Introducing: The Bristol, a new pub and curry house in The Great Hall on Queen West
Name: The Bristol
Neighbourhood: Queen West
Contact Info: The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street W., 647-716-6583, @BristolYardie, facebook.com
Owners: Former Bristol Yard owner Davy Love and Nav Sangha, owner of The Great Hall and Wrongbar
Chef: Love is still the exec chef, but he’s hired his old culinary-school pal, Joice Phillip, to act as head chef
The Food: Fans of the Christie location will recognize a similar lineup of British brunch dishes and other pub standards (bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie). New to the menu are five British-style curries, each made with a classic BIR (i.e. British Indian Restaurant) gravy that takes 17 hours to prepare. The curries range from mild to “hallucination-inducing”—the Phall of the Empire curry, for instance, is spiced with ghost peppers.
The Drinks: Beer, beer, and more beer. Wine and mixed drinks are available, too.
The Place: Over on Christie, Love’s snug British eatery was pegged as a brunch place, but he always wanted to own a pub. The new Queen Street venue (previously home to Samuel J. Moore) now boasts 93 seats, a marble library bar, a jukebox and a full-sized TARDIS that houses an ATM. The room has been given your standard British-pub makeover with flocked wallpaper, velvet-upholstered chairs and shelves crammed with patriotic knickknacks.
277808 <strong>The Bristol</strong> is housed in the old <strong>Samuel J. Moore</strong> space at Queen and Dovercourt (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b9.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/b9/ b9 0 0
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277805 The room has been given a classic British makeover with flocked wallpaper, velvet-upholstered chairs and lots of patriotic knickknacks (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b14.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/b14/ b14 0 0
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277809 Case in point (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b3.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/b3/ b3 0 0
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277810 The jukebox is stacked with CDs from 25 local DJs (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/b/ b 0 0
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277806 More knickknacks (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b13-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b13.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/b13.jpg 667 1000 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/b13/ b13 0 0
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277803 The Sauchiehall Skooby Snack is the post-bar snack of choice in Glasgow. The monster sandwich contains a sausage patty, black pudding, two slices of bacon, a sunny-side-up egg, cheddar cheese, a potato scone, fried onions, lettuce and tomato—all piled onto a Scottish bap ($12.50) (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food2.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/food2/ food2 0 0
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277802 Fish and chips with tartar sauce and mushy peas ($14) (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food3.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/food3/ food3 0 0
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277801 Arugula with pear, Stilton and walnuts ($10) (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food4.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/food4/ food4 0 0
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277804 Steak-and-Stilton pie with mushy peas and mashed potatoes ($14) (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food1.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/food1/ food1 0 0
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277800 Chicken tikka masala with rice, chapatti bread, papadum and mango chutney ($15) (Image: Caroline Aksich) Introducing: The Bristol https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food51-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food51.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/food51.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/food/the-bristol-toronto-restaurants/slide/food5-2/ food5-2 0 0
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The curry is soooooooooo goooooood
shit beers, and coke heads in the tardis
The main think I miss about England is proper Anglo-Indian cuisine – I can’t wait to try these curry dishes, I have high hopes.