Uptown Pubhouse

I have ave been frequenting this place since it opened, my favourite is the uptown burger with the home cut fries. The burger is the best I have had on Yonge street, a ⁹⁄₁₀. I prefer it to any other gourmet burger place.
The fries are the best ever. They remind me of the old fashioned fries we waited in line for as kids at the Rustic Restaurant 30 years ago which was next door. They are home made and truly a ¹⁰⁄₁₀. These are not frozen fries, they cut and blanch them in the kitchen.
I always wash it down with a hoppy Honkers IPA not to be confused with the darker and milder Goose Island Pale Ale. I love this combo.
Often I come here for wings and some brews on game nites. The wings are well seasoned and well prepared. They are large wings and hit the spot! The Cajun Dry rub is my favourite. I have tried and like most of the menu all is upscale pub, it’s high quality.

Great food. Simple menu where everything they make, they make fresh and delicious. More a restaurant pub than a pure drinking hole pub. Not a huge beer selection, but a good selection; enough to satisfy. Décor is nice; my wife loves the Edison light bulbs throughout. Owners are often there and a real friendly couple. This is our go to family pub restaurant in the area. Great desserts btw.

Chicken fingers and fries were under seasoned and overdone. Mac and cheese could not ultimately hold the interest of the 8 year old. Ploughman’s board was tasty enough, but messy (cured ham was cooked ham). Beer menu heavy on the commercial brews. Need to stop getting draft beer — seems to have gone somewhat flat in too many bars.
Service attentive.

Giving this 3 stars because I want it to succeed. Nice looking gastropub, and close my hood. Went on the first week, so service hiccups are fine and expected.
Could use a beer list that matches the look of the pub. A couple good local craft brews, and several standard premium drafts.
Got the steak and ale pie. Wasn’t a pie. Was a stew in a ramekin with puff pastry on top. Not a pie. It’s stew with a pastry top. Granted the stew was tasty.
Also got fish and chips. Looked like the chef was playing with the batter recipe to make it lighter and less greasy than typical Goan and chips. Kinda worked, but didn’t have shattering crispy goodness that a good fried fish should have. Also, could be wrong, but it seemed like it was made from a frozen filet.
I hope this place finds its stride. But it is appealing to the sport pub crowd, there is already Gabby’s and Stack up the street.
If it is going for English Gastropub, it has to compete with The Abbott.
I’ll probably give this place another shot. I hope I can bump this to a 4 or 5.

Nice place that just opened.
Beer selection a little limiting (Coors, Bud, Mill St, Honkers). Would be nice to have some more canadian craft beers.
Friends liked their meals and desert.
Easy parking at Metro across the street.