It was a joke that stuck. While he was searching for a name for his new bar, Patrick McGann decided to paint The Bar With No Name over the door as a humorous sort of placeholder. The response from his clientele was so enthusiastic he didn’t dare change it. Instead, Patrick embraced the tongue-in-cheek name, making t-shirts with the bar’s new question-mark logo; the logo can also be found on the bar’s own brand of beer, brewed for them by Wellington Brewery. The name may not say a lot about the place, but the beer sure does.
When The Bar With No Name first opened in 2010, it was one of the few places dedicated to craft beer, and there was a similarly small list of producers. Now there are 140 craft breweries in Ontario alone, which keeps Patrick busy testing new brews. He keeps his ten staples always on tap, well-respected Ontario names like Mill St. and Amsterdam, and constantly rotates in two others to keep things interesting. The bottles and cans also represent a few of the usual suspects like Flying Monkey and Nickel Brook, but also adventuresome newcomers like The Brickworks Cider and Prison Break and Fire in the Rye by Double Trouble Brewery.
“I’m a bit of a hop-head. I love hoppy beers, I love the stronger taste," says Patrick. "You don’t want to always have the same thing though, and I’m always happy to try new brands.” Because the range of craft locals is so varied, the bar’s namesake concoction — the No Name brew — is a nice light lager for those who are used to more understated flavours.
Samosas
Three baked veggie samosas served with a variety of sauces.
Mozzarella Sticks
5 sticks of cheesy goodness with sauce on the side.
Hummus Platter
Made to order, served with grilled pita, carrots and celery.
Popcorn Chicken
Beer battered, freshly cut chicken and served with a selection of three dipping sauces.
Wings
Fried, grilled and tossed in your choice of sauce
Cajun, Mild, Medium, Hot, BBQ, Honey Garlic or Jerk.
Try one of our boozy sauces
Honey Rum, Tequila Lime, Whiskey Pepper BBQ
Salads
Freshly prepared.
Dumplings
12 Vegetable or kimchee dumplings, served with soy sauce.
Nacho Plate
Made with a three cheese blend and served with salsa and sour cream.
Perogies
Potato and cheese perogies, boiled and then pan fried with bacon and red onion.
Chicken Fingers
BWNN special recipe, freshly breaded chicken breast and cooked to perfection.
Basket of Fries
Freshly hand cut fries tossed in our BWNN seasoning.
Onion Rings
Fried and tossed in our BWNN seasoning.
Sweet Potato Fries
Freshly hand cut sweet potatoes, tossed in BWNN seasoning.
Classic Poutine
Vegetarian home made gravy, a top freshly cut fries and blanketed with real cheese curds.
Buffalo Chicken Poutine
Grilled buffalo chicken , a top our hand cut fries, drizzled with ranch dressing and covered with melted cheese.
Nacho Fries
Made a top our freshly cut fries with peppers, red onion and cheese. Baked and served with sour cream.
Sweet and Stinky
Freshly cut sweet potato fries, smothered with blue cheese dressing and freshly cooked bacon crumble.
Basket or Fries
Freshly hand cut fries tossed in our BWNN seasoning.
Sweet Potato Fries
Freshly hand cut sweet potatoes, tossed in BWNN seasoning.
Onion Rings
Fried and tossed in our BWNN seasoning.
Mozzarella Sticks
5 sticks of cheesy goodness with sauce on the side.
Dumplings
12 Vegetable or kimchee dumplings, served with soy sauce.
Deep Fried Chocolate Bar
May contain nuts and be delicious.
BWNN Burger
Our home made 7oz patty, topped with lettuce, tomato and red onion, with your choice of side.
Pat`s Jerk Burger
This 7oz petty is stuffed with bacon, slathered in jerk sauce and topped with sauteed onions, bacon and Swiss cheese.
The Snob Burger
Our home made 7oz patty, topped with lettuce crispy onion straws and your choice of Swiss or blue cheese.
Veggie Burger
A quinoa burger, made in house, seasoned to perfection and topped with lettuce and tomato.
Whisky Pepper BBQ Burger
7oz Patty stuffed with shredded cheese, bacon and drenched in our home made Whiskey BBQ pepper sauce. Topped with bacon, Swiss or cheddar cheese.
The BWNN Club
The Triple Decker sandwich with chicken, bacon, lettuce and tomato, topped with our spicy mayo.
Grilled Cheese
Grilled in yummy butter and melted to perfection.
Chicken Caesar Pita
Grilled or crispy chicken, wrapped in a warm pita with bacon, lettuce and caesar dressing.
Pita Pizzas
Chicken,bacon and beef. Perfection
Dessert Nachos
Cinnamon sugared nachos, chocolate sauce and some delicious whipped cream.
Deep Fried Chocolate Bar
May contain nuts and be delicious
Drinks
Draft & Pitchers, Cans & Bottles, Beers
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