Art is alive at The Drake! Recently, Japanese-born local artist Toko Hosoya installed a breathtaking and intricately detailed piece in our lounge at The Drake Hotel that will be ready and waiting for your viewing pleasure as soon as we are allowed to open up indoor dining in Toronto. In the meantime, we wanted you … Continued
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Do you miss checking out all the great art around our four walls while you’re dancing the night away or enjoying eggs benny? Us too. To help keep some of that magic going while we’re in lockdown, we teamed up with our friends at DesignTO to bring work from local artist Alisa McRonald to all … Continued
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Thirsty for something new? Mix things up with this Vanilla Cedar Old Fashioned, made with The Drake’s new cocktail syrups available to take home from The Drake Hotel. You’re welcome. Ingredients: water, sugar, charred red wood cedar infusion, pure vanilla, Commissary maple syrup Combine 2 oz of bourbon, rye or blended whiskey with a ¼ … Continued
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Looking for ideas to fill those stockings or get your festive table set? We got you. Check out the team’s picks from our larder at Drake Commissary. Current festive house-made offerings: The larder is holiday-ready with Buckwheat infused egg nog, gluten-free rum balls, Stollen, and our decorate your own cookie box (on sale now, pick … Continued
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Don’t know about you, but the holidays just aren’t the holidays without a turkey dinner. So if you’re staying in with your fam or flying solo this Christmas and making your own turkey is a little ambitious, Festivus is here for you. To help make your festive meal complete, we checked in with the bar … Continued
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Cozmic Cat (aka Paula Burrows) knows how to light up a room. The combination of her infectious energy, undeniable skill and deep love of music in many genres makes her one of the most in-demand DJs in the city, and you can catch her soon as part of The Drake’s NYE 2021 celebrations. We wanted … Continued
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‘Tis the season for breaking out those special recipes that just taste like the holidays. We asked The Drake Hotel’s Chef Reid Walton his favourite family recipe for Christmas and we thiiiiink you’ll be happy with it: shortbread cookies! It’s a super easy recipe, you don’t have to be a Chef to pull it … Continued
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Photography and video by Farah J.S. (@far__out), art by James Fisher (@zirco.fish). James Fisher is an artist and The Drake’s art installer extraordinaire. You may catch him at any of our properties working closely with artists to ensure their work is installed perfectly, allowing their work to shine for all the world to see. He’s … Continued
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Louisa Nicolaou is The Drake’s photographer and one of those all-around top-notch humans. She has been photographing the food, drink, locations, parties, art and all those good things for us for the last two years, making us look real good. Louisa took a trip out to Drake Motor Inn for a relaxing staycation and so … Continued
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We aren’t going to let a global pandemic get us down. Despite 2020 being a total rollercoaster, we at The Drake have a lot to be thankful for. We checked in with some of our staff members to ask them what they’re thankful for and what is inspiring them this season, and the responses warmed … Continued
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