The Stockyards

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homemade iced tea / coke classic

Done exams so that means time to be a big fatass. Previous years have brought me to The Tulip and Utopia but this year...The Stockyards. Mostly a BBQ type place...kind of. Ribs and BBQ chicken are only available on certain days and the rest of the menu is mostly sandwiches (pulled pork, pastrami), burgers, and fried chicken. It also seems like they have constantly changing daily specials which keeps things fresh. The place itself is really small, no tables and probably like 15 seats all bar/counter style so most people opt for takeout.

First off drinks, homemade iced tea ($2.00 + tax) and glass bottle coke ($1.50 + tax). They also have a homemade limeade that sounded good. I got the fried chicken ($12.00 + tax) which was 5 pieces of chicken, 2 breasts, 1 back, 1 wing, 1 drumstick, a shitload of fries, and coleslaw. The chicken is fried to order so it comes out hot and the skin is incredibly crunchy. Fries were great. You know how when you get fries the best ones are the small slightly crunchy ones, well that's pretty much how all of them were like. Not enough places do shoestring style fries and you really do get a ton of them...they're kind of hidden by chicken in the picture but they're there. The coleslaw was also good, not too vinegary, not too creamy, tasty stuff.

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fried chicken combo / classic burger

They also have a variety of different sides but I settled on the tower of onion rings ($5.00 + tax). These aren't no frozen onion rings...maybe a little greasy but nice thick cut onions and I don't know what spices they put in the batter but they were some damn good rings. The classic burger ($7.00 + tax) which I didn't try any of was also supposedly good.

The Stockyards is a little out of the way at st. claire and christie but I'd say was well worth the journey. Also the portion of the fried chicken is huge...I don't how I finished it but somehow I did so unless you're really hungry, a big fatass, or 2 people, I wouldn't recommend trying to finish it yourself. Good thing for me I'm one of those...uhh really hungry of course, what else would I be.

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tower of onion rings

The Stockyards
699 Saint Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON
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