Review - NOW Magazine
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Bar Guide 2006 NOW wets your whistle with its fifth annual Bar Guide, a crucial catalog of the coolest watering holes in town. From dingiest dive to swankiest cocktail lounge, NOW nominates our 50 favourite saloons - as well as 100 other celebrated locals - and names the five best bets for pub grub and the five most essential late-night nosheries for pigging out once the bars close. Bottoms up! Laide 138 Adelaide E, at Jarvis, 416-850-2726 This touchie-feelie sex-themed lounge provides a space where clandestine lovers can canoodle on low-slung sofas while sipping a Deep Throat (Frangelico, vanilla vodka and cream). The after-work crowd bangs back a bottle of Stella at the horseshoe-shaped bar while grainy girl-on-girl porn gets projected on a wall overhead. Sexy tapas from chef Sam Gassira.