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indsor has no shortage of We turned back, and on our way
friendly faces or brew. Be thought we'd pick up some beer to take
prepared to quaffa few pints home. Where else to go but the Beer
next to one or two of those Store, of which there are several
friendly faces if you plan on spending around town? We walked out because
any time in the city across the river. we couldn't find anything particular-
And, if you value your hard-earned ly interesting, never mind the higher
money, don't get too near to Casino alcohol content of Canadian beer. The
Canadian Club distillery clos-
Windsor. More on that later.
Teod oro
er to town is a better bet for tours,
We spent most of an after-
entert ains
we were told.
noon and an entire evening a
dine rs at
Olde Sandwich Towne in
few weeks ago checking out Brigan
tino.
the University of Windsor area
spots in our tourist guide and
on the west side of town, which
finding others that are slight-
ly off the beaten trail. The beauty of is described as the oldest English set-
Windsor is that it's small enough to tlement west of Montreal and boast-
navigate easily by car, it boasts plen- ing the oldest tavern in Canada, is
ty of parks, restaurants and cafes, and much ado about nothing. In fact, we
couldn't locate the charming windmill
truly feels like a foreign city.
First, we stoppectby Plunkett's pictured in our tourist guide nor any-
Bistro-Bar at 28 Chatham Street thing resembling an historic district.
East, a handsome downtown pub that We did, however, find the Dominion
epitomizes casual chic, for a few pints House Tavern, which bears an Eliz-
of Sleeman's Ale. Had we been hun- abethan character on the outside and
grier, we might have been more almost no character on the inside.
tempted by a very interesting menu. Fake brickwork and a large-screen
Next, we headed for the Seagram's TV are its distinguishing traits, but
Museum for a tour of the whiskey dis- the tavern's chicken wings are dyna-
tillery, but realized the drive to Wa- mite. Our very friendly waiter ex-
terloo would take us roughly two hours. plained that the pub was the first

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watering hole in Canada legally
owned by a woman. It burned down
in 1880 and was rebuilt across the
street. He couldn't tell us when the
place got its new interior. He did, how-
ever, tell us to visit the Jack Miner
Bird Sanctuary near Kingsville
(same county). Alas, time had flown
and it was past closing time.
On the way back into central Wind-
sor, we parked at Dieppe Gardens
along the river and walked its length
among the swaying tulips and soft
grass before proceeding to the Beans
Coffee house just up the street for a
cappuccino.
All that traveling made us hungry,
so we consulted our tourist guide and
were lured by the sound of the grub
at Chanoso's, an Asian/Californian
hybrid at 63 Pitt East in downtown
Windsor. The strictly non-smoking
eatery offers diners an opportunity to
create their own stir fries. Our meal
was filling and not bad at all.
It was getting dusky, the streets
were beginning to come alive with
Saturday night revelers, and we had
nothing to do. Should we go to the
casino? We headed for Casino Wind-