn't because they were busy mind you, she was just hitting on a guy at the bar. Interesting... When I stood up and interrupted the budding love affair, I was given a super dirty look. Oh sorry, you need do to your job now? Well shit now I feel really bad - not. She then argued with me about the contents of the drink. Of course... I was grateful to her for repeating the exact ingredients that were listed on the menu, that I read before ordering... The thing is it tasted like someone's asshole. Instead of wasting my breath on her, I simply put it on the bar infront of her and requested a simple shot of vodka. The only reason she got a tip was because my boyfriend paid, and he's nicer than me. However, it is with no regret that we will not be returning. read more

GREAT little hidden gem! It's the cutest little space; they sell 1/2 pints, their raspberry beer is amazing and you can buy their stuff to take home!!! I like it best when it's not super busy! :) read more

Walking into Mike Duggan's new spot is a bit of a polarizing experience for people it seems. The room is very big, and pretty bare with obvious signs that the renovation isn't done yet (and it isn't, there are great things coming soon). There are plenty of tables and counters to sit and have a drink, relax and maybe learn a little something about beer. That seems to freak some folks out for some odd reason. At worst, you have a cool little brew-pub with great, friendly staff that are happy and eager to help you find something you'll like. That sounds like a pretty good proposition to me. As for the people that are complaining about the patrons, get over yourself. It's 2014, hipsters don't exist anymore. read more

This place has such potential. The beer is great (I had the hefeweizen, which gives my usual German brand a run for its money) and the space is gigantic. The walls are lined with TVs, which is great for the sportswatchers in our lives. But they really need to work out the service. We were there on a busy Saturday night. Every seat was taken and it took forever to get any service. As far as I could tell, there was one manager and two (three, tops) servers on the floor. We were often sitting around, staring at each other over empty pint glasses, while the servers ran around trying to fulfill everyone's orders. They were super friendly, but stretched. I'll likely go back and buy some of that beer from the store, but I don't think I'll be back to hang out. read more

we spent Saturday evening from 5:30PM to Midnight Saturday Feb 24th to see the band The Discarded and guest opener The Same As Always. I cannot say enough about how much fun we had and our service and pizza was amazing. What a great atmosphere to see a band and hang with family and friends. Thanks again Duggan Brewery for a fantastic evening of great beer, pizza, and excellent entertainment. Sincerely, Laurie from Brampton read more

Interesting new addition to Parkdale is a restaurant operated by Duggan's. Brewery might be a misnomer as none of their beers are brewed there. The ATMOSPHERE is pretty cool. It has a spacious laid back feel...music levels appropriate to conversation. Complemented by friendly and attentive staff. The FOOD was a bit hit and miss. Value was generally missing as portion sizes were quite small for the price. We liked the meat/veggie board, but portions were awfully tiny. The tacos (at $15 for 3) are pricy and again the flavour was sort of there, but not quite enough. The beef brisket ($16) was dry, and there was reluctance at the table to even finish it. Maybe they're still working some quirks out. The BEER is solidly below average. Their No. 9 IPA is definitely the winner of the pack...also available at the LCBO, and packs a pleasantly hop-forward, but not palate-destroying punch. I found most of the rest of the beers to be both very malt-forward, sweet, and on the bland side. I wanted to like the 100 Mile Ale, but the malts overwhelmed, the admirably local hops. SERVICE was good...attentive, friendly, accurate. In a very strange quirk, they have a to-go section for beer. Given that I don't think they're actually brewing any beer at this location, this isn't exactly legal under Ontario's draconian alcohol laws. That being said, I'm not about to complain about any alternative to the LCBO for buying craft beer...and don't even get me started on the beer store. OVERALL, good atmosphere & service, average food, and below-average beer. I'll probably be back sometime. read more

Great place, fantastic beer. They have moved to a cozier space in the basement of the original space. Entrance is now off Brock Street just north of Queen, downstairs. (look for the red Xmas lights) The menu is mostly pizza and tacos now but still very delicious and of course, the beer is, as always, great. read more

A new brewpub in Parkdale. The area doesn't really have a brewpub and this one will cater to the area's hipster crowd and professionals. The food is limited and awaiting for Jamie Kennedy to take over as their chef before they do their grand opening. I like their Duggan's 9 beer and I can tell this will be another hangout for me on nights that The Sister is busy. read more

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Local neighborhood brewery with 10-15 beers on tap. Lots of variety in styles of beers, our favorites were the number 9 IPA and the Belgium triple. Tatiana, and Rene were most hospitable to a couple of beer loving visitors, and had great suggestions of places to visit, eat and drink. Food was good, and beer was a good match. They also have growlers to go Highly recommend. read more

Was stuck in Toronto traffic,happened to pass by this place so we decided to stop and glad we did! Wide selection of beers (about 10 on tap). All kinds so you're bound to find one you like. They also food and a dessert "du jour." I highly recommend the fries. They are freshly cooked and come with an amazing mayo dip! The building is large with a lot of seating. read more

Duggan's Brewery - Flights - Breweries Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Good if you like light easy drinking beers with friends. Space feels large. Good for groups. special mentions: triple Belgian smooth crisp and citrusy without being too sweet. Raspberry Weiss good mild raspberry flavour. Service was attentive. They offer flights and a variety of drink sizes. read more

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Went here for the first time last weekend. The beer was good, there's plenty of variety to choose from. I ordered a flight and sampled the Sorachi Lager, Stout, IPA, and Raspberry Weiss. All were good for different reasons, but went with the Lager in the end. The food was decent, not spectacular. The macaroni and beef short ribs tasted a little strange, like the ribs had a raw overpowering vinegar flavour. Beef was very tender. Cheese sauce on the macaroni was nice. My friend ordered duck poutine. He liked it. My wife ordered chicken caeser salad. The chicken was dry as sawdust. Our first waitress ended her shift and a new waitress took over. The first waitress never placed our food order with the kitchen. Second waitress apologized and gave us a round of drinks on the house. The service was extremely slow, but the staff, the food, drink, and atmosphere were all good. 1 hour and 40 minutes is a long time to wait for poutine! We'll go back and give it another shot someday, but we're in no rush.. read more

Duggan's Brewery - Breweries Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This brewery closes early than advertised for a Tuesday night. Person working tonight mentioned something about the World Cup and the establishment being closed early. Hard to believe this is one of the top breweries in Toronto. Happy to take my business elsewhere! read more

Really rude patrons don't want you to intrude on their private completely empty brewery. If you're at all into having a good time or smiling, steer clear of this place. Portions are small and overpriced. read more

Great local watering hole located right inside parkdale. Very friendly service and a nice casual atmosphere. Nice layout w wooden benches and tables, creates a warm environment. They sell they're own brew as well for purchasing separately or in six packs which is a nice touch! read more

Duggan's has a great fresh beer selection and the interior is nice - lots of space, cool lighting, kind of like a fancier sports bar/brewery combo. I really liked the two beers I had, the German pilsner and the 100 mile lager. I would skip the food here. The burger was priced at $17, okay, then I added cheese ($2) and asked for regular fries instead of potato sticks ($2). Not that I need to eat a mountain of fries, but they brought me the fries in literally the smallest cup I've ever seen - must have been like 20 fries in it. Not cool to charge extra for FRIES first of all, but if you're going to, at least make it a decent size. As for the burger, the waitress (who was very nice) told us that they would be cooked "medium, medium rare". Awesome! Then it came, and was the most overcooked, well-done, dry beef that I've ever had...fully gray. Very disappointing since the meal was ending up at $21 (more expensive than dinner at Terroni, for example). We ate the burgers anyway, told the waitress at the end, she seemed apologetic. Not that the restaurant HAS to do this, but it's a really easy thing to knock a couple dollars off the meal when you were not served what you were told you were getting. Simple customer service that makes customers want to come back. I didn't want to send it back immediately because I hate wasting food but some sort of acknowledgement on the bill would have put a better taste in my mouth. Toward the end of the night, Raptors game on, place got really busy and the service fell apart. Looked like there was a 2-3 servers, including ours who was also bartending. Took a long time to get the bill. Overall, might drop in for a pint or two, but will not bother eating there again, feel kinda ripped off. read more

Walked into the brewpub on a Sunday night. The brewpub while large, was mostly empty. My wife and I wanted to sample some of their beers. We walked up to the bar and the bartender -- seemingly the sole employee working at the time -- in lieu of greeting us, told us that the kitchen was closed. We had previously eaten and merely wanted to sample some beer. We asked the bartender for a flight. Overtly annoyed, she informed us that flights were not normally served after 8 PM but that she would make an exception. We looked over the menu and placed our order only to be informed that two of the four beers we wanted in our flight were not available even though they were written on the chalkboard menu. We modified our order and the bartender served us. After tasting the beer, we were even more disappointed as the beers were mediocre. Two of the four beers we tasted had high levels of off flavors (DIACETYL OVERLOAD). This is easily one of the worst breweries we have ever visited. read more

Awesome communal vibe and home brews on tap. Had the brisket and was very impressed. Great spot.

This place's beer is fine, and I can forgive it having an extremely limited food menu. But we had to wait forever for our food to arrive and our orders were butchered and mixed up so much it was laughable. The food itself, once it finally arrived correctly, was competely and utterly disappointing. Dry burgers on stale buns, without a single condiment baught to our table. The place wasn't busy at all for a Saturday night, but they only had one server working who was clearly being streched to thin. read more

Pain in the butt. Without knowing in advance, the bills come for parties of 6 or more with each individual oz. from the tasting menu entered separately and no separate bill option. They won't separate cheques. Oh, and they add 18% gratuity automatically, so no matter how annoying and poorly organized, they make money on it. And you spend ten minutes trying to figure out the price differences between a bunch of randomly priced samples. 'Well, it's written in the menu' our server says. Yes, the one menu per table... And it's at the bottom of page two. So annoying. read more

I showed up on a Saturday at 12:30 am and it was closed. Maybe the poor atmosphere makes people leave early? Was here before once and the service was bad. Tried to give it another chance and it was closed at midnight. What a joke of a bar. Go to Rhino guys. read more

Lets start off with the fact they take reservations. This can be a negative if you just want to stop in and not sit at a communal table or at the bar, but when you're actually planning on coming here, this was a perk for us that worked in our favour. I also think the atmosphere is good, with the right amount of room between tables, enough natural light to be comfortable, and music that was hit and miss but not played at an overwhelming level which made it perfectly tolerable despite the odd transitions (Red Hot Chili Peppers into Garth Brooks was a prime example). Beerwise, I was surprised to see they only offer flights on Tuesdays and Wednesdays which was a bit of a disappointment. But they have what I'd guess to be a good 8 different types of beer on tap which are priced between $6.75 and $8.75 per pint. As is the case for smaller brewers, some beers are better than others which is why the flights are nice if they had've been an option. The Duggan's 9 IPA is a safe choice if you like hoppy and bitter flavours, and probably their best selling beer (since it is readily available in a lot of LCBO's in tallboy format). Surprisingly, the 99 Double IPA was actually a bit of a let down and seemed a bit flat in flavour comparably. The Sorachi Lager I thought had a weird aftertaste and didn't really impress. The Parkdale Bomber was actually the surprise of the night with it's 7% malted lager which packs a nice punch but still has a certain smoothness to it. Foodwise, we started with the Chicken Crackle and Beer Candied Bacon. They both came out quickly and were tasty and worth their $5-6 price tags. As a main I went with the Miami Beef Short Ribs ($14) which were also quite good along with its accompanying potato salad, and surprisingly brought out before I could even finish my first pint which is a rarity lately. I think the Candied Bacon was actually the best thing I ate, which is why I even ordered another round for dessert while we finished our drinks. Good food, decent beer, nice environment. Sounds like a 4 star review to me. read more

The host at the front was not friendly or welcoming, but the bartenders were. We were offered a complimentary deep fried chicken skin, which was a nice touch. The beers are beer, $6/pint including tax (a great deal). We left after one pint because it's a bit too bright inside and the music was all terrible modern rock (not a good fit for Parkdale). Would go back if they had better music and a more welcoming host. read more

I've been here two times and both times it wasn't that busy but it seemed understaffed. Service is slow on both occasions, servers dismissed us a a few times on both occasions, and we had to wait 15-20 min after we asked for the bill. read more

Food is really good. Chicken ski deep fried is awesome. But server needs to get better in knowing what is going on.

Came here last weekend with a group of friends and had a fun later part of Friday night. It wasn't packed and I liked the communal table vibe. I didn't try the food but a few of my friends loved the crispy chicken. Another enjoyed a flight of beer. I'm a long time fan of their beer and enjoyed their double IPA and always the 9. It's great to see local breweries taking a shot at a different kind of brewpub. A little "hipster-y" but worth a visit. read more