Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
The Merchant, Kingston, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, April 17, 2004 in - 1 comment
Being in Ontario during the hockey playoffs is the right place to be. There is a pervasive legitimacy about being Leafs fans that you just don't get in the Maritimes with the mix of allegances for the Habs, the Bruins and whatever team is good this week. We watched the win over the Senators last …
The Queen's Inn, Kingston, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, April 3, 2004 in - 2 comments
Another day another pub exterior. • When I was going up to find the back view of the Royal Tavern the other day, I passed this pub and realized that it said established 1839 on the awning. For those of you in outside of North America, this may not be extraordinary but for Canada - especially … read more »
Pilot House, Kingston, Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, April 1, 2004 in - 1 comment
Another in my occasional series on the pubs of Kingston. This is at the corner • of King Street and Johnson. Half a fish and chip shop, half pub. This is our • version of Chess's of St. John's, Murphy's of Truro except it has Guinness on • tap. Your choice of fish and chips includes smoked …
The Royal Tavern, Kingston, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, March 27, 2004 in - 16 comments
My days of bar hopping are long past. The five and a half years of rural life which wrapped up a year ago did its best to kill the habit geographically as did the advent of kids. There are, however, things that are habits and things that are personality traits and I think that the architecture of …
Old Speckled Hen, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Posted by on Sunday, March 7, 2004 in - 2 comments
To the west of City Hall on Ontario Street there are a row of watering holes including the nearest, the Old Speckled Hen, which is a bit of a faux pub but not a bad faux pub in an 1809 building discussed earlier. • Sadly it does not even sell Old Speckled Hen, a loverly hoppy ESB now made by …
Midtown Tavern, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Posted by on Friday, November 7, 2003 in - 51 comments
Midtown Tavern, R.I.P. • David Swick has the whole story in Halifax Daily News: • “A city that prides itself on its heritage, and a legendary tavern whose days are numbered. Sounds like a match made in tippling heaven. Operators of the Midtown Tavern in downtown Halifax have applied to the … read more »
