When I hung out with the Aquanaut guys in Bowmanville to write last week's column, we got to talking about the Half Acre facility going in across Damen, and they mentioned another new neighbor—Empirical Brewery, seven blocks away at Foster and Ravenswood. The neighborhood seems to be turning into a sort of brewers' row; if it weren't for the Metra tracks, you could pretty much hit Metropolitan with a rock from Empirical's loading dock.…
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