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Who | Carly Langdon
Where | Toronto, Canada
Current Bar |
Past Bar(s) | La Societé, The Living Room at Windsor Arms Hotel, 3 Brewers, Earls Kitchen & Bar, Touro Brazilian Steakhouse
Favourite Spirit | Gin and Bourbon
Favourite Juice | Pineapple
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Vieux Carré
Favourite Part of the Job | Creating my own cocktails – either for the menu, or for a guest who doesn’t know what they want and gets a completely unique experience.
Favourite After Work Drink | A Paper Plane is always great after a long shift.
Favourite at Home Drink | I always make sure I have what I need to make Manhattans and proper Whisky Sours.
Favourite bar in the world | Bar Raval
Best known for | Several people have said I make the best whisky sour they’ve ever had.
Favourite “at work” memory | Talking whisky and music with members of The Who when they stayed at the hotel I worked at. They were baffled someone my age knew who they were.
What do you collect? Skulls. My bar tools are in skull jars, I have skull lanterns, I have skull bitter droppers. It’s become a bit of a strange obsession.
Favourite thing about your city? The diversity, the people & what it brings to our dining and drinking scene. Everyone you meet can recommend some hidden gem you’ve never been before.
What was the last photo that you took? A photo of the incredible steak I was cooking for dinner.
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? Morocco
Any claims to fame? Maxx’s Kitchen at Hotel X currently features my cocktails on its Signature menu.
Prosecco or Cava? Great choices in both.
Angostura or Peychaud’s? Peychaud’s if there’s a choice, but there’s nothing wrong with good old Angostura.
Singapore or San Francisco? Singapore
Grapefruit or Pineapple? Pineapple
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes
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