WHAT IS THE BLACKBIRD? Have you ever had a Blackbird? Do you know what goes into a Blackbird? Do you know who created The Blackbird and where? Our Josh decided a while ago to do some digging about this ubiquitous Toronto Industry handshake. Over the course of 5 installments in this audio documentary he...
How many different expressions from different distilleries could you taste through in a week? What about in 5 days? What if you were in Northern Italy? On a recent trip there, we visited the home base for 7 different Italian spirit companies and the variety and quality of everything we tasted was impressive. A few...
Awww the dream of a beach bar! As city dwellers, we dream of what it would be like to live at the beach all of the time. Sandy floors. Juicy cocktails. The sound of the ocean. Bar swings. We recently spent a month in one of our most favourite places in the world: Puerto Escondido...
Los Angeles is one of those cities that many of us have traveled to. Whether it be that you have a layover on your way to another place (Australia!), you are there for work or maybe just a cheeky weekend away. It is a city that oftentimes we pop into for only a few days...
Funny thing running Bartender Atlas. We go to whatever cities we can as often as possible and then suggest some of the bars that stand out from that trip (you know, like Paris or Sydney or Mexico City) but we have never done one of these in our hometown. A few days before leaving to...
We are fresh back from one of our favourite cities, Mexico City. It had been nearly two years since we had last been and we were amazed by how much growth there has been in the city in terms of new bars and bartenders popping up. The city was alive with enthusiasm for everyone drinking...
The depth and breadth of Italian made tipples is astounding. Of course when you think about drinking in Italy, most people will think of wine. However, last month The Italian Trade Commission and the people from The Spirit Of Italy sent a delegation of Canadian and American bartenders and writers and one photographer to Rome...
There are just too many great spots in Paris to grab a cocktail. If you haven’t looked at our Paris Bar Hop Part One yet it is right here. And in case that wasn’t enough (it definitely wasn’t) here another 4 amazing bars to visit in the City of Lights (does anyone call it that...
Paris is a great city. Period. It’s cute and historic and there are magnificent buildings that you recognize from every European history book and a ton of movies. People also talk about pastries and wine, which are both great too. Do you know what else Paris has? Killer cocktail bars. Lots of them. We visited...
In 2017 I went on my first international trip, and my first completely solo trip. I headed to Hong Kong. The ten days I spent there gave me a ton of personal fulfillment and growth. Suffice it to say, this country has a special place in my heart, especially as a bartender. If you ask...
