48 Hours of Drinking in Toronto

Allen's draws a steady local crowd in Greektown. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Kost at Bisha Hotel draws a steady local crowd in Entertainment District. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

The Pub on the Run draws a steady local crowd in King West. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

Archive 909 draws a steady local crowd in Queen West. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Bar Buca draws a steady local crowd in King West. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

There is nothing in Toronto quite like BarChef, and after more than fifteen years operating on Queen West, that distinction remains intact. Frankie Solarik — th The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

Bar Hop has held its position as Toronto's most credible craft beer bar since opening on King West in 2012. The 50-tap wall covers every style intelligently: 8 Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Get your venue listed alongside the city's best bars on barsforkings.com. Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.