cocktails
Prohibition. The Mad Men era. Summer 2012, Toronto. We’re in the middle of a Third Renaissance of Cocktails and our city is not just riding the waves but making them. As local bartenders step up their game, expect diabolical and exotic names like Satan’s Whiskers and Sombrero No. 7 to … Read More
For a while, it’s seemed that Toronto’s food scene might forever outpace its beverage counterpart. Consumers care deeply about the origin and quality of their meals but continue to pass an evening ordering watered-down vodka sodas and horrible overly sweet concoctions served in martini glasses with names like The Jolly … Read More
It’s almost an understatement to say that the Rosewood Hotel Georgia likes to do things in a big way. Even before the first guest checked in on July 15, 2011, the grand hotel made world-wide headlines during the 2010 Winter Games as the home of the world’s largest Canadian flag, … Read More
Decades before a little cultural phenom called Sex and the City tainted its reputation as a drink for the ladies, the martini was a drink for the sophisticated gentleman. Before Sarah Jessica Parker and her leathery cronies started pushing the Cosmo on every thirty-something with HBO, author E. B. White, … Read More
This story is the first in a four-part home entertaining series, which DailyXY is co-publishing with the Globe & Mail. Before arriving at Calgary hotspot Rush earlier this year, master mixologist Stephen Grindy honed his bartending skills throughout Australia and England. Now, at just 26, Grindy is shaking up the … Read More
