Cheap Alcohol in Toronto
The Toronto Drink Special Compendium
Post your favorite drink specials, and I'll add them to the list! Include the where, the when, the how much, and the what's happening!
EXAMPLE: $ - Some Bar - $X drinkydrink - Street S. of Other Street - Hours - Additional Info - Contact Info - Date Added or Updated or Confirmed
ID = Carded C = Cover Charge $ = REALLY CHEAP ($2.50 or less for Beer ; $9 or less pitchers ; $4 or less Martinis ; $1.50 or less for Shots $$ = MODERATELY CHEAP ($3.50 or less for Beer ; $12 or less pitchers ; $5 or less Martinis ; $2 or less for shots $$$ = AVERAGE ($4.50 or less for Beer ; $3 or less for shots $$$$ = EXPENSIVE ($4.50 or MORE for Beer ; Why is this even on the list then?)
ALL THE TIME
FRONT EAST $$ - Upront Bar & Grill ; $11 Pitchers ; 106 Front Street East @ Jarvis ; 416-364-6054
QUEEN WEST $$$ - Gorilla Monsoon ; $10 pitchers/$4 pints (11.70/4.70 w/taxes) of "Cool" brand beer from 4-7 ; 372 Queen St W @ Spadina ; 416.591.2222 ?? - Tortilla Flats ; Triple shot caesars $7.44 ; 458 Queen W @ Augusta ; Sun-Tues 11:30am to Midnight, Wed-Sat 11:30am to 1am ; 416.203.0088 or http://www.tortillaflats.ca/ $$ - Funhaus ; $3.50 Jack & Cokes (and other shots/drinks!) $3 Mill St. Beers ; 526 Queen St W @ Portland ; 416.703.4999 or www.thefunhaus.ca $$ - Bovine Sex Club ; $3 drinks before midnight ; 542 Queen St W @ Bathurst ; 416.504.4239 $$ - Squirly's ; $2.99 domestic beers, $4.50 imports ; 807 Queen St W @ Manning ; 416.703.0574 ?? - Sweaty Betty's ; has half price draft between 5-7 pm, weeknights ; 13 Ossington @ Queen St W ; 416.535.6861 $$ - Social ; $3.50 pints of 50 ; 1100 Queen St W @ Dovercourt (below the Spin Gallery) ; Tue-Sat 5:30 to 10pm, Sun 5:30 to 9pm ; Cover some nights ; 416.532.4474
DUNDAS WEST $$$$ - Dakota Tavern - $5 pints - 249 Ossington Avenue @ Dundas ; 416.850.4579 OR http://www.thedakotatavern.com/ [JULY 07] $$ - Magpie - $3.50 domestic bottles - 831 Dundas W @ Euclid ; 416.916.6499
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 Jäger, $4 Jameson, $4 Jack Daniels - 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $$ - Einstien Cafe & Pub ; $10 pitchers all the time. ; 229 College @ Huron ; 416.506.8937 $ - Asean Buffet - $2.50 domestic bottles - College E. of Spadina $ - Bistro 422 - Sun-Tues $8 pitchers / $1.75 Shots - Wed-Sat $10 pitchers / $2 shots - 422 College St. @ Bathurst ; DRAFT BEER IS STALE HERE ; 416.963.9416 $ - Piccadilly's - $9 pitchers - College St. @ Bathurst (across from Sneaky Dee's) $$$ - Sneeky Dee's - Pitchers for 11.25$-14.75$ and shots $3.75 ; 431 College St. @ Bathurst ; 416.603.3090 or http://www.sneeky-dees.com [JULY 07] $$$ - Eat My Martini ; $6 MARTINI'S-OVER 80 KINDS ; 648 College @ Grace ; 416.516.2549
BLOOR WEST $$$ - Madison Ave. Pub ; 3.66 for a pint of their beer until 7 ; 14 Madison Av @ Bloor ; 416.927.1722 or http://www.madisonavenuepub.com/ $$$ - Green Room ; $13 pitchers, $15 for Keith's Pitchers ; 296 Brunswick (in a back alley of Brunswick, S. of Bloor) ; (416) 929-3253 $$ - Annex Wreck Room ; $3 drinks before midnight ; 794 Bathurst @ Bloor ; www.theannexwreckroom.com $$ - Pizza Roma Restaurant ; $10 pictcher ; 1090 Bloor W @ Gladstone ; 416.531.4000 $$ - Fox and Fiddle; $3.53 bottles everyday till 6pm, $3.98 bar rails everyday till 12am; 280 bloor st w, visit- http://www.bloorfox.com $ - 12:30 ; $4 half pitchers / $8 pitchers - Bloor, E of Ossington $$ - Falcon - $3 beers - Bloor & Islington
DANFORTH $ - Wild Wings - $7 pitchers or $2.50 pints till 8pm. After 10pm: Pitcers $10, Pints $3.50 - 360 Danforth @ Pape ; 416.462.9988
QUEEN EAST $ - Jilly's ; $3 beers 3pm - 7pm; Broadview @ Queen $$ - Stratenger's ; $4.35 22oz pints of house brew ; Queen St. @ Bertmount (W of Jones)
SPADINA AVENUE $ - Xe Lua Restaurant ; $2.50 beer ; 254 Spadina, S. of Dundas ; 416.703.8330
YONGE STREET $$$ - Caffe/Bar Volo ; $4 pints ; 587 Yonge @ Wellesley ; 416.928.0008 $$ - Toby's Good Eats ; $2.50 liquid cocaine polar bears etc, $10 pitchers Carlsberg , Amersterdam or Steam Whistle, $4 tequila shots. ; 725 Yonge @ Bloor ; 416.925.9908
CHURCH STREET $$$ - Woody's - $3.75 cocktails (doubles $5.75), $4 beers, $11 pitchers, until 8pm - 465 Church, S. of Wellesley ; Gay Bar ; 416.972.0887
EAST YORK $ - Rib House Restaurant ; $2/beer (variety) ; 1233 Woodbine Av. @ Mortimer ; 416.424.2232 $$$ - Golden Pizza ; $4 draft beer ; 1201 Broadview Ave (N. of Cosburn) ; 416-425-3787
NORTH YORK $$$ - Ikea ; $3.75 pints of Carlsburg ; 15 Provost Drive (Sheppard/Leslie) ; 416.222.4532 or http://www.ikea.ca
Entertainment district $$ - $3.50 domestic bottles, $4 bar rails,$13 pitchers —all day everyday 117 John st (John and Adelaide st) 416-977 1900:http://www.theofficepub.ca
MONDAY
KING WEST $$ - Rockwood Nightclub & Grass Terrace ; $4.50-5 Martinis ; 31 Mercer (King & John) ; 416.979.7373
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND ?? - Wide Open ; 2-for-1 drinks before Midnight ; ; 139a Spadina Avenue (Spadina and Richmond) ; 416-727-5411
QUEEN WEST ?? - Tortilla Flats ; $3 Daiquiries ; 458 Queen W @ Augusta ; Sun-Tues 11:30am to Midnight, Wed-Sat 11:30am to 1am ; 416.203.0088 or http://www.tortillaflats.ca/ $$ - Squirly's ; $3 Margueritas (plus "all the time" specials) ; 807 Queen St W @ Manning ; 416.703.0574 $ - Social ; $1.50 Drinks before 11pm ; 1100 Queen St W @ Dovercourt (below the Spin Gallery) ; 416.532.4474 $$$ - Gladstone Hotel ; $4 pints ; 1214 Queen W @ Dufferin ; http://www.gladstonehotel.com/
DUNDAS WEST $$$ - One Up Lounge ; $6 Martinis ; 130 Dundas W (2nd Floor) @ Bay ; 416.340.6349 or http://www.oneup.ca/
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 domestic bottles, $5 pints - 5pm-8pm 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $$$ - Free Times Cafe ; pints of Amsterdam Blonde and Amsterdam Nut Brown are $4 including tax ; 320 College St @ Major ; 416.967.1078 or http://freetimescafe.com/ ?? - Souz Dal ; $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) ; 636 College @ Grace ; 416.537.1883
BLOOR WEST $$ - Insomnia ; $3 pints ; 563 Bloor, east of Bathurst ; 416.588.3907 or http://insomniacafe.com/ $$ - Bryden's ; $3 pints $9 pitchers ; 2455 Bloor @ Jane ; 416.760.8069 or http://brydens.foodpages.ca/ $$ - Falcon on Bloor ; $3 beers ; 3369 Bloor St. W. @ Islington ;
YONGE STREET $$$ - Duke of Gloucester ; 649 Yonge St @ Gloucester ; $12 for Amsterdam Pitches ; 416.961.9704 OR http://www.dukeofgloucester.net [JULY 07]
TUESDAY
LAKESHORE BLVD WEST $ - Fox and the Fiddle Lakeshore ; All Martini's are $3.50 all night long ; 3473 Lakeshore Blvd. W @ 30th St. ; 416-255-4126
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND $$ - Tequilla Sunrise ; $3.50 drinks (domestic beers & rail drinks) ; 212 Adelaide W (just west of University between Duncan and Simcoe) ; 416-593-6164 C$$ - Opium Lounge ; $3 Domestics ($5 cover charge) ; 222 Richmond St W ; 416-971-4222 $ - Hooters ; $2.50 domestic bottles ; 280 Adelaide W @ John ; 416.977.4668 or http://www.hooters.to/
QUEEN WEST $ - Bovine Sex Club ; $2.50 drinks before midnight ; 542 Queen W, E of Bathurst ; 416.504.4239 or http://bovineclub.com/ $ - ROK BOUTIQUE ; $3.50 martini Tuesdays. ; 200 Bathurst, N of Queen ; 647-428-7273 or http://rokboutique.netfirms.com/rokboutique.com/
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 domestic bottles, $5 pints - 5pm-8pm 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $$ - Einstien Cafe & Pub ; $2 shoots ; 229 College @ Huron ; 416.506.8937 ?? - Souz Dal ; $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) ; 636 College @ Grace ; 416.537.1883 $$ - Veni Vidi Vici ; $5 martinis, mojitos and margaritas Tuesday nights, ALL night ; 650 College St. @ Grace ; http://venividivici.sites.toronto.com/ OR (416) 536-8550
WELLESLEY $ - Fiddler's Green ; $3 domestic bottles ; 27 Wellesley St E, east of Yonge ; 416-967-9442
WEDNESDAY
KING WEST $ - Hey Lucy Cafe ; $3.50 Martinis ; 295 King W @ John ; 416.408.3633
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND $$ - Crocodile Rock ; $2.75 Bar Shots, Beer $3.75 ; 240 Adelaide W ; 416-599-9751 $$ - BRIN ; $4.75 tax included Martinis All Day ; 340 Adelaide W @ Peter ;
QUEEN WEST $$ - Tortilla Flats ; $2.75 bottles ; 458 Queen W @ Augusta ; Sun-Tues 11:30am to Midnight, Wed-Sat 11:30am to 1am ; 416.203.0088 or http://www.tortillaflats.ca/ [JULY07] $$ - Serf n' Turf @ The Queenshead - $3 Domestic Beer after 10:30pm ; 659 Queen W @ Bathurst ; 416.368.9405
DUNDAS EAST $ - MiniBar ; $3.50 Martinis ; 107 Mutual St. (at Dundas St. E.) ; 416-203-2274
DUNDAS WEST $$$ - CROOKED STAR ; $4.50 pints ; 202 Ossington Ave. (at Dundas St. W.) ; 416-536-7271
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 domestic bottles, $5 pints - 5pm-8pm 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $ - Sneeky Dee's - $2.50 ALL domestic beers ; 431 College St. @ Bathurst ; 416.603.3090 or http://www.sneeky-dees.com $$ - Eat My Martini ; $5 MARTINI'S-OVER 80 KINDS ; 648 College @ Grace ; 416.516.2549
WELLESLEY $$$ - Fiddler's Green ; $13 pitchers ; 27 Wellesley St E, east of Yonge ; 416-967-9442
BLOOR WEST C$ - Labyrinth Lounge ; $3.50 martinis ($4 cover) ; 298 Brunswick, S of Bloor ; 416.925.7775
THURSDAY
FRONT STREET C$$ - Down One Lounge ; $3.50 Domestics & Bar Rail till 12pm ($5 cover charge) ; 49 Front St E @ Church ; http://downone.sites.toronto.com/ OR (416) 363-7565
WELLINGTON $$ - C Lounge ; $3 drinks (Including wine) ; 465 Wellington W, between Spadina & Portland ; http://www.libertygroup.com/c_lounge/c_lounge.html
KING WEST $ - Route 365 ; $2 Ladies Drinks, $3.65 Men drinks ; 365 King St. W (2nd Floor) @ Blue Jays Way ; 416.593.5159 $ - Brant House ; $3 any drink plus half price "small plates" 5pm-7pm ; 1 Brant St. @ King ; http://www.branthouse.com/ $ - Two Cats ; all drinks are $2 between 9-11 ; King and Portland ; http://www.chowhound.com/topics/386395 [MAY 07]
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND $ - Wide Open ; $3.50 Martinis ; $2 domestic draught beer ; 139a Spadina Avenue (Spadina and Richmond) ; 416-727-5411 [JUNE 07] $$ - Tequilla Sunrise ; $3.50 drinks (domestic beers & rail drinks) ; 212 Adelaide W (just west of University between Duncan and Simcoe) ; 416-593-6164 C$ - SYSTEMS THURSDAYS @ AFTERLIFE ; $2.50 FUEL ALL NIGHT Ladies FREE 'til 11:30 PM ; 250 Adelaide St W ; 416.593.6126
$$- The Office Pub, $3.50 bottles, $4 bar rails,$13 pitchers with karaoke 117 John st (John/ Adelaide) 416-9771900 -http://wwwtheofficepub.ca
QUEEN WEST ?? - Tortilla Flats ; $3 Margueritas ; 458 Queen W @ Augusta ; Sun-Tues 11:30am to Midnight, Wed-Sat 11:30am to 1am ; 416.203.0088 or http://www.tortillaflats.ca/
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 domestic bottles, $5 pints - 5pm-8pm // $5 tall cans, $6.50 cider - 9pm-2am 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $$ - O'Grady's ; $3 domestic bottles and pints, $3 shots ; 171 College St. @ St. George ; 416.596.0327 $$ - Molly Blooms ; 3.50 domestic pints, bottles, shooters, and martinis ; 191 College St @ St. George ; (416) 916-6448 $$ - Einstien Cafe & Pub ; $10 pitchers before 10pm ; 229 College @ Huron ; 416.506.8937
BLOOR WEST $$$ - Madison Ave. Pub ; $4.25 rail shots $4.50 Domestic pints and $5.25 premium Pints ; 14 Madison Av @ Bloor ; 416.927.1722 or http://www.madisonavenuepub.com/ $$ - Labyrinth Lounge ; $3 drinks before midnight ; 298 Brunswick, S of Bloor ; 416.925.7775
$$ - Fox and Fiddle, 4.50 shots and bar rails all day with Karaoke 280 bloor st west, 416-9664369- http://www.bloorfox.com
ST. CLAIR WEST $$ - Sports Centre Cafe ; $3 domestic bottles ; 49 St Clair Ave W ; 416.928.9525
905 - MISSISSAUGA $$$ - California's Restaurant & Dining Lounge ; 3 Brama's and $3 Tequila shots ; Applewood Village Shopping Centre ; (905) 897-7742
FRIDAY
KING WEST $$ - BLVD room friday nights $3 drinx, join the CUparty.ca (416.226.4636) guest list and NO $7 cover ; 81 Peter @ King St W ; 416.581.1118 $ - Schmooze it up! - 5pm-9pm drinks (including Heineken and vodka mixers) are just $2.50 EACH! - 15 Mercer (King W & John) ; M-S 9am to 3am ; 416.341.8777 or http://www.worldsbestbars.com/city/toronto/schmooze-toronto.htm $ - Brant House ; $3 any drink plus half price "small plates" 5pm-7pm ; 1 Brant St. @ King ; http://www.branthouse.com/
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND $$$ - Level Nightclub ; $3 shots ; 102 Peter St. (between Adelaide & Richmond) ; 416.599.2224 or http://www.levelnightclub.ca/level.html
$$- The Office Pub; $3.50 beer bottles, $4- Bar rails, $13 Pitchers with Karaoke @9.30pm- 117 John st (John/Adelaide) 416-977 1900- http://www.theofficepub.ca
$$- $3.50 bottles, $4 barrails, $13 pitches allday with karaoke @9.30 117 John st (John/Adelaide)—416-977 1900, htpp://www.theofficepub.ca QUEEN WEST $ - Velvet Underground ; $2.50 drinks before midnight (No cover) ; 508 Queen W, E of Bathurst ; 416.504.6688 $ - Funhaus ; $2 Beers and Drinks ; 526 Queen St W @ Portland ; 416.703.4999 or www.thefunhaus.ca C$$ - Crystal Room ; $3 domestics and bar rail before 11:30 ($5.75 after) $3 cover before 11:30 ($5 cover after 11:30) ; 567 Queen W at Portland ; 416.504.1626 or http://www.libertygroup.com/crystalroom/
COLLEGE $$ - The Monarch Tavern - $4 domestic bottles, $5 pints - 5pm-8pm 12 Clinton St. (south of College) 416.531.5833 $$$ - Neutral Bar ; $3.00 beers before 12am, $4.00 after ; expensive cover on Friday; 349A College @ Augusta ; 416.926.1212; (bartender had no idea about cheap drinks)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO $? - Suds (10 King's College Rd ; basement of the Sandford Fleming Building) ;
BLOOR WEST $$ - Brunswick House ; $10 pitchers every friday ; 481 Bloor St, E. of Bathurst ; http://www.thebrunswickhouse.com/home.html $$ - Dance Cave ; $2.75 drinks before 11:30 ; 529 Bloor W. @ Borland (above Lee's Palace) ; DRAFT BEER IS STALE HERE ; 416.532.1598 or http://www.leespalace.com/dancecave.html $$ -Annex Wreck Room ; $3.00 drinks before midnight (cover unknown) ; 794 Bathurst @ Bloor ; 416.536.0346 or http://www.theannexwreckroom.com/site.html
$$- Fox and Fiddle—$4.50 bar rails and shots all day with karaoke, 280 bloor st.w, 416-966 4369, http://www.bloorfox.com
SHERBOURNE C$ - Phoenix Concert Hall ; $2.50 domestic bottles and mixed drinks (and probably shots too) until 1am. no cover for women all night ; 410 Sherbourne, N of Carlton ; 416.323.1251
SATURDAY
ADELAIDE/RICHMOND C$$ - Blur Nightclub ; 214 Adelaide W ; $10 Cover for 1 hour open bar (10pm to 11pm), $3 drinks after that ; 416-596-8400 $ - Wide Open ; Ladies All You Can Drink for $15 ; 139a Spadina Avenue (Spadina and Richmond) ; 416-727-5411 [JUNE 07]
$$ The Office Pub, $3.50 bottles, $4 bar rails, $13 pitchers all day with [email protected] John st (John/ Adelaide) 416-9771900-http://www.theofficepub.ca
QUEEN WEST $$ - Paddy Murphy's ; $3.50 pints $2.50 shots (free beer somenights) LFK, pwyc before 12:00, $5 after ; 751 Queen W., west of Tecumseh ; 416.360.7272
BLOOR WEST $$ - Dance Cave ; $2.75 drinks before 11:30 ; 529 Bloor W. @ Borland (above Lee's Palace) ; DRAFT BEER IS STALE HERE ; 416.532.1598 or http://www.leespalace.com/dancecave.html $$ -Annex Wreck Room ; $3.00 drinks before midnight (cover unknown) ; 794 Bathurst @ Bloor ; 416.536.0346 or http://www.theannexwreckroom.com/site.html $$ - the Fan Sports Cafe ; 3 dollar drinks, bar shots and domestic bottles 8pm to 10pm ; 2448 Bloor St. W. @ Jane ; (416) 762-1157
$$ - Fox and Fiddle, $4.50 bar rails and shots all day evetday with karaoke, 280 bloor st west, 416-966 4369 -http://www.bloorfox.com
905 - MARKHAM $$ - Owl & Firkin ; has Canadian, Coors Lite, Carlsburg and something else for $3.49 Saturday nights ; 7181 Woodbine @ Steeles ; 905.513.6611
SUNDAY
QUEEN WEST $$ - Bedhead @ The Queenshead - $10 pitchers (domestic) ; 659 Queen W @ Bathurst ; 416.368.9405 $$$ - Squirly's ; $17 for Pitcher and a Pizza ; 807 Queen St W @ Manning ; 416.703.0574 $$$ - Sweaty Betty's ; $4 pints ; 13 Ossington @ Queen St W ; 416.535.6861
COLLEGE $ - Asean Buffet ; $2.50 domestic bottles and $4.99 BUFFET! ; College E. of Spadina ; ?? - Souz Dal ; $3.95 cocktails (Reg $7.95) ; 636 College @ Grace ; 416.537.1883
External Links
http://www.torontodrinksweekly.com/ DrinkOwl (generally up to date, bar owners can change there specials); http://www.drinkowl.com/ Unthirsty (Find Happy Hour near you) ; http://www.unthirsty.com/ Facebook Group "Cheap Drinks in Toronto" ; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5252981943 Facebook Group "Cheap Drinks in Toronto" ; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2844320312 Stillepost "Toronto Cheap Drinks Compendium" ; http://www.stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?PHPSESSID=aa3df3b9e1226900b2e5875eecf72684&topic=12222.0
*These listings are provided by users, not the bars themselves! If you find an incorrect listing please feel free to correct it. Thank you the the original creator of the list, Trevor Coleman (Franks2000inchTV on Stillepost).
CLOSED DOWN
$$ - Gypsy Co-op ; (WEDNESDAYS) $5 martinis ($5 cover after 10:30) ; 815 Queen W of Bathurst ; 416.703.5069 $$ - Rib Shack ; $2.80/beer ; Victoria Park and Russica (N. of Eglinton)
