National Caesar Day is May 19th – Here are 5 of Vancouver’s Favourites

May 18, 2016

3 min read

Tall glass of orange cocktail with ice, garnished with cucumber and spices, next to bowls of cucumber slices, spices, and yellow garnish on a bar counter.

Canadians love their clamato juice cocktails any time of year, or day, but it’s Thursday, May 19th where you’ll want to hit some of these local bars and restaurants for their take on Canada’s classic. Hail-yes Caesar!Not a gimmicky pizza-garnish in sight, but instead delicious drinks with a unique spin on the usual recipe. Here’s 5 to try:

Tall glass of red cocktail with green leaves and a black straw on a wooden table in a dimly lit bar.

The Union

Southeast Asian influences like fresh Thai basil leaves, calamansi (Filipino lemonade), sriracha, Worcestershire, a healthy pour of gin and clamato juice, make for one unexpected spin on a classic. A Thai basil flower and a curry salt rim are the finishing touches.

Red cocktail with ice, garnished with a shrimp, lime wedge, celery stalk, and a black straw, rimmed with seasoning.

Joe Fortes

Joe’s Signature Caesar blends vodka, fresh horseradish, sambal oelek, Worcestershire, and their homemade clamato juice, poured into a lemon pepper rimmed glass, garnished with a jumbo prawn, celery and lime. Cheers to that.

Red cocktail in a glass with a spiced rim, garnished with lime wedge, green olive, pepper, and a strip of bacon on a skewer.

Tableau Bar Bistro

Tableau’s Bacon Caesar uses a secret bacon-infused vodka, mixed with Dubonnet red, Walter’s Craft Caesar mix, celery bitters, olive brine and smoked oyster salt for the rim. Garnished with a piece of bacon, of course.

Spicy red cocktail in a glass with a seasoned rim, garnished with a lime wedge, celery stalk, and a strip of beef jerky.

Earls

The restaurant chain does it right. The Signature Caesar involves Smirnoff Vodka, Mott’s Clamato, and their special Earls Caesar Spice Mix (a blend of Montreal steak seasoning spices, horseradish, onion powder, HP, Worcestershire, house made pickle brine). Garnished with a lime wedge, house made dill pickle and Landjager beef jerky stick.

Café Medina

Café Medina’s Moroccan Maria is a twist on a classic Caesar made with reposado tequila, fresh tomato juice, celery bitters, fresh lime juice, Medina’s house spice mix topped with pickles, smoked salt plus a paprika and sumac rim. Pssst…..only $7 during Medina’s ‘Golden Hour’ happy hour from 2-3 pm, Monday to Friday.

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