Location:
55 Mill Street, Toronto
www.millstreetbrewery.com
For beerfests and the like, Mill Street Brewery has the capacity for the people and the beers.
Check out their Ontario's first "Original Organic Lager" for a light and hoppy flavour.
I'm now more interested in their new Lemon Tea Beer and this contest they're having.
Overdraught Irish Pub
Location:
156 Front St W., Toronto
Overdraught is what I like to consider a hidden gem of an Irish pub, situated underground right between Joe Badali's and Canyon Creek Chophouse.
Here you can find all the usual pub details: dark corners, cheery folk and most importantly, GUINNESS.
The fish n' chips and wings are just bonuses.
A great place for groups, especially on St. Patty's Day.
Elephant & Castle
Location:
212 King Street West, Toronto
Cost: $50 with tip
www.elephantcastle.com
As far as pub food in the city goes...this place has got to have the blurst (read: worst).
It's got a great atmosphere for after work or late night drinks, but I've got to say the food is absolutely mediocre.
So, the mahi sandwich with fries was just okay...which is not saying much. 
It certainly was better than the chicken skewers, which were...disssssguuuust. 
Unless you like your chicken pinkish....
The bruschetta was alright.
And the fish fritters with chips (crisps) was sub-par.
Thank Guinness for beer! I'm happy my half pint of Guinness was so generous...I needed it!
The Jason George
Location:
100 Front Street East, Toronto
I've been to the Jason George twice. Both times I had the fish n' chips. Hey, why change a good thing?
It's crispy, flaky, tender, tasty. And the yam frites are scrumptious.
Whether indoors or out, the ambiance is fun and friendly.
A great local pub.
Harbord Fish & Chips
Location:
147 Harbord Street, Toronto
Cost:
$8.99 for the Halibut ($11.99 at Chippy's)
As far as I'm concerned, you can't go wrong with eating a good meal of fish n' chips once in a while. And it's pretty hard to mess up deep fried fish and strips of potato. The real issue is how much you are paying for eating the deep fried goodness. At Chippy's you pay an arm and a leg and are lucky if you get to rest the other arm and leg on a stool inside the tiny compound (especially if it's raining outside!); it's also pretty hard to eat battered fish from a chinese take-out container.....okay, so I guess it's not that hard to mess up deep fried fish and fries, but don't get me wrong, I'll still eat at Chippy's if I'm ever craving some fish n'chips in the west-end. For the East-enders, the ultimate fish and chips place used to be mom n' pops' Woodgreen Fish n' Chips, which I believe has shut down (can anyone confirm this?). I'd love to try British Style Fish & Chips on Dundas/Coxwell which I've heard is superbly authentic.
However, around the Spadina/College area and at Harbord FnC, you can get deep fried goodness for less and a place to rest your whole being (on the picnic tables outside). The joint also feels very sea-shore-ish; with the mom n' pop serving you piping hot fish atop fresh fries (on paper), which you get to douse with vinegar and salt the way you please, but be cautioned, the tarter sauce comes in wee lil' packets.
The fish sits fresh and tender inside a wonderful deep golden interior of golden crust, whilst soft, yellow, starchy pods of potato poke out of the breaks in the crispy, skin-covered edges of the chips.
With the right amount of malt vinegar, salt, ketchup and tartar sauce (and a beer if you can manage to sneak it in as we did this time) you're all set for a trip to fish n' chip heaven.