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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
wait, patios don't have to be roped off any more? I swear I remember seeing closed in "beer gardens" at large events still as recently as last summer. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Beer Gardens at events are a bit different I think. You now have the option to license the entire event so that alcohol can be consumed freely throughout but a lot of organizers choose not to do so for whatever reason (I assume liability?). I believe street festivals also have this option as I've seen it at a craft beer festival in Toronto's East End that closed down a few blocks of Eastern Ave. It's a bit weird at most street festivals now where you have a beer garden but bars and restaurants are also just selling cans and premade cocktails to-go on the street. Restaurant patios no longer need strict delineation that used to be required though.
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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
Young people drinking less is interesting. It's certainly more expensive but I wonder if fewer people having the full university/residency experience and those that do being under age (in Ontario) during their first year has any impact. It's a Toronto centic point of view. Everyone else from Southern Ontario and the outer 905 in my residence were lushes by 15.
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It's definitely noticeable that younger people are drinking less. However I was a bit excited to see that one of my in-laws who went to Queen's this year seemed to have a similar experience to my time in residence. Also my local bar being invaded by people in their early 20s on the weekend before St. Paddy's (normally the crowd is 30s/40s).