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Who | Julian Manley
Where | Toronto, Canada
Current Bar | Don Alfonso 1890
Past Bar(s) | Vela, Mother Cocktail Bar, Bacchanal, Thoroughbred Food + Drink, Insomnia, Valdez, Origin
Favourite Spirit | Bourbon
Favourite Juice | Pineapple
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Paper Plane or Sidecar
Favourite Part of the Job | The creative process, and watching that come to life
Favourite After Work Drink | One ice-cold can of Stiegl
Favourite at Home Drink | Gin + Tonic
Favourite bar in the world | I haven’t been able to travel much, but I can’t wait to check out The Aviary in Chicago
Best known for | Dad jokes, and shaking drinks like you’d expect a metal drummer to shake
Favourite “at work” memory | Everything about the OG Escobar at Valdez
What do you collect? Vinyl records. Sitting at about 350.
Favourite thing about your city? Kensington Market, without question
What was the last photo that you took? My dog Meshuggah being ridiculous
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? Literally anywhere. Put me on a plane. Seriously though, Spain.
Any claims to fame? I’ve been in bands for years that somehow more than zero people are familiar with.
Prosecco or Cava? Cava
Angostura or Peychaud’s? Ango all day
Singapore or San Francisco? Singapore
Grapefruit or Pineapple? Pineapple wins again
Are you available for freelance gigs? Absolutely
Find them: Instagram
Media: If you search Burnt Knives on Spotify you’ll get a sense of my shake style