Duggan's Evicted?!?!

austin · Post by **austin** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:11 pm

Liked Duggan's London porter and the dry stout which I think were the #8 and 10. Found the food to be decent pub fare and overall a good beer destination in the downtown. Glad to hear Duggan's is likely to reopen.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:03 pm

That is quite the overreaction from the landlord.

DaPan · Post by **DaPan** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:49 pm

I actually swung by this afternoon hoping for a pint after a business meeting that ended early. Was disappointed to see all the lights out and that alarming notice. Ended up at the Beer Bistro instead...

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:57 pm

uno99 wrote: Maybe we should use MLS - Molson, Labatt, Sapporo

Personally I have always assumed "Molbatts" was our closest equivalent to BMC.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:34 pm

Hopefully it will reopen. Seems like the landlord has a chronic problem...himself (or herself). From my understanding they screwed over Denisons, and now perhaps Duggans.... would likely make any bar potential think twice...nice location, but not THAT nice. I agree having a long term stable tenant at lower rent is much better than multiple unstable tenants at a high rent. I of course do not own the building, and maybe something else is going on...

Tapsucker · Post by **Tapsucker** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:11 am

Perhaps if they have all the Rickard's colours on offer this won't happen again.

ritzkiss · Post by **ritzkiss** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:37 am

Bobsy wrote:Good news that they'll be back. After Troy called me I swang by there to check it out and it was indeed barred with notices on both doors. I would have missed this place, but more so the beers. I've not been a fan of some of the recent brews, but the original opening lineup is still very strong, and the pils is some of the best I've ever had.

This. Glad to have the pils back for growler/patio season.

mintjellie · Post by **mintjellie** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:26 pm

I wont ever go back to the place. Tried five beers, four of them sucked. At least the wings were good.

Ale's What Cures Ya · Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:16 am

Maybe if a certain Toronto beer celebrity paid his bills Mr. Duggan could pay the rent.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:58 am

This was Retweeted by Josh Rubin - guess the doors are shut for good.

It's official Duggans is closed for good. There's going to be a lot of good staff looking for work in the city..tweet if you can help

ritzkiss · Post by **ritzkiss** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:47 am

Looks like Duggan's is done there. I'm sure there are lots of factors but I have to imagine that huge space not being utilized/full was among the chief.

I know some won't be sad but the more good beer Toronto can support the better. I was looking forward to more of that pils this summer!

hopaddict · Post by **hopaddict** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:02 pm

I don't know the whole story behind the recent incident but I heard the landlord didn't like the use of those smaller "pint" glasses.

I'm gonna miss that porter.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:48 pm

ritzkiss wrote:Looks like Duggan's is done there. I'm sure there are lots of factors but I have to imagine that huge space not being utilized/full was among the chief.

Everytime I went in there, I wondered 'why all the square footage?' I think people appreciated the food and beer, but to carry that overhead Duggan's may have needed a lot more business (we don't know how much more.)

Ironically the brewpub seemed to have trouble meeting the demand for properly matured beers at the current 'inadequate' sales level (note 'green' beer comments.) If Duggans were much busier could the brew kettles and kitchen keep up?

Maybe it's just a cursed location.

ritzkiss wrote:I was looking forward to more of that pils this summer!

Me too, on the patio they were going to open. Hope to see Duggan's beers regularly at C'est What and other places. The #99 was becoming actually very tasty. But maybe Cool Brewing will just be handling the big sellers?

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:50 pm

Cass wrote:Should be reopening soon. Heard from them.

Good news.

Oh, so I guess I was misinformed by Duggan's. Perhaps wishful thinking on their part.

Anyway, sorry to see them go, it is never a good thing to see brewpubs or bars committed to craft beer culture close.

Rosko · Post by **Rosko** » Thu May 26, 2011 11:18 am

I should have checked the forum before heading over for lunch. Looks like I'm only 6 weeks behind the times.