by Christine Sismondo | Jun 23, 2026 | At the Bar
Suite 115 offers visually stunning, experiential and culinary-inspired drinks. And it’s hiding in plain sight in Little Italy. Two years ago, Suite 115, a semi-hidden bar with precision cocktails in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood, burst onto the city’s...
by Christine Sismondo | Dec 12, 2025 | Features
Narrative-driven cocktail menus don’t just list drinks, they tell a story of place This summer at Cry Baby Gallery, a cocktail bar hidden behind a small art gallery in Toronto’s Little Portugal, the menu took a new direction—from minimalism to maximalism. Once a...
by Christine Sismondo | Jun 6, 2025 | Features
How Canadian barkeeps and distillers are handling the trade war troubles Last month at the “knowhere public house,” a locavore bar and community hub in Sudbury, Daniel Cronin hosted a five-course storytelling dinner billed as “The Night the White House Burned.” The...
by Christine Sismondo | Jan 17, 2025 | Features
Afternoon, brunch, late night— why it seems like every hour is happy hour It’s happy hour somewhere? These days, it feels a lot more like happy hour is everywhere, especially in Vancouver. Hard to believe that, just a little over a decade ago, discounted day-drinking...
by Christine Sismondo | Aug 30, 2024 | Features
How the rotovap is creating a flavour revolution The first cocktail I had the pleasure of trying in the recently revamped Library Bar at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York was the Sacred Beast, a spirit-forward lowball made with bourbon, mezcal, verjus, lapsang souchong...
