Munchies: Bar Isabel

[@betterbuiltroofs3103]

Why all the hate? Its great to see young entrepreneurs doing something positive for their community. These guys bring good food and jobs to their community. Yea they dress like hipsters, but I prefer hipsters to the old guard.

[@JJT1991]

This series really romantacises working in the catering industry. I think 99% it's nowhere near as fun as this

[@TheAutomaticAaron]

That fucker with the mustache at 1:30 was also in the Momofuku Toronto episode

[@fritzki1]

these guys were the first Munchies were you REALLY had a feeling of a good night out, in my opinion! Very fun to watch

[@ShanellePersaudMUA]

i live in toronto and have never been to any of these places, theyre now all on a list. thanks vice!

[@MichaelWinger]

Munchies is getting better. Keep up this series, it's one of my favorites.

[@OfficialGutsmack]

This guy is so down to earth. Food looks fantastic. Definitely going to come visit Bar Isabel when I go to Toronto again this summer.

[@chivamosh]

These guys do it right. I'm in love with this place. Definitely worth the visit.

[@joshholdsworth4673]

These guys are so fucking real. No pretention just food and friends. I can respect that.

[@michaelshen7977]

Watched this at least once a month for the past year or so. This is the restaurant I want to operate to.

[@SubwooferSuicide]

this episode had everything. great crowd/customers/narration. looked like a great time. i felt like visiting canada just to have a shot and some octopuss.

[@MrHogslice]

I gotta say, I am usually critical of the chefs featured on the munchies but these guys are cool. Just really real.

[@CEDsagun1]

Next time i'm downtown, it looks like i'm gonna be stopping by 416 snackbar. Looks great.

[@GTOAviator]

lol this guy is like "meh, I didn't really wanna be a chef. I just throw shit together and people love it"

[@anilzor]

I'm a food nerd and when i see the food you are producing at Bar Isabel i feel like i was struck by lightening. So fucking delicious. Amazing, keep it real - natural,simple and well executed. Cheers.

[@Anonyminded]

The most coolest restaurant owner Ive ever seen! This is the attitude some owners should learn from! ;)

[@namdoog17]

Bar Isabel is unreal. I love my city (Toronto), we have amazing restaurants like this all over the city

[@imNOTchai]

I can't wait to start up my own bar. I'm exactly at where you started. This video was very motivational. Thanks for the upload.

[@yaserkhanuk]

Watching these vids has really impressed me. I was never aware of American food and how advance it is .

[@jamie4390]

Place looks awesome, looks like a real down to earth business, not a cooperation where no one feel natural.

[@georgepetrenko1]

I like this series soooooo much. This is amazing.

[@al3x26]

Best episode so far, cool bunch of guys with awesome restaurants and bars, its what my dreams are made of to own something like they do.

[@commonwealthh]

By far my favorite munchies episode.

[@payrollloans]

This series mostly shows small, privately owned establishments, not corporate chains. A lot of these guys( not all of them) usually open these places because they are passionate about what they do. As he said in the peace, it takes a special breed to work in small restaurant setting. If you've ever worked in one, you now the feeling of camaraderie and community these restaurants have. They also tend to be extremely stressful and you ether learn to love/cope with it, or move on.

[@michaelshen7977]

Bout the 10the time I've watched this video, always something new when I? watch it…

[@dierra91wildone]

im gonna have a funky good time lol that band in the background is killing it .....

[@taeyeung007]

man i live in toronto and ive never heard or seen of these cool bar/resto places just might go check it out one day

[@TheNateWalking]

Generally, people call others "hipsters" when they realize that person is way cooler than they are and they can think of no other way to insult them.

[@PrestonBernstein]

Everyone in that video is so likeable. Best food in T-Town.

[@wonjaehwang7670]

Agreed all the haters are probably old ppl who have no energy in life

[@DrewHewitt]

Best food episode vice has ever done. The bar is set.

[@timothymarcus7645]

I dig this dude and his whole approach and concept.....seems pretty chill.

[@strek0655]

Hipster was one of the words that came to mind, not when I saw the owners but rather a lot of the guests at the different places. What is up with 0.0 glasses and lumberjack apparel? And btw, how conform can one actually be? Its like a "hipster uniform"!

[@josefk5659]

strek0655 I have spent a great deal thinking about this subject. It’s a very special brand of “hipster”. I hate this word. Most of the people in Toronto came from smaller cities across Canada with strong working class values. The idea of style and self expression were always thought of as being pretty gay. I think their choice in dress is a reflection of them wanting to be “stylish” but not having the ability or taste to express themselves in an interesting way, so the general dressing style for men in Toronto is an attempt to be an individual and having personal style (without having fully realizing they are mostly not very interesting) and then having that expression crippled by a fear of being thought of as gay and not wanting to be outed by the tribe (which is how most Canadian men act anyway). And then yes, the inevitable result is everyone in Toronto looks the exact same and completely unremarkable. More simply put, the way they dress is an honest reflection of the city of Toronto. Unremarkable.

[@axwapples]

this is a very good munchies. this guy was feelin it and i like it!!

[@chanellemulan8004]

Mmmm the food starting at 12:36 looks sooooo dayum good!

[@I.dont.think.you.understand]

Best Munchies Episode EVER. Hands down.

[@HeathenDeluxe]

Crazy hip hop trap music... true gangsters at heart eh? If this isn't proof that rap is dead I don't know what is.

[@rohitissocute]

this guy is chill as fuck

[@centurio34]

They need to do a munchies episode in DC. Lots of good things going on here.

[@eighty9]

One of the best chef's night out ♥️♥️

[@Pivotdude653]

By far my favorite munchies so far

[@MrDannyboyFL]

The way you hired your bar tender was hilarious to me.

[@IIIIIbarcodeIIIII]

This whole ep. was just like the best night out, ever.

[@yehabon]

Excellent series Vic3!!! keep up the munchies dude! 6

[@Randybobandi6969]

Love this series

[@partykrew666]

god, its so true. every munchies episode is like this, really.

[@DeltaChuckNorris]

Skrillex in the background during the sour beer part lol

[@GoldGraffitiKing]

Bar volo is actually genius as fuck

[@Lightwish01]

Nice to see some Toronto content!

[@noobhealz402]

At 4:08 what is he using to create that flame? I hope he realizes that the chemical isn't completely incinerating. Whatever he's using is going on top of that drink. >.>

[@Tuxy79]

Can't wait to try these places out!

[@bongsai]

drinking beer from glasses makes one seem so much classier

[@shatinstuff]

The restaurants featured in this episode are actually Canadian. Toronto, specifically.

[@ChrisFlew]

Enjoyed that. GJ.

[@trustnobody333]

fav munchies ep up to date

[@mikebee02]

All I care is that they make good food. There's no effing way I could maintain that lifestyle into my 30s, so props.

[@iceland2121]

Agreed. The Toronto chefs just seem more into it. Though some of the NYC and SF ones are as well.

[@CHATAmusic]

The food at this restaurant is amazing. Period.

[@tweepixie]

Going there this weekend!

[@danieleferrara247]

Gotta check this place out never knew it was in Toronto...

[@FroopieLoopies]

Is it just me or are most of these chefs on these videos DEEPLY troubled?

[@chikodusty]

I thought the same thing.

[@SwissMarksman]

deeply troubled?

[@BlueButtonFly]

They seem more like alcoholic douchebags. It's a common archetype.

[@itsthehandle]

Imagine serving people all your life and realizing that's the best it'll ever get.

[@오세륜]

FroopieLoopies ahahahha well some of them...i dont like when they drunk/ high haha 😅

[@MrTerrierLove]

Yeah, you could order the gangsta platter, and partake in the front of house brigade dynamic.

[@parisghaffari4724]

The camera crew does an amazing job at making the snack bar look bigger than it is. haha

[@frychips4894]

"This isn't a Spanish restaurant by any means" only to immediately follow up with "It's definitely inspired by the way of eating in Spain"

[@AnthonyD1986]

Damn that's some impressive food at the Bar Isabel. Would love to hit that place up.

[@ip22oo]

this shit makes me proud to be canadian.. Sure i mimght be drunk as fuck but theirsnothing i love better then seeing a unreal canadian restraunt thrive! unreal spot. Hope i can get the chance to visit you guys some day and enjoy a cold one

[@enzo2588]

I now want to go to Toronto.

[@bluedragon266]

lol "i had nothing, cooking at shitty restaurants", I worked at pizza pizza too. mad respects on making something of yourself. even tho i have 1, i always believed u dont need a degree to b successful. It's all about drive ambition and intellect. you wanna be something? learn how to do it. it doesn't need to be formal just do it. wanting something, bitching about it and not doing nething to better your odds will lead you nowhere fast. This guy is a winner in life with that attitude.

[@angelozachos8777]

😂 The kid comes from money 💰 He will tell you otherwise … but ALL these cats have daddy’s with money 💰

[@VegasSeth]

Cool video. Chef really likes to hear himself speak.

[@bonkersblock]

There's a mikeller brewery pub in San Francisco!

[@cyberrem]

so when are you guys coming over to Montreal?

[@BoazBoazBoazBoaz]

If I'm ever in Toronto I will defenitly visit this place :)

[@408Magenta]

Now that is blood sausage - boudin - black as in good wholesome pig blood and spices.

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

Oh, I agree. I like these Vice vids. It's fun to see how other people live, albeit a bit depressing. I know better to compare my life to others, but it happens. What I want to know is how a guy who wants to start a microbrewery goes from merely having the idea to owning and operating the #3 best new brewery in the world in the span of about a year. How in the hell?!

[@SGAFredericton]

This is definitely one of the better munchies!

[@Remco-S.]

hipster places or not...i would eat in a place where the vibe is good and they're serving good food...plus, this doc. shows that by just eating a hamburger one day, you will start a brewery the next...that's nice

[@TheJLJuke]

Smoke's Poutine, open til like 4 am...that fills you up

[@mcaval73]

I love original and tasty food and I love great beer. I'm visiting

[@Jesusswe91]

Like this reasurang and the energy he has for it. Its about making good tasting food and not those small platets like they have in those fine resturants

[@_CoasterNinja]

VICE! When are you going overseas to do episodes in London?

[@kterry6584]

First vid ive ever favorited in one year. INSPRING

[@jmgears]

Im on my way to this spot as I type!

[@sohaminyoh]

1:30 that struggle fit

[@LAMF2009]

bruh you for sure broke as fuck

[@THEotakuanimegirl]

These are some fantastic people. I salut them.

[@asdzx123]

This place seems legit, look at those servings, and the people there.

[@fakecupcake123]

I miss you Toronto =(

[@Kirit3]

yay more Toronto food! tnx c:

[@BlackLookingGlass]

After watching these Vice food/munchies videos, I'm asking myself "How do all of these young, hipster type dudes from Canada all seam to have the fucking money to open their own restaurants & bars?" Is there some credit being handed out like cupcakes up there? Are these people all part of a club? Are leases and equipment being handed out to the public like some land grab? It gives you the sense that if you like cooking grilled cheese at home, and you have no formal education, you can scrape up the change under the couch and go open the next mixology/dive bar/high cuisine/coffee bar/etc/etc.. Or maybe these are like foodie/bar epicenters in Canada? Anyone? Haha.. Anyway, it looks fun. (btw, how about the hipster with the button up shirt and gold chain/hat eating at that dudes spanish influenced restaurant lol)

[@80zbaby53]

Think it's cuz they hipsters they got alot of connected friends. So like one says I wanna open a restaurant n the other says ohhh I have a friend who's dad is rich I'll talk to him?

[@AlleyCatGhost]

Duke Geewalker Most of the dudes come from rich families to begin with.

[@ECrixus]

They do it by having passion and ambition.

[@TACOGOODLOOKING]

Munchies episodes are success stories more than anything. ALOT of restaurants don't make it. Also don't be surprised how far good credit and a "fair" down payment can get you.

[@neversurrender5798]

+Jordan Daley That and Bar Isabel is basically a spin off of the black hoof, The people involved in Bar Isabel are deeply connected to the food culture of Toronto and know who the fuck to talk to to get shit done.

[@naveensilva2312]

I swear the guy at 1:31 was also in the Momofuku Toronto episode

[@TehWhimsicalWhale]

When will Munchies understand you can't EAT beer..............I want food.

[@dragonforceisasem]

you will only be as good as the effort and work you put into it

[@marc-andretrudeau4412]

10:28 La framboise of Hopfenstark brewery :D

[@pikeipa]

...yeah but not restaurants like this. Have you eaten here? It's amazing.

[@Spetsnaz1220]

Munchies: Hipsters Make Food.

[@furai-ingfalc-kuru8149]

"I might just vomit on the fried chicken" haha I gotta get to Ontario

[@recognize8971]

Holy hipster hellhole

[@withanametocome]

It still looks more Spanish than most restaurants in Spain

[@DETHANAUT]

The kind that wants you to notice that he's wearing a snap back at the dinner table in a restaurant.

[@DefendPARADISE]

those food and octopus OH M

[@wolftart89]

i need friends like these.

[@violet13251]

What's the music at the start?