Beerbistro Beerbistro, 18 King St E, Toronto, ON M5C 1C4, Canada

We specialize in food inspired by, cooked with, and paired alongside a whole lot of really good beer. Our menu goes through a significant overhaul quarterly, while also regularly rotating out  a few taps and bottles of limited offerings. We also maintain a temperature-controlled cellar where we stock high strength and bottle-conditioned beers that we think will improve with age, and then release them at maturity. Our Belgian frites have gotten a lot of good press, and here's the fine-print reason why: we take a batch of russet potatoes and store it for one week in our warm room to best balance starch removal while slowing its conversion to sugar. Every morning, a minimum of 100 lbs. of these are manually chipped by whoever shows up last to work. The chips are washed under cold running water to remove surface starches, and then refrigerated under water for 24 hours to stiffen the potato cell walls for a crispier result. For service, the frites are first blanched in a blend of beef and duck fat and then cooled to room temperature. They're then fried up at high temperature in peanut oil until the outside is crispy and golden, the inside fluffy and flavourful. A generous helping is seasoned with kosher salt, and served to you with our house-made smoked tomato ketchup and garlic mayonnaise.

Parking

• Street parking

Specialties

• Serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks

Services

• Takes Reservations
• Walk-Ins Welcome
• Good For Groups
• Take Out
• Waiter Service
• Outdoor Seating