Canada and its pubs.

Late 80's and early 90's saw a huge rise in the number of traditional style pubs in Canada, everyone wanted to open a pub that had that "back home" look, what many call a real pub. Truth is a real pub is any place where you can sit and have a pint and feel welcome and comfortable. During my travels people would say "this is not a pub, its a bar" and I would say it does not matter what the format is, its a pub. It could be a sports bar with all the big screens, baseball, football and hockey memorabilia on the walls, a far cry from the traditional look but still a pub. Canada has many variations of pubs, a wonderful mix of styles whether saloon, bar or traditional they are all pubs. Its strange but when you now visit the U.K. they are opening up American style bars, same sports memorabelia and Bud signs as you will find all over North America. In the end it all comes down to being comfortable in that establishment and wherever your drinking in Canada, forget traditional style, Irish style, sports, saloon, brewpub, its your local CANADIAN pub.