JESSICA RAWNSLEY
Categories: All Climate Protest + Activism Global Social Justice Data-driven Science + Tech
Ontario has a long and paranoid relationship with alcohol. Even decades on from the lifting of prohibition in 1927, booze was restricted to those with government-approved permits for purchasing it, which also tracked what and how much alcohol an individual was buying. It wasn’t until 1969 that you could grab a bottle of wine off the shelf (and only in a government-run liquor store). And up until about a decade or so ago, it was easier to find beer or wine in a bar than a cleverly crafted cocktail.
Today’s Toronto, with bars on almost every corner, is a world away from its province’s dry past. On any given day, award-winning mixologists shake up concoctions that Torontonians of all stripes slurp down atop rooftops across the city. The scene encapsulates much of modern Toronto: its cosmopolitan essence, the business dealers and pleasure seekers, the hip undercurrent.
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