Hi-fi watering holes

Inspired by classic Japanese kissas, retro and vinyl-inspired listening bars are shaping a new culture in drinking, snacking and grooving across Canada     “Listen, closely.” That simple sentence, painted on an exterior wall of Amber , a…

Victoria’s hot bar summer

Recent moves and openings have created one of the best six-block drinking neighbourhoods in Canada. Come to Victoria, and join us on the top bar crawl of summer 2026.     Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary: They all have their bar…

Toronto Cocktail Festival returns October 18-25, 2026

Tickets go on sale August 1 for the October event The Toronto Cocktail Festival is back for its second annual edition from October 18-25, inviting cocktail enthusiasts to celebrate the creativity, craftsmanship, and hospitality of Toronto’s vibrant…

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Three parties,  one marriage

Three parties, one marriage

It’s wedding season. Here’s some advice for keeping the party going from a bartender who’s seen it all. The ...
9 Vancouver restaurants band together for week-long Pride cocktail fundraiser

9 Vancouver restaurants band together for week-long Pride cocktail fundraiser

The theme of this year’s Vancouver Pride Parade is “50 Years and Still Fighting” and with many across the city ...
Cool Canadiana

Cool Canadiana

At Timber, Jonathan Dennis plays with flavours that hail from coast to coast to coast As an all-Canadian ...
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Mad Laboratory Distilling

Truly handmade using a small homebrew mill and a pump, Mad Laboratory’s vodka is triple distilled and carbon ...

Urban Distilleries

A trip to France and an unplanned tour of a Cognac distillery put Mike Urban on the path to making his own liquor. ...

Sons of Vancouver

James Lester and Richard Klaus now have a lounge licence at their North Vancouver distillery, meaning cocktail ...

Old Order Distilling

At their Penticton distillery, Graham Martens and Naomi Gabriel take barley from Vanderhoof, malt it in Armstrong, ...
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