{"id":2029,"date":"2016-06-13T14:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2016-06-15T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:14:29","slug":"this-kensington-market-dive-bar-is-one-of-tos-best-watering-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/this-kensington-market-dive-bar-is-one-of-tos-best-watering-holes","title":{"rendered":"This Kensington Market dive bar is one of TO\u2019s best watering holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #2c9116;\">Thirsty and Miserable<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">197 Baldwin St<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Their <\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirstyandmiserable.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">website is broken<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> but <\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thirstyandmiserabletoronto\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">they have Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The fact that the bar is named after a Black Flag song perfectly sums up this place, and I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Toronto is the Canadian New York, so what would it be without its iconic watering holes? Located on Baldwin St. in Kensington Market, you probably won\u2019t find anything with its mix of eclectic style (the menu is an obviously opened cardboard box, written in sharpie and hanging above the wood bar) and selection of beers in town. It\u2019s dimly lit and sometimes the floor sticks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The menu is almost entirely beer. The customers and staff are down to earth and about what you\u2019d expect, and all these reasons are exactly why you should head in their direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Beer is a kind of lowbrow drink in the perception of the masses. It\u2019s places like Thirsty and Miserable that show just how varied and complicated beer can be \u2013 with dozens of types, both in bottles and cans (12 and 16oz) and on tap, from IPAs to Stouts and Porters and every colour in between, they surely have something that\u2019s bound to resound with you in some way. Beer, as you may have heard, is just like wine \u2013 you just drink more of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">They almost pointedly do not carry food. They let customers bring in meals whenever they want, from anywhere in the market (which is absolute convenience). The only food options they serve tend to be something like a $20 frozen dinner, because man, you aren\u2019t here to eat. <i>But if you are, <\/i>they must be thinking, <i>you must be very hungry.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Thirsty and Miserable might just be the place that gave birth to hipster style in TO, but its clientele are still sporting the same look from before hipsters made it cool to sprout luxurious beards and don plaid flannel shirts. Here, at least, there\u2019s truly no irony in it. The place\u2019s patrons do fancy themselves absolute master beer connoisseurs. And the lack of card payments of any type is charming, in a way, but also annoying. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">As far as authentically awesome bars in TO go, this place is a gem.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirsty and Miserable 197 Baldwin St Their website is broken but they have Facebook. 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