Head Tale

I could’ve used this when we lived in Calgary but honestly, this is all I needed to know:
1. Hop N Brew (right next door to where my office was – dangerous!)
2. Drum & Monkey (also down the street from my office – sat there for like ten hours from noon on to hold a table for Game 7 in the 2004 Stanley Cup Final!)
3. Classic Jack’s
4. James Joyce (downtown and I think there was one on 4th?  Amazing curry fries!)
5. Ship & Anchor (Many places on this list are gone but the Ship is a Calgary institution.)
6. Kensington Pub (home to a great Saturday afternoon sharing a pint with an 80-year old aunt!)
7. Rose & Crown
8. King Eddy
9.   Kaos Jazz & Blues Club on 17th (Special mention as we held multiple Freedom to Read Week fundraisers here when I worked at the Writers Guild of Alberta)
10. Wild Rose Brewery

My old 'where to drink in Calgary' decision tree got onto reddit again today. Seeing that many people were commenting about how out-of-date it is, I updated it for 2021. Here is your new 'Where to drink in Calgary' decision tree! pic.twitter.com/lThzbyPLtN

— John Smiley (@JohnSmiley) April 6, 2021