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T & C manager and house mixologist Melanie Aumais (left) oversees one of the most unusual and fluid cocktail menus in the city. Aumais designs drinks with chef John Mike's (himself a cocktail man) offal and off-the-wall cuisine in mind. [Photo: Randall Brodeur]
Alexandre Baldwin's cocktail skills first made waves at Baldwin Barmacie on Laurier. Dominion Square Tavern, which Baldwin co-owns with Nicole Lemelin and Alexandre Wolofianski, invites traditional cocktail appreciation and delivers the goods, whether with a Sazerac, Tom Collins or Royal Gin Fizz.
Enfin, a bona fide tiki bar in Montreal and, bonus, in cool, unlikely underground digs in Chinatown. Staff includes bartender Graham Werner and former Orange Rouge chef Julio Mendy. Photo: Le Mal Nécessaire
Dynamic bartender Taouife (Tao) Zrafi (right) comes by his trade honestly and, if he has his way, will revive a collective interest in punch at the brand new Pandore. [Photo: Pandore]
Le LAB's shameless flair antics feel dated but this "Comptoir à Cocktails" gets the nod for astute takes on tiki drinks and seminars on topics like bitters, grogs and molecular mixology.
This clandestine, greasy spoon-adjacent bar has low-lit, speakeasy cred and a style of service that borders on austere. Still, few can find fault with Big in Japan Bar's Perfect Manhattan.
Le Comptoir is famously, and successfully, all about charcuteries et vins but the wine bar recently went full-court press on the cocktail front too. [Photo: ]
Dave Schmidt and co. open Kabinet this week, adjacent to Datcha. The tidy cocktail bar looks like the perfect complement for the hip boîte. [Graham Werner]
The Sparrow's one-two punch of food and cocktails is one of the city's best. Classics like Old Fashioneds and Negronis are properly done but the specialty cocktails - your Basil Gimlet, your Sparrow Gin and Tonic - shine.
If any bar is bullseye on trend in Montreal, it may well be Notre Dame des Quilles. The hipster dive feels inclusive, bonus, and you can munch on mac and cheese and the epic Grease Truck sandwich while you retro bowl with a Side Car in hand.
At Dinette Triple Crown, Nicole Turcotte's cocktail list is a worthy complement to Colin Perry's ode to soul food. It suddenly makes sense to order a Kentucky Mule with your meat and threes.
The Emerald (a.k.a. Le bar sans nom a.k.a. Le Vaisseau Vert) makes a concerted effort to both coax and repel certain types of customers. Cocktail purists are welcome, mercifully, to this off-the-wall, Casablanca-like space. To fit in with the very chill, nonchalant vibe, replete with pianist and tuxedoed bartenders, just feign enthusiasm.
Yet more proof that Fleury is a strip to contend with, 132 Bar Vintage is Ahuntsic's go to spot for cocktails both classic and original. Owner Jean-Maxime Giguère curates bitters, syrups and spirits alike.
T & C manager and house mixologist Melanie Aumais (left) oversees one of the most unusual and fluid cocktail menus in the city. Aumais designs drinks with chef John Mike's (himself a cocktail man) offal and off-the-wall cuisine in mind. [Photo: Randall Brodeur]
Alexandre Baldwin's cocktail skills first made waves at Baldwin Barmacie on Laurier. Dominion Square Tavern, which Baldwin co-owns with Nicole Lemelin and Alexandre Wolofianski, invites traditional cocktail appreciation and delivers the goods, whether with a Sazerac, Tom Collins or Royal Gin Fizz.
Enfin, a bona fide tiki bar in Montreal and, bonus, in cool, unlikely underground digs in Chinatown. Staff includes bartender Graham Werner and former Orange Rouge chef Julio Mendy. Photo: Le Mal Nécessaire
Dynamic bartender Taouife (Tao) Zrafi (right) comes by his trade honestly and, if he has his way, will revive a collective interest in punch at the brand new Pandore. [Photo: Pandore]
Le LAB's shameless flair antics feel dated but this "Comptoir à Cocktails" gets the nod for astute takes on tiki drinks and seminars on topics like bitters, grogs and molecular mixology.
This clandestine, greasy spoon-adjacent bar has low-lit, speakeasy cred and a style of service that borders on austere. Still, few can find fault with Big in Japan Bar's Perfect Manhattan.
Le Comptoir is famously, and successfully, all about charcuteries et vins but the wine bar recently went full-court press on the cocktail front too. [Photo: ]
Dave Schmidt and co. open Kabinet this week, adjacent to Datcha. The tidy cocktail bar looks like the perfect complement for the hip boîte. [Graham Werner]
The Sparrow's one-two punch of food and cocktails is one of the city's best. Classics like Old Fashioneds and Negronis are properly done but the specialty cocktails - your Basil Gimlet, your Sparrow Gin and Tonic - shine.
If any bar is bullseye on trend in Montreal, it may well be Notre Dame des Quilles. The hipster dive feels inclusive, bonus, and you can munch on mac and cheese and the epic Grease Truck sandwich while you retro bowl with a Side Car in hand.
At Dinette Triple Crown, Nicole Turcotte's cocktail list is a worthy complement to Colin Perry's ode to soul food. It suddenly makes sense to order a Kentucky Mule with your meat and threes.
The Emerald (a.k.a. Le bar sans nom a.k.a. Le Vaisseau Vert) makes a concerted effort to both coax and repel certain types of customers. Cocktail purists are welcome, mercifully, to this off-the-wall, Casablanca-like space. To fit in with the very chill, nonchalant vibe, replete with pianist and tuxedoed bartenders, just feign enthusiasm.
Yet more proof that Fleury is a strip to contend with, 132 Bar Vintage is Ahuntsic's go to spot for cocktails both classic and original. Owner Jean-Maxime Giguère curates bitters, syrups and spirits alike.
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