by Charlene Rooke | Jun 14, 2022 | Stories
Nine must-visit bars in one of the world’s greatest cocktail cities The Speakeasies Handshake has changed locations, but its stellar cocktail game remains the same and the hospitality here is extraordinary. Behind a lucky-13-numbered door to the left of the NH...
by Michael White | May 29, 2020 | Stories
In our new column, Kelowna bartender Harry Dosanj reveals how his unlikely career was born Harry Dosanj is a multiple-award-winning bartender who has twice ranked among Canada’s best bartenders in the Diageo World Class competition. His accomplishments are especially...
by Laura Starr | Jan 9, 2020 | Stories
Souhail Rostainajad is a new kid on the Gastown block, and he has properly landed in one of Vancouver’s most established bars, Pourhouse, where he is working under industry leader, bar manager Adam Domet and alongside a solid bar team of high fliers—a surefire way to...
by Laura Starr | Aug 26, 2019 | Stories
Meet Rhett Williams, a born and raised Vancouverite of the Northern variety, whose boozy beginnings were not actually so wet; with a background in music and years of studying chemistry in university, Rhett’s entry into the realm of spirits started with words before...
by Laura Starr | Jul 25, 2019 | Stories
Meet Matt Hassen, an Okanagan-based slash Vancouver-raised bartender who is currently Bar Manager at the Sage Pub in Osoyoos. With almost two decades banked in the industry, Matt is a veteran by every standard, with footprints stamped in many hot Vancouver locales,...
by Laura Starr | May 27, 2019 | Stories
Meet Cyan Moir, a hard-working, Chihuahua-loving industry veteran who wears all sorts of hats in Vancouver, from established publican to skat master (belated spoiler alert). She brings skill, experience, and mega style to the local scene, but, as a true scion from...
