Photo C/O Pat Ozols @ozols
Who | Jacob Wharton-Shukster
Where | Toronto, Canada
Current Bar | Chantecler
Past Bar(s) | Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar, Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner, Monette Bistro, Buca, Origin, Restaurant Chantecler, Le Phénix
Favourite Spirit | Gin
Favourite Juice | Grapefruit
Favourite Classic Cocktail | the Adonis
Favourite Part of the Job | “the beatings will continue until morale improves”
Favourite After Work Drink | Coors or Miller Lite
Favourite at Home Drink | Gin & Tonic
Favourite bar in the world | Ideal Cocktail Bar (Barcelona)
Best known for | guy with the bar that burned down but is less on fire (lately…)
Best story from behind the wood | …person who nuked that guy from behind through the window.
What do you collect? Guitars, cookbooks, wrinkles around my eyes
Favourite thing about your city? whats left of the grimy days
What was the last photo that you took? Terrifying under bar plumbing explosion
Where was your last vacation? Havana
Any claims to fame? play in a very silly 90s bar band called ‘Jeffanescence’ (Lana Gay laughed for five minutes straight)
Belt or suspenders? As an approach, I believe in what is called “belt & suspenders”
Fernet or Cynar? Cynar
New Orleans or New York City? Montréal
Glass or Tin? Glass
Are you available for freelance gigs? sometimes
Find him: Instagram
Media: Globe & Mail –Evolving restaurant Chantecler holds on to ‘heart and soul’ for reopening
