Jester on Yonge (at St Clair)
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 4:21 pm
This is a bar I've passed a million times but I do not believe I've ever gone in, until yesterday. I believe it was, up until recently, a classic nondescript Toronto pub.
However, I noticed via social media that they had started to turn over their beer lineup to more of a crafty focus. And turnover they have. 32 taps available, and a wide range of all kinds of things, including: Collective Arts R&R and St. of C, Amsterdam Radler, Cruiser & Boneshaker, Beau's, Junction Engineers, Black Oak Nut B, GLB Pompus, Side Launch Wheat, DT Prison Break, Oast Barn, MS Tank, 100th, Cobble, Cameron's Cream, St. A Apricot, Lake of Bays Spark, Big Rig Gold, Monkeys Hoptical, Naughty Neighbour + more.
It still very much feels like your average pub - wooden accents, ballgame on TVs, etc., but credit where credit it due: most of these kinds of places don't have this extensive of a beer list. I can think of many mass-appeal pubs where the beer selections remain in the dark ages. Kudos to Jester for taking the leap into good beer - a place I never went before is now a place I would.
Side note: very unique layout of the space. It's incredibly narrow, but also incredibly long - it's probably at least twice as deep as regular bar spaces. Just when you think the bar should end it just keeps going and going. It's like a bowling alley of a bar. Not something you see much in Toronto.
However, I noticed via social media that they had started to turn over their beer lineup to more of a crafty focus. And turnover they have. 32 taps available, and a wide range of all kinds of things, including: Collective Arts R&R and St. of C, Amsterdam Radler, Cruiser & Boneshaker, Beau's, Junction Engineers, Black Oak Nut B, GLB Pompus, Side Launch Wheat, DT Prison Break, Oast Barn, MS Tank, 100th, Cobble, Cameron's Cream, St. A Apricot, Lake of Bays Spark, Big Rig Gold, Monkeys Hoptical, Naughty Neighbour + more.
It still very much feels like your average pub - wooden accents, ballgame on TVs, etc., but credit where credit it due: most of these kinds of places don't have this extensive of a beer list. I can think of many mass-appeal pubs where the beer selections remain in the dark ages. Kudos to Jester for taking the leap into good beer - a place I never went before is now a place I would.
Side note: very unique layout of the space. It's incredibly narrow, but also incredibly long - it's probably at least twice as deep as regular bar spaces. Just when you think the bar should end it just keeps going and going. It's like a bowling alley of a bar. Not something you see much in Toronto.