Who | Jennifer Ferreira
Where | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Current Bar | Bar Sazerac
Past Bar(s) | Just my own – Bar Sazerac
Favourite Spirit | Gin
Favourite Juice | Lime
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Negroni
Favourite Part of the Job | Really being able to connect with a patron, and finding the perfect cocktail to suit their palette.
Favourite After Work Drink | Double Ferrari Shot
Favourite at Home Drink | Something easy, like wine
Favourite bar in the world | PrettyUgly in Toronto (while it was still there 🙁 )
Best known for | Fast and friendly service, and being one of the Co-owners of Bar Sazerac
Favourite “at work” memory | New Years Eve 2019 when my husband and I let our staff have the night off as we have typically never been crazy busy on New Years Eve. We got absolutely rocked, and my husband Kyle still jokingly talks about how we nearly got divorced several times that evening.
What do you collect? Alcohol related- Gin. I also have started collecting pins to put on my aprons, as well as interesting glassware.
Favourite thing about your city? That it’s just now starting to branch out, and more bars and restaurants are popping up with the same goals as us about enhancing Hamilton’s food scene.
What was the last photo that you took? A Chocolate Negroni as a special for the bar- take home cocktail.
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? Ireland or Egypt
Any claims to fame? Being creative and making it through this damn pandemic so far. That’s a pretty decent claim to fame in this era.
Prosecco or Cava? Prosecco
Angostura or Peychaud’s? Angostura
Singapore or San Francisco? San Francisco
Grapefruit or Pineapple? Grapefruit
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes