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13 questions for Cocktail Emporium Owner & Potion House Creator Kristen Voisey

On April 1st it will be 8 years since the doors opened at BYOB Cocktail Emporium on Queen Street West in Toronto. In 2011 BYOB was stocked with only a few bitters, some kitschy drinking related items, vintage glassware and a few refurbished mini bars. Back then the owner Kristen Voisey had zero employees and...

BYOB Cocktail Emporium, Toronto

You know what question I get asked most as a bartender (other than “What’s good?”)? “Where did you get those big ice cubes?” For six years I have been trying to think of a way to say “From a big ice cube tray” without sounding like a jerk. Of course, after I convince the questioner that...