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It has been a good moment since I ordered a proper martini at a hotel piano bar, so I was thrilled to be invited to this tasting event courtesy of Belvedere Vodka and Byblos, the newest middle-eastern kid on the Duncan St. block. We were entertained …
Mmmmm. Never tried their last brew but looking forwards to snagging one of these somehow. Call your LCBO in the name of the all mighty MASTODONNNNNN. MASTODON, which released a limited-run lager in 2009, is once again retuning to one of their favorite pastimes: …
What makes a Heineken pint a Heineken? Is it its crisp flavour, golden colour, or something absolutely different? If you guessed other, then you’re right. Heineken likes to tout their foamy 3 cm high dome lid is the key distinguishing feature that separates its self …
by Jesse Ship / JANUARY 11, 2013 Pharmacy is a cozy little bar at the southwestern edge of Parkdale. Once a methadone clinic and pharmacy, it’s now a quirky and eclectic bar stocked with buffalo heads, found furniture, vintage knick knacks pillaged from Value Village …
Posted by Jesse Ship / DECEMBER 4, 2012 May could be the answer to the rampant gentrification that’s been hitting Toronto’s urban western corridor between Bathurst and Ossington. While revitalizing a former Vietnamese underworld karaoke bar (formerly Café May, now simply running as May) counts as neighbourhood revitalization, …
Despite the rugged sounding name, the Edinborough Innis & Gunn Brewery have only been around since 2003 and was founded, Dougal Gunn Sharp, who used his middle name and his brother’s, Neil Innis Sharp, to title it. A group of 30 or so staff from …
Happy Halloween and treacle for all! Treacle conjures up memories of my childhood in Paris where I went to an international school and was taught The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by well meaning British English teachers. Treacle and toffee, and especially treacle …
Established in 1857, Wiser’s is one of Canada’s oldest whiskeys but the Spiced Up blend is one of the newest kids on the block. I attended a Halloween-themed launch event earlier this week where we got to try the brew out in a number …
How low can the bar go? According to the last South Park episode where Cartman squares off with Honey Boo Boo in a pasghetti death match, it’s pretty murky, but I think we might be setting new levels here. The US elections conscious marketing whizzzz’s …
Highlights of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2012 – Being featured in Vice’s scathing critique of post-modernist art and e-tard exploitation. – Douglas Coupland’s Museum for the End Of the World. Maybe I missed a few things but it would have been enough for me if none …