9 Pride-themed cocktails you need to try in Vancouver
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It’s the most colourful time of year in Vancouver, Pride season!
For 2019 local restaurants and bars have truly pulled out all the stops and created stunning cocktails to enjoy for Pride, and tons raise money that goes towards a good cause.
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Here are some Pride-themed cocktails you need to try in Vancouver.
Como Taperia
Como’s recipe for the Como Pride Ally #stillfighting50 cocktail is called the LGBQ&T. It’s made with Empress Gin, Imperative Dry Vermouth, Tassoni Italian Tonic, and dehydrated fruits.
Address: 201 East 7 Avenue, Vancouver
Gotham Steakhouse & Bar
Gotham Steakhouse’s Pride Cocktail is called PRIDECAR and it’s available for Pride Week from July 29 to August 4.
Address: 615 Seymour Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-605-8282
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Tocador
Toacador’s Pride cocktail will be served in a flamingo glass, and it’s made with coconut oil-infused Rum, white vermouth, rainbow ice, lemon juice, red currant syrup, house-made geranium perfume, and a mango butter straw.
Address: 2610 Main Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-620-2433
Parq Vancouver
Parq Vancouver is celebrating Pride with a Pride cake and cocktail, these offerings at $12 each and can be ordered at Honey Salt, The Victor, BC Kitchen, and D/6 Bar & Lounge.
Address: 39 Smithe Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-683-7277
H Tasting Lounge
H Tasting Lounge has introduced a signature drink just in time for Pride. The Freedom Fizz is $15 and features rum, spiced vanilla syrup, lemon juice, soda, and vegan foamer. A tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York, where this year’s WorldPride festival was held. Available from August 3 to 31, proceeds from drink sales will be donated to the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.
Address: Westin Bayshore – 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver
Phone: 604-691-6962
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Tacofino
Tacofino is offering a Pride-themed cocktail feature, ‘Te Amo’ at all Tacofino Restaurants from August 2 to August 4. Two dollars from each cocktail sold throughout the weekend will be donated to Vancouver Friends for Life Society and Foundation of Hope.
Address: 15 West Cordova Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-899-7907
Address: 1025 Mainland Street, Vancouver
Phone: 778-379-8226
Address: 2327 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-253-8226
Address: 8 E 5th Avenue, Vancouver
Phone: 604-709-0015
Address: 122-1050 W Pender, Vancouver
Phone: 604-428 8453
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The Mackenzie Room
The Mackenzie Room’s Pride cocktail is an aromatic BC-influenced Aperativo featuring Stealth Vodka, Manitou Orange, Sumac Liqueur, Bella Sparkling Rosé, and a heart-shaped blackcurrant glitter bomb.
Address: 415 Powell Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-253-0705
Juke Fried Chicken
Juke’s two locations will offer a feature cocktail. Inspired by and named after popular Canadian drag queen and friend of Juke’s, the ‘Raye Sunshine’ mingles Cointreau, Odd Society bittersweet vermouth, grapefruit juice, and sparkling wine. The cocktail will be offered for $9 exclusively for Pride weekend with partial proceeds from each cocktail being donated directly to Rainbow Refugee, a local community group that supports people seeking refugee protection in Canada because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or HIV status.
Address: 182 Keefer Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-336-5853
Address: Little Juke – 1074 Davie Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-336-5853
ARC Restaurant
At ARC at the Fairmont Waterfront, the Pride cocktail to try is the ‘Butterfly Kisses’ made with Prosecco, lemon juice, and honey syrup from the hotel’s bees, and gin infused with butterfly pea flowers by Wayward Distillation House for $18.
Address: 900 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L5
Phone: 604-691-1818