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  1. Civil Works

    Cocktail Bar

    Drink 89
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    The cocktail menu arrives as a fabric-swatch book, sourced from a textile shop up the street, which tells you exactly the kind of cocktail bar this is. Each drink comes tethered to a chapter of Toronto history, wars and labour movements and immigration woven into the tasting notes. It lands on North America's 50 Best Bars list, and the ambition never crowds out the fun: they also do craft-cocktail Jell-O shots, which is the right call.

    The awards strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 89

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    The dishes from the writeups

    • Toronto Purchase

      “Drinks like the Toronto Purchase (Lot 40 Rye, Granny Smith apple, evergreen and carbonated maple)”

      Canada's 100 Best, 2026

    • Needle/Thread

      “Needle/Thread (a gin Martini with pineapple, smoked sweet onion and black-pepper oil)”

      Canada's 100 Best, 2026

    • Woolnough

      “Highlights include the Woolnough – which blends haskap berry and vetiver”

      The 50

    • Finished Pipe

      “the savoury Finished Pipe, which combines wakame distillate and a zingy tom yum cordial”

      The 50
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    Address
    50 Brant St, Toronto ON · Toronto
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    • Monday Closed
    • Tuesday Today 5 PM to Midnight next day
    • Wednesday 5 PM to Midnight next day
    • Thursday 5 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Friday 5 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Saturday 5 PM to 2 AM next day
    • Sunday 5 PM to Midnight next day
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      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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