Chockie Tom
Last July we were hired to be curators for the Bar & Beverage programming at the 2026 Restaurants Canada Show…
Author: Josh Lindley
Josh Lindley has been bartending in Toronto since 2007. Before working for Hendrick's Gin as a Brand Ambassador he was bar manager at Campagnolo and a hired gun at Bar Isabel before working at Chantecler, Le Phenix and Eataly. He has contributed to many magazines, tv shows and newspapers with his recipes and opinions. He recently put his diploma in Radio Broadcasting from Humber College to good use through The Blackbird audio documentary. Currently pouring at Civl Liberties and teaching cocktail classes for Evelyn Chick's Love of Cocktails, he enjoys being an ambassador to Toronto and talking about horror movies, punk rock and basketball.
The Boozy Bookshelf: Gift Guide Cocktail and Bartending Books 2025
We are big fans of books in our household. Books of all kinds, styles, genres. And this, of course, includes…
Cocktail: Golden Curtain | Bartender: Josh Lindley
On this side of the planet, holiday parties are starting to kick off. It’s great – you get to relax…
Cocktail: Lesser Known Character | Bartender: Josh Lindley
I have been digging through old cocktail books lately (why else keep them around if you aren’t gonna reference them…
Cocktail: M Train | Bartender: Josh Lindley
Patti Smith has aged into the truly remarkable storyteller and poet we always, she always, knew she would. In her…
James Grant on Being a (Cocktail Competition) Loser
Bartender Atlas: We at Bartender Atlas have noticed that as cocktail competitions have started up again in person, some of…
The Blackbird Audio Documentary
WHAT IS THE BLACKBIRD? Have you ever had a Blackbird? Do you know what goes into a Blackbird? Do…
Cocktail: A Shared Moment | Bartender: Josh Lindley
I was really excited to use the Havana Club Cuban Smoky. At first I thought it might be best as…
Cocktail: Faith Fyles | Bartender: Josh Lindley
Faith Fyles was the first botanical artist for the Canadian government. Her job was to document plant species from across…
Italian Spirits (of the North!)
How many different expressions from different distilleries could you taste through in a week? What about in 5 days? What…