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Who | Blake Canning
Where | Toronto, Canada
Current Bar | Bearface Whisky Canadian National Brand Ambassador and The Bitter End Bar
Past Bar(s) | Casa Madera , The Butcher Chef , The Cloak Bar
Favourite Spirit | Bourbon or Canadian Whisky
Favourite Juice | Passionfruit
Favourite Classic Cocktail | A Revolver
Favourite Part of the Job | Working in fine dining allows you to be exposed to some extremely unique, rare, and delicious spirits (that I could otherwise NEVER afford).
Favourite After Work Drink | Guinness & whisky combo
Favourite at Home Drink | We’ve got ice cold Burdock Deluxe on tap at The Bitter End right now
Favourite bar in the world | Café La Trova (Miami)
Best known for | Old School Hospitality, according to my co-workers. Everyone sitting at my bar is a new friend, as cheesy as that sounds.
Favourite “at work” memory | Any time I can send someone something off menu like a classic or an original and they’re wow’ed by it. Seeing someone turn in to a “cocktail person”.
What do you collect? Weird and whacky liqueurs! Some amazing, some gross.
Favourite thing about your city? As a citizen, I’ve always loved how diverse and proud we are to be Canadian or from Toronto. As far as bartending goes, it never ceases to amaze me how creative, new, experimental and cool the bars in this city have always been with their cocktailing despite the fact that the LCBO doesn’t want us to have nice things.
What was the last photo that you took? The menu for Bearface’s party at Slice of Life!
Where was last place you traveled? Portugal to learn some more about Port and Madeira wines.
Any claims to fame? …I can juggle…?
Lager or IPA? Lager. Not about those hops.
Sparkling or Flat? Flat. A very dark part of me still thinks carbonated water (also see Soda and Tonic) of any kind is for sociopaths.
Miami or Mexico City? ’ve loved seeing Miami’s growth over the past few years but Mexico City is still at the top of my to-do list.
Olive or Twist? Olive. Free snack.
Are you available for freelance gigs? Not at the moment.
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