I was at work a little late last night, so I convinced Joe to come and hang out with me at work for a while. It's been at least a week since he's been out for a beer, so we decided to head out to Fionn MacCool's on King, west of Spadina to quench that thirst.
Joe was also pretty hungry, but having gorged myself on China Gourmet late in the afternoon for lunch (not to mention that I'm supposedly on a healthy eating program), I set my mind on having something light for dinner. And of course, a pint of beer.
It's nice that it's been mild the last couple of days, so it was a nice walk over. And suprisingly, the place is pretty packed. The pub is in a recessed space in the basement of a building. It's a good set up, as it's possible to clearly see what's going in the entire place from the wide front windows.
There were only two tables left right by the entrance. No kidding, those tables are a bit cold due to people constantly walking in and out. But the heavy drapery they have in that area helps to keep the draught out somewhat.
We each get a pint of Keith's and browse the menu. Joe is set on having the burger and I order the seafood chowder - trying to stay true to "eating light".
The one thing I like about this Fionn Maccool's is that even when there are a lot of people and noise, it's still possible to have a conversation without yelling. That's definitely one of my all time pet peeves about pubs, bars and clubs.
Our food arrives as we're about half way through our pints. Joe's burger was good and standard.
And my seafood chowder was loaded with ingredients and flavour. 
The cheese scone was a nice addition, too. I thought it was funny that they just took a slice of cheese and melted it on top of a regular scone. The melted cheese wasn't really doing it for me. It just looked a mushy orange blanket on top of the scone, so I flipped it to Joe and he ate it with his burger with a "mmmm... it's good!"
The soup was a good serving size, but it really filled me up. And I realize that it's not exactly eating light to have a soup loaded with cream and butter and to soak it up with a buttered scone... Well, I saved a few calories by giving Joe the rest of my beer I couldn't finish. That counts for something, right?
