Where do you want to have a drink tonight? Six Calgary bars are on the top 50 list across Canada

Calgary Herald

13-05-2025

Canada's Best 100 has released its top 50 Best Bars and six Calgary drink spots have made the list.
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Judges from across Canada voted on their best five experiences at a bar over the last 16 months, and one had to be outside their home province.
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With the exception of Honi Honi Tiki Lounge in Edmonton, all the Alberta bars to make the list were in Calgary.
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Missy's This That was Calgary's top bar on the list at number 8. Missy's bartenders mix up 14 house cocktails, serve seven party shots and have an extensive wine, beer and eclectic selection of hard alchohol. With an almost three-page drink menu, it would be difficult to not find something you like.
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Proof, at number 16, is the longest running Calgary bar on the Canada 100 best bar list, making its debut in 2020. Located at 1st Street and 13th Avenue S.W., Proof has an extensive cocktail menu that includes a new weekly cocktail and weekly specials.
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Coming in at number 35, Rain Dog Bar is spending its third year as a top 50 bar on the Canada's Best list.
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'The zine-style menu, updated two or three times per week, features rarities such as Brasserie Cantillon's Sang Bleu and Temporal Artisan Ales' Void Series — strong ales aged in spirit barrels,' the Canada's Best site says of Rain Dog.
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Business & Pleasure, a short walk down the street, has made its way onto the list for its first year at number 45. With intriguing plates such Ahi tuna and pickled golden berry crudo, as well beets and blackberries, comes 14 equally inventive cocktails. Specials Wednesday through Sunday pair appetizers with drinks like sparkling wine and their featured classic drinks.
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Paper Lantern is also a mainstay on the 100 best bars list, going back to 2022. It is a Vietnamese-inspired, tiki-tinged basement bar below a Chinatown restaurant. With 18 cocktails, four high balls and shots, a selection of Asian beers from Vietnam, Japan and China and from around the world, wine and eight zero alcohol drinks, anyone can enjoy a night at Paper Lantern. You can make it dinner and drinks as well — Paper Lantern's food includes Vietnamese subs, small and medium plates and bar snacks.