Recipe by Evelyn Chick (@evelynchick).
• 1.5 oz Plymouth Gin
• 1.5 oz Guerra Dry Vermouth
• Garnish: lemon twist and olive
50/50 Gin Martini
Dirty Gin Martini
Recipe by Chantelle Gabino (@chantigabino). Why three olives for garnish? “Because I want an olive at the beginning, middle and end of the drink.”
• 2.25 oz Roku Gin
• 0.75 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino Extra Dry Vermouth
• 0.5 to 0.75 oz Cerignola olive brine
• Garnish: lemon zest, 3 olives
Team behind Published, Bar Susu reveals plans for third Vancouver restaurant space
A Mexican-style cocktail and snacks bar is replacing Novella on Main Street
The restaurant space at 2650 Main St is going from coffee to cocktails, with a Mexican twist.
After closing down café by day (and wine bar by night) Novella on April 7, Boxset Collective – the same team behind award-winning Published on Main and Bar Susu – is set to debut a new concept called El Gato Gab Gab this summer.
Make it a Martini
Shaken, stirred or steaming with dry ice—the classic cocktail has never been so cool
Drink trends come and go—remember the Negroni Sbagliato? Frosé?—but through it all, the Martini persists. For over 100 years, fans of the drink (James Bond, Lucille Bluth, Carrie Bradshaw, Winston Churchill) have sipped fervently and ask for theirs by specifics: bone-dry, brine-packed, with olives or a twist.
Recently, the drink’s popularity has been pushed into overdrive. “The Martini has become really trendy,” says Calum Wilson, director of food and beverage at the downtown Toronto hotel Revery. “It’s having a huge resurgence right now.”
Getting tipsy with Bar Pompette
Canada’s top bar is just a welcoming neighbourhood joint at heart
Recently named the country’s No.1 bar by Canada’s 100 Best and listed among North America’s 50 Best Bars, Bar Pompette is one of Toronto’s favourite gems. Pompette is inviting and unpretentious, a bar that feels both cozy and elegant. Step inside and it feels like a French café, its minimalist setting featuring a gorgeous marble bar and a romantic patio in the back. And the name “Pompette” in itself, meaning “slightly tipsy,” reflects the bar’s fun, playful personality.
I spoke with co-founders Maxime Hoerth and Hugo Togni, both from France and with high-end hotel and restaurant backgrounds, about their passion for the industry, their move from France and what it took to establish such a presence in Toronto.
Where to drink right now in Las Vegas
The bar scene is smoking hot (especially in the summer months!) in Las Vegas. These days on the Strip, it seems that every casino resort has not just opulent lobby and restaurant bars but also hidden cocktail dens (from high-class, vintage-spirits focused The Vault behind the Bellagio cashier’s cage to no less than four speaks at the Cosmopolitan!). In a city where you can drink 24-7, here are some stellar spots, focusing on the current hot zone to the north of the Strip to the local-favourite neighbourhoods beyond. With all the concerts and entertainment coming up in the desert, there are plenty of reasons to beat the heat inside a cool bar this summer.
A tipsy take on tea at The Empress
Afternoon tea at the Fairmont Empress is one of Victoria’s bucket-list experiences, served in one of the city’s most iconic spaces, the hotel’s soaring and ornate tea lobby. But now, says Maeve Fogarty, “We’re twisting afternoon tea on its head.”
Tiffany’s Breakfast
This bright and refreshingly tart update on the classic Breakfast Martini is just one of the tea-inspired cocktails served at Victoria’s Fairmont Empress during its nightly Sunset Sips.
Black Currant Mule
A mule, but too pretty to hide in a copper mug!
• 1 ½ ounce Dillon’s Vodka
• ¾ ounce Dillon’s Black Currant Liqueur
• ¾ ounce fresh lime juice
• 2 dashes Dillon’s Rhubarb Bitters
• Ginger Beer
• Dehydrated lime wheel, for garnish
Good Thief: Cocktails and culinary mischief set to steal Vancouver’s hearts
Opening date is set for Vancouver’s new charismatic, resourceful, clever, and oh-so-appealing cocktail bar/restaurant
Cinema and literature love a “good thief” character. They’re charismatic, resourceful, clever, and oh-so-appealing, even if they’re bending the rules a little (or a lot).
So what if that trope is applied to a cocktail bar-slash-restaurant in Vancouver? The result is the aptly named Good Thief, which I suspect is about to steal a few hearts thanks to its inherent “goodness.”