Tuesday night at Toronado was quite a juxtaposition to the night before at Cigar Bar. Located in the lower-Haight, the beer and wine bar only (one exception to the liquor is Underburg), serves a wide-range of quality beers from all over the world. With about fifty beers on tap and 50 bottled beers, Toronado is a beer connoisseur's wet dream. Toronado, is open daily from 11:30am-2am and offers a happy hour that begins when they open until 6pm, with $1 off every drink.
At the pub, the sticker covered walls, beer tap filled memorabilia decor and the smell of fermented beer reeks throughout the place. Bluntness and shrewdness prevails when ordering your beverage of choice. Far from the welcoming staff, the spigot-meister, Steve, some UK lad that prides himself on being a world-class asshole never took the time to enlighten us on the variety of beers or perhaps he just didn't know.Toronado is not for the faint hearted I come to discover. Spend a few minutes looking over the menu and when ready blurt your order at the bartender as if you suffered from Tourette's syndrome. That's just the culture of Toronado it seems. In any case the three man staff Steve, Eric and the burly doorman (looking like a ran-down Tank Abbott) added to the characteristics of the place and made All City feel right at home with that DGF (don't give a fuck) attitude.
The wide-range selections of beers with many of them having higher alcoholic content (8%-11%) gave the experience a unique twist. Prices of a pint range from $4 to $8 and above. Some notable pints consumed were Duvel, Chimay, Lucifer (all Belgium), Czeau (Czech), Flemish Red (Netherland), Radeburger (German), and a pomegranate cider (CA) which all were great experience to the taste buds. So, if you love beer, want to get an international experience, don't mind a reeking pub and you appreciate straight-forwardness visit Toronado (also check out Rosamunde next door for your tasty food delights).
Much appreciation and love goes out to the faithfuls: John (have a blast in Nicaragua), Murrel, Chelsea, Jess, Andy, Rose, Ian, Ethan, Angel, Dave, Kelani, Brandon, Julie, J-Choy, Christian, Joel, Jake, Alexio, Tiffany, ACP and anyone I might have missed. Thanks for the continued support and we'll see you at the next one!!!
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