Vancouver Cocktail Week Brings Bar Stars

Bar Stars Hit Vancouver for Vancouver Cocktail Week March 3-10 From March 3 to 10, meet the stars behind some of the world’s best bars at VCW popups, guest shifts, seminars and the can’t-miss Green Garden Gala. The third annual Vancouver Cocktail Week is thrilled to welcome some of the world’s most talented bartenders —…

Festive Cocktails and Holiday Cheer at H Tasting Lounge

H Tasting Lounge at The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver Makes the Holidays Merry and Bright H Tasting Lounge presents diners with endless opportunities to indulge in both traditional and inventive ways to celebrate the holiday season with friends and family this year. We checked out the Festive Cocktails at H Tasting Lounge, sampled some snacks and…

Chickadee Room Basket Goodies BC Blueberry Cocktail

Sabrine Dhaliwal’s Basket Goodies Cocktail at Juke Fried Chicken’s Chickadee Room This week I interviewed bartender Sabrine Dhaliwal at The Chickadee Room and while it was a little too early for cocktails, she tempted me with her descriptions of the many that are offered at this new spot on Keefer Street inside Juke Fried Chicken….

Prohibition Cocktail Program

Pourhouse Dials It Back To The Era Of Prohibition Pourhouse will embark on a year-long tour of far-flung destinations and cocktails that became popular with American imbibers during the era of Prohibition when it introduces its Prohibition Cocktail Program on Wednesday, January 8.  Press Release from SMC. Throughout 2020, Pourhouse Bar Manager Adam Domet and…

H Tasting Lounge at The Westin Bayshore

Tribute to Howard Hughes Opens at The Westin Bayshore Howard Hughes spent some time a the Westin Bayshore, and while it’s rumoured he stayed mainly hold up in his room, we figure if he was in the right mind space at the time, he would have really enjoyed the lounge named for him. HJU:Z is…

Craft Cocktail Tour Series: Gastown Edition

August 19th, 2010 – [ get notified for the next tour ] Create and sip craft cocktails with Veteran Vancouver Barman and Cocktailian, Jay Jones (formerly Pourhouse), with Melody as your host in an interactive and informative cocktail tour through 5 Gastown gems. The hands-on tour presents fundamental cocktail-making theories and techniques in a stylish…

Red Card Spots Bar Welcomes the World

Combining Italian roots with a true passion for Canada, the team at Red Card Sports Bar + Eatery has created a delicious feature menu, to welcome the world to Vancouver. Enjoy all the Olympic action on eighteen high-def screens whilst enjoying a delicious feature pizza and a signature Podium Cocktail. Red Card Sports Bar is…

OPUS Hotel Vancouver’s Olympic Spirit

With the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games just around the corner, world-renowned OPUS Hotel Vancouver is poised to cheer on our Canadian athletes in style. Located in trendy Yaletown, the unofficial party zone during the games, OPUS Vancouver and OPUS Bar will welcome guests with chic events—plus new Olympic Lifestyle Cocktails and O…

Sortilège Cup Offers Local Mixologists a Chance to Shine

Nons Drinks and the BC Hospitality EXPO are pleased to announce the dates of the 2009 Sortilège Cup competition for professional mixologists.  The Gentlemen’s Competition will be held on Monday, November 23 2009, and the Ladies’ Competition will take place a day later.  Both events will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Hosted by…

Going for Gold in YEW Bar

Mixing it up in YEW bar, mixologists Justin Taylor and Jordon Moore create three unique Olympic inspired cocktails designed to commemorate Canada’s Olympic presence. Each drink offers flavors unique to our Canadian culture. BRONZE – Montreal 1976 is made with Canadian Rye infused with Quebec maple sugar and granny smith apple. SILVER – Calgary 1988…