Pure Spirits

Pure Spirits is the Distillery oyster house in a Victorian tank-house: 17 Tank House Lane, East and West Coast oysters flown in daily, a Shucker's Dozen, lobster roll, a patio that opens onto the brick lane as soon as the weather allows. Official purespirits.ca hours: Sunday–Thursday 11:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Friday–Saturday 11:30 a.m.–10:00 p.m. Phone (416) 361-5859. First-timers: oysters at the bar while they shuck, then a lobster roll or a shareable fish main before a Distillery show. This is the tourist-and-local hybrid that actually keeps the product cold. Book OpenTable for patio Friday; the oyster bar is the walk-in. Casual — they say so.