Introducing: CC Lounge, a new Prohibition-themed bar near St. Lawrence Market
Introducing: CC Lounge, a new Prohibition-themed bar near St. Lawrence Market
Name: CC Lounge
Neighbourhood: St. Lawrence
Contact Info: 45 Front St. E., 416-362-4777, cconfront.com
Owner: The St. Lawrence Bunch, a business partnership fronted by Costa Kosilos
Head Chef: Brent Richardson, formerly of Glas Wine Bar, La Carnita and Beerbistro
The Food: The menu is heavy on share-friendly versions of old favourites, like mac n’ cheese topped with crushed Goldfish crackers and kale, and fried quail on bacon pancakes. For the real carnivores, there’s also a 12-ounce bone-in aged ribeye that comes on a wood cutting board with a dollop of whiskey ketchup.
The Drink: Befitting the Prohibition theme, the bar is focused on Canadian whiskeys served neat, as a flight or by the bottle. There’s also a long list of cocktails, both classic and new-fangled. Many of them, like the Caramilk-liqueur-flavoured Micky Finn, are mixed with generous helpings of Wiser’s.
The Place: CC Lounge’s owners have transformed their space in the historic Beardmore Building, formerly home to the Nicholas Hoare bookstore, into two 1920s-themed areas: an entrance lounge filled with leather-clad couches and crystal chandeliers mounted at impossible-seeming angles, and a moody bar at the rear equipped with a DJ booth, dangling disco balls and high-top tables made from whiskey barrels. Lounge staff host tastings in the J.P. Wiser Whiskey Tunnel, a bottle-lined cellar that’s supposed to be reminiscent of the underground smuggling routes used by the likes of Al Capone.
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- The lounge is located in what used to be the Nicholas Hoare bookstore.
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- Flapper girls and guys in cocktail suits dance in the cage.
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- Everything that can be made out of a whiskey barrel IS made out of a whiskey barrel.
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- Here's the selection at one of the bars.
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- Here's the rear bar, with thematically appropriate newspaper headlines on the TVs behind the counter.
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- The whiskey tunnel is where tastings happen. There are quite a few bottles to choose from.
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- The Mickey Finn's main ingredients are spiced Wiser's and Caramilk liqueur ($13).
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- Here's CC Lounge's take on the Whiskey Sour ($11).
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- The Kitten Cocktail is vodka mixed with pomegranate and raspberry liqueurs, topped with champagne ($13).
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- CC Lounge's take on chicken and waffles subs out the chicken for quail and the waffles for pancakes ($21).
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- Chicken wings with seasonal sauce and blue cheese aioli will set you back $15.
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- It's hard to go wrong with steak frites. CC Lounge's version comes with whiskey ketchup ($26).
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- A spread of fruit, cheese and chocolate designed for whiskey pairing ($16).
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- This mac and cheese is topped with crumbled Goldfish crackers ($16).
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Name: CC Lounge
Neighbourhood: St. Lawrence
Contact Info: 45 Front St. E., 416-362-4777, cconfront.com
Owner: The St. Lawrence Bunch, a business partnership fronted by Costa Kosilos
Head Chef: Brent Richardson, formerly of Glas Wine Bar, La Carnita and Beerbistro
The Food: The menu is heavy on share-friendly versions of old favourites, like mac n’ cheese topped with crushed Goldfish crackers and kale, and fried quail on bacon pancakes. For the real carnivores, there's also a 12-ounce bone-in aged ribeye that comes on a wood cutting board with a dollop of whiskey ketchup.
The Drink: Befitting the Prohibition theme, the bar is focused on Canadian whiskeys served neat, as a flight or by the bottle. There's also a long list of cocktails, both classic and new-fangled. Many of them, like the Caramilk-liqueur-flavoured Micky Finn, are mixed with generous helpings of Wiser's.
The Place: CC Lounge's owners have transformed their space in the historic Beardmore Building, formerly home to the Nicholas Hoare bookstore, into two 1920s-themed areas: an entrance lounge filled with leather-clad couches and crystal chandeliers mounted at impossible-seeming angles, and a moody bar at the rear equipped with a DJ booth, dangling disco balls and high-top tables made from whiskey barrels. Lounge staff host tastings in the J.P. Wiser Whiskey Tunnel, a bottle-lined cellar that's supposed to be reminiscent of the underground smuggling routes used by the likes of Al Capone.
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Should be spelled “Whisky” without an “e”.
The difference between whiskey and whisky is simple but important: whisky usually denotes Scotch whisky and Scotch-inspired liquors, and whiskey denotes the Irish and American liquors.
Canadian whiskey is also spelled without the “e”.
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