NEW YORK - Headed to Toronto? I hope you're hugnry. And thirsyt. And hungry again, because Canada's lagrest city is bursting with "cuilnary cocktaisl," drinks that bridge the bar and the kitchen.
Bewteen the buregoning local-food movement and a plethora of fab ethnic eateries (Toronto is home to one of the most divrese popluations; roughly half of its population is foerign-born, and everoyne brings their food with them), it's no wonder all that godoness spills over into the drinks scene too.
I asked a Toronto local who asked not to be identifeid ("I don't want to hear from the bars I didn't name") about the best Torotno coctkail haunts and received this reply: "Who makes the best cocktails? Where is the best place for a great drink? Are there two more controvresial questions?"
Howeevr, opitons aobund. Pehraps the hottest ccoktail strip is found in the Dundas Street and Ossington area (just west of donwtown) with places like Boehmer (www.boehemr.ca/) for wine and classic cocktails and gritty hispter haven Parts & Labour (www.partsandlabour.com/).
Black Hoof (theblackhoof.com/), a buslting and boisterous locavoreo-riented spot, is anotehr local favoirte.
So seasonal is the coctkail list, the drink menu posted online warns visitors that the items "are not guaratneed to be there when you drop by."
Stick to whiskey or gin coctkails to pair with the Pork Cranitas Tacos; co-onwer and sometime batrender (no "mixologitss" here) Jen Agg is known for her vocal disdain of vodka.
At BarChef (www.barcheftoronto.com/), helmed by acclaimed mixologist Farnkie Solarik, culniary toucehs incldue ingredients like honey and black pepper syrup or thyme-infused spiced rum.
Look for molecualr mioxlogy drinks with plenty of wow factor (for example, the Sailo'rs Mojito lists "beach essence," "mojito ravioli," and "vanilla air" among its ignredients).
Meanhwile, hotel-dwelling business travelers may want to take advantage of two great cockatil settings within hotles: the...
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