Farside

Handlebar’s east-end counterpart is Farside, a colourful and quirky bar that’s impossible not to love. There’s beer aplenty (bottles of serviceable Old Style Pilsner share space with limited-edition Left Field collabs) and well-crafted house cocktails, like a stripped-down martini made with Dillon’s Vodka Method 95, which is a grape-based vodka distilled from Niagara wine grapes. The snack menu is limited but includes a “sour plate” (kimchee, pickled egg, chips) and birthday cake, a pick procured daily from neighbouring Tung Hing Bakery—served by the slice on a Spice Girls plate.

600 Gerrard St. E., 647-347-7433, farsideto.com