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Duke's is owned by SIR Corp, the company that also owns The Loose Moose, Jack Astor's, Reds, and a bunch of other restaurants, both chains and stand-alones:
They've been making moves toward better beer in many of their properties. The Moose is the obvious one, but I was also impressed by the decent selection at the Yonge & Gerrard location of Reds (in the same strip as Duke's) when I was there for dinner last week. And even Jack Astor's had a craft beer promo running for a few weeks in Dec and Jan, with all of their Canadian locations featuring a few local beers that they don't usually carry.
GregClow wrote:
They've been making moves toward better beer in many of their properties. The Moose is the obvious one, but I was also impressed by the decent selection at the Yonge & Gerrard location of Reds (in the same strip as Duke's) when I was there for dinner last week. And even Jack Astor's had a craft beer promo running for a few weeks in Dec and Jan, with all of their Canadian locations featuring a few local beers that they don't usually carry.
Even the downtown Red's location has some decent beer choices. I was in there a couple of weeks ago and was surprised to find GLB's Pompous Ass on tap.
Ren
I was in here recently and thought it was pretty good. I mean, it's never going to knock Volo or Bar Hop off the list of all-time greats, but it is open and airy, has a nice bank of big screen Tvs for sporting events, and a dozen or so craft beers including some you perhaps might not expect, like Pompous Ass, Sawdust City Alt, Beaus Milk Stout, etc. EDIT: I now see Cass posted the list at the top of the thread. With perhaps a couple of exceptions it is still as above.
The staff were all very friendly and welcoming. Definitely the best thing in the immediate vicinity (though as mentioned above its sister establishment Reds is just two doors away).
