The Bar Towel

Images · Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 47

According to the paper in the window, closed for renovations (and my god that place needed it).

Lots of places closing these days on the Yonge St mid-town strip (ie: Davisville to Lawrence) claiming renovations are happening with nothing happening inside.

So who knows if it'll return though...

Bobsy · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 1824 Location: Toronto

tupalev · Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 1010 Location: K-W

The Bow used to be one of the best spots to grab a pint in Toronto - hopefully these renovations include refocusing on microbrews, cleaning up their lines, improving the food (which used to be great pub grub) and improving service, because all have suffered greatly in the past couple of years.
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Stevetut · Joined: 04 Feb 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Geneseo, NY

The Bow isn't closed for renovations, it's closed because of tax problems, frozen credit, and the fact their entire staff walked out because they weren't being paid. It will take an unlikely major rescue by the Neighborhood Pub Group to revive it.

The Bow & Arrow was, IMO, the best all around pub I'd been to in North America when Kei Meaney was the managing partner. After he was ousted in a coup in '03, it began it's steady decline. I'm an American from Geneseo, NY, south of Rochester, and the Bow was my home in Toronto since I discovered it 1997 until '03. I mourn for what it once was.

Bobsy · Joined: 26 Sep 2007 Posts: 1824 Location: Toronto

tupalev · Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 1010 Location: K-W

midlife crisis · Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 665 Location: Toronto

Second all that. For a few years in the 90s/early part of this decade it was the go-to place for craft beer, especially real ale. Had many great pints there of cask stuff that was almost impossible to find elsewhere, like F&M Mild and "Charlie", Hart Amber Ale and, later on, Durham XXX and ESB. It will be missed, even if it has declined recently and, more importantly, been completely overtaken in beer quality by a handful of other places.

old faithful · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 986

I'm very sorry to hear this.

Gary

oldscotch · Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 3

I left a message with someone at Neighbourhood Pubs a couple weeks ago, inquiring about the status of the Bow. They returned it the next day saying they were in the process of new ownership which was expected to take two to three weeks, and hoped to have the pub open maybe two months after that.
He sounded confident that it was pretty much a done deal with the new owner, it was simply a matter of time.

Now though, the Bow and Arrow website gives a 504 error and the Neighbourhood Pubs website no longer has the Bow and Arrow listed.

I don't know what happened with it, last time I was there I'm not even sure there was a dozen taps which would be unheard of there normally. I really hope to see it open again, where else will we get to see Sandy playing on Sunday?