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Front St. E. between Scott and Jarvis BuskerFest is four days of non-stop fun that will entertain and amaze the entire family, featuring award winning acrobats from Germany and Holland; high energy break-dancers from the Bronx; celebrated percussionists from Halifax; a sculpture clown from Portugal; a sword swallower from New Zealand; a fire performer from Australia, and many, many more interesting acts. This event brings the theatre to the streets in front of C'est What where spectators are so close to the action that in the past, many have been known to join in on the strange and spectacular acts. Admission is a Pay What You Can donation in support of Epilepsy Toronto. Drop down to the pub during the event wearing a BuskerFest button (your proof of donation) and get two appetizers for the price of one. Construction on Front Street is scheduled to begin in the second week of September and continue through until the beginning of November. Although the streets will look a little chaotic, C'est What will be open and accessible during the construction period. This short term pain will improve our neighbourhood streetscape and include: • Full reconstruction of the south (east bound) lanes of Front Street from Yonge Street to Jarvis with widened corner sidewalk areas and a wider sidewalk in front of C'est What. Twenty-five of Ontario's smaller brewers have banded together with support from the Ontario government to create the Ontario Craft Brewers. This is an effort that goes beyond just marketing and extends to consumer education and quality regulation. After seventeen years of serving only micro-brewery products on tap, C'est What is obviously very interested in this initiative. We are in the process of formulating our own Craft Beer Manifesto and pose the following question to all of our beer loving e-news subscribers: What are the qualities that define a "craft brewed" beer? Please send your responses to webmaster@cestwhat.com. All entries are eligible to win two all-inclusive tickets to our next Festival Of Small Breweries on Friday September 30. The draw will take place on Tuesday September 6 and we will present the Manifesto in the September news. Speaking of beer, we have a new homebrew on tap: Sierra's Summer Ale. Doug Pengelly of Saint André fame has done the brewing on this "lager brewer's ale." Doug was our first assistant brewer back in the days when we produced our beer at the u-brew Select Brewing. A decade later he is now producing our seasonal brews at Stratford Brewing. Although named after George's daughter and not the pioneering American micro, the lighter bodied ale has enough of a fresh hoppy finish to please fans of the pale ale style. The Summer Ale is somewhat reminiscent of Hart's version of Dragon's Breath. Quantities should be sufficient to keep it on tap on tap through September. |
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6th Annual Buskerfest
Front Street Face-lift
Ontario Craft Brewers
New Brew
