Monday, July 10, 2006

Bistro 100 - World Cup Food in Mississauga!

A couple of my friends and I went out to watch the final World Cup game, and we didn't have an easy time of it!

We first went to Coopers Pub. There wasn't a seat left in the place to be had! We have gone there before for round robin play and enjoyed it. We turned around and headed south-east.

Stop 2 was the Rooster & Firkin. When we got there, there were only 2 groups of people sitting infront of the projector screen showing the game. These 2 groups took up the entire space infront of the screen and there was no place left to sit! I did overhear one of the members of these groups asking to turn up the volume - they have volume at Coopers. Then the bartender said "Then go to Coopers!". That was our clue to leave.

Stop 3 was the Mad Hatter Olde British Pub. Once again, absolutely no seats! Although, I wish we had arrived there on time because they had both a projector screen and an HD Tv!

By now, we were about 10 minutes away from game play. One of my friends and I remembered there being a pub inside of a Holiday Inn way up near the 401/403. This also happens to be where we watched the previous World Cup final (because it was one of the few places we could find open at 7am). So we found good seats at Bistro 100. It was freezing cold when we got there, but thankfully they turned down the AC for us. The place kind of reminded me of someone's finished basement. It had a bar and a widescreen tv. The server was fairly good, although he did have one slip up. He removed my friend's plate while she was watching the game (her not realizing it was gone), but she wasn't finished. He made up for it by bringing her a brand new plate of food! The menu was more for dinner than it was for lunch. And it was fairly expensive. More expensive than it should have been. I had a burger however, and it was very tasty! Also note that drinks are not free refills! I wouldn't go back, but for a tired traveller it's not a bad place to go to.