Building the Best Home Bar

You’re an adult, which means holiday entertaining should involve more than just throwing a kegger. When friends come over, impress them with a fully stocked, super-swank home bar. Here, a roundup of 10 debonair drinking accoutrements to get you started. Line Bar in walnut Design Within Reach If you’re serious … Read More

Gladstone’s Melody Bar Relaunch

Step inside the recently re-launched Melody Bar at The Gladstone Hotel on any Friday or Saturday night and you’ll immediately notice one thing: karaoke. Recently “re-launched” to great fanfare, The Melody Bar now boasts a revitalized karaoke-friendly space featuring art installations by Dennis Lin, Kathryn Walter and Orest Tataryn. There’s … Read More

Shop Scotch

When you’re ready to step into the big boy world of Scotch, there is no better person to consult in Calgary than Andrew Ferguson. The co-manager of Kensington Wine Market, known to many as simply “The Scotch Guy”, he is one of less than a dozen people in Canada to … Read More

Destination: Patio, Calgary

Hitting the patio for a drink during Calgary’s late spring and summer is more than a satisfying experience for men in the city — it’s downright cathartic, getting us outside and providing opportunities to see beautiful women bathed in prairie sunlight and, hopefully, smiling in our direction. Depending on your … Read More

Brews Brothers

Where other Canadian cities — notably Montreal — enjoy robust and vibrant brewpub scenes, we had to relax our definition (i.e. a bar that brews and serves its own beer on the premises) in order to come up with this scant and, unfortunately, exhaustive list of Toronto brewpubs. The recent … Read More

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