The next stage in the saga of the former Hoof Café: the Black Hoof Cocktail Bar

Back in June, we reported that Jen Agg and Grant van Gameren’s ambitious plans to launch Black Hoof and Company this spring in the former Hoof Café space were being put on hold until spring 2012. Yesterday on his blog, Hoof pal Corey Mintz announced the next stage in the evolution of 923 Dundas St. W.: the Black Hoof Cocktail Bar. Starting this Thursday and running from Thursday to Monday night weekly, the new bar will serve Agg’s inventive cocktails (including, we hope, her barrel-aged manhattans) along with cheese plates for snacking. In September, the bar will be open seven nights a week and will feature guest chefs like Guy Rawlings and Colin Tooke, whose cocktails will go head-to-head against the house list. Eventually, the cocktail bar will take over the space adjacent to the Black Hoof across the street, and Black Hoof and Co., the new fine dining restaurant, will move in.
Agg has often lamented Toronto’s lacklustre cocktail scene, so we’re eager to see what she has in store. Oh, and in the spirit of her hilarious rant of a blog post in February, Agg will not be serving any vodka or vodka-based drinks at the bar.
So over the Hoof!
Re: Jen Agg’s post on “Vodka is Stupid”…
Some people don’t like the taste of alcohol and choose a “premium” vodka for getting wasted. All the effect…less taste. Seems silly right? Whatever. Other drinkers like the flavor of certain, or even most spirits, and drink for enjoyment. Can we agree to disagree, live and let live? It is like comparing apples to oranges.
Premium vodka, and muddled vodka drinks ought to be part of their line-up.