Brunswick House version 3.0

Whislt having a drink with friends at the renovated Brunswick House

Me: I can't get over how different this place looks. I would actually bring people here... on purpose! Even a date! What makes it so different now?

Andy: With the curtains open they actually have daylight in here now.

The Brunswick House, familiar as a source of watered down beer for U of T students, frats, underage drinkers, and cheap drunks alike, has undergone renovations in the past year or so, and is now under the management of the team behind This Is London nightclub. The front room is cleaned up and furnished like a martini lounge. The picnic tables are gone from the back and replaced with regular tables that pull back to make room for a dance floor. In short, it converts to "clubby".

The beer was still lousy (not a good thing when even the Canadian beer tastes like Miller Lite), no sign of Irene (the old women who used to sing bawdy songs on the piano), but they have drink specials on Thursdays and Saturdays (something about them paying you $5 to come in). I'll have to investigate a normal night there sometime to get the feel if it's still the crowd is a bit sleazy and easy (trust me, you can tell by looking - eww).

Yes, this is a picture of the men's bathroom at the Brunswick House. Anyone who ever went in there in its previous incarnation knows that it was up there with the troughs at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was the type of bathroom where you try your best not to touch anything.