Another trendy new bar opens on the Dundas West strip
Montauk is the latest addition to the stretch of Dundas West east of Trinity Bellwoods park, joining Bent, L’Ouvrier and Campagnolo (plus, impending arrival Queen Margherita Pizza). After a thorough overhaul by the owner Dustin Keating, who added exposed reclaimed piping, hefty reclaimed wood tables and industrial light fixtures to the space, the room is more polished than nearby dives like The Press Club and Magpie.  Cocktails are created by guest bartenders who stop by on a weekly basis to mix their own concoctions, there are four beers on tap and the wine list is exclusively Ontario. Montauk doesn’t have an in-house kitchen: so housemade beef jerky is the only snack standing in the way of a tipsy trip to the McDonalds next door. 765 Dundas St. W., 647-352-4810, barmontauk.com, @Montaukbar
This place looks sickkkkkk!! Can’t wait to go!
Coupla things… as a resident of the ‘hood.
1) A wine list being “exclusively Ontario” is not a selling point, but I’ll overlook it.
2) It’s a tad bit irresponsible to report that Queen Margherita Pizza is an “impending arrival” and link to an article from September. Yes, I remember when those posters went up. Not a lick of work… not one SINGLE thing has been done to the space since that time. It’s not any kind of secret, I walk past it every day. It might be nice to know, as it’s kind of an eyesore at the present moment. Hm… maybe Toronto’s appetite for pretentious pizza has abated slightly?
3) Oooohhhh, exposed brick reclaimed industrial piping wood hefty bullshit. Yay.