Edmonton 
Bring the bar home! We cannot physically gather at the bars, but with these take-home cocktail kits, you can take the bar home, out on a picnic, or to a distanced gathering. Various Edmonton bars, bistros, and restaurants are helping to make quarantine or lockdown go down a little easier by supplying everything you need for the perfect cocktail. There are also pre-batch cocktails available at many restaurants. Here is a list of 16 restaurants offering cocktail kits to go in Edmonton.
Zio’s by Bricco
The refreshing cocktails from Zio’s by Bricco come with a side of Spritz. These Spritz drinks come in a variety of liquor types like gin, strawberry-infused Campari, apple brandy, or vermouth, and get their bubbles from Ruggeri Giall’Oro Prosecco. Zio’s takeout menu also includes wine, beer, sandwiches, and sweets.
Cost: $30-$80
Zio’s by Bricco: 10345 Jasper Ave.
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Woodwork
Woodwork downtown has you set on all your classic cocktails. The smallest of the three is the Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit which provides you with Old Grandad Bourbon, a bottle of House Aromatic Bitters, Woodwork Rich Demerara Syrup, as well as cherries and oranges to top it off. Their House Sour kit is about the same size and allows you to create their signature drink at home. The largest of the three kits lets you create The Manhattan, Boulevardier and Negroni at home.
Woodwork: 10132 100th Street NW
Phone: (780) 757-4100
Cost: $90-$205
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The Common
Enjoy one of The Common’s most popular drinks at home this summer: the Negroni. This classic Italian aperitif is a citrusy cocktail with gin. The Common Negroni Kit supplies you with a small bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin, Cinzano, Campari, and an orange for the garnish. The Common also has a large selection of prebatch cocktails like an Old Fashioned, Sunny Sangria, and many more.
The Common: 9910 109 St. NW
Phone: (780) 452-7333
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Century Hospitality Group
All of Edmonton’s Century Restaurants can offer the company’s Cocktail Kits To-go: Hart’s, Rebel, Parlour, and MKT. You can take home a drink kit for a classic like a Mule or Old Fashioned or try one of their originals: Dragon’s Breath Mojito, or Ungava Gin Smash.
If you’re ordering food from one of Century’s Edmonton restaurants and you don’t feel like mixing your own drinks, these pre-batch cocktails are for you! CHG can shake up tasty and unique creations for you such as an Elderflower Lemonade, Strawberry Lime Drop, or Malibu Sangria.
- Hart’s Table & Bar: 14229 23 Ave. NW
- Rebel Food & Drink: 9112 142 St. NW
- Parlour Italian Kitchen & Bar: 10334 108 St. NW
- MKT: 8101 Gateway Blvd. NW
LOCAL Public Eatery
The off-sale markets from LOCAL are big. You can get wine, canned or bottled beer, garnish fruits, and spirits. LOCAL also offers five different cocktails if you feel like something shaken or stirred. Try an Aperol Spritz, Moscow Mule, or a Sassy Sangria.
South Edmonton Common 1820 99 St NW; (780) 989-5898
11228 JASPER AVE NW; (780) 420-1980
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PIP Food & Drink
PIP is offering all of the old favourites as cocktail twists, but each has its own unique style. Their Negroni is a Blood Orange flavour, their margarita has a citrus twist with Cointreau, and their Black Manhattan combines rye with Averna amaro and ‘boozy’ cherries. PIP also can cook you a full brunch, lunch, or dinner to take home.
PIP Food & Drink: 10403 83 Ave. NW
Phone: (780) 760-4747
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Braven & Alchemy Bar
These two local Edmonton establishments are working together to help make your lockdown a little sweeter. All of their kits serve four drinks or people and included originals and classics. Try their Mars Attacks! Kit with Tanqueray, Midori Melon Liqueur, Green Chartreuse, and lemon juice. Or class things up a little with a Pom & Elder made with pomegranate juice, elderflower liqueur, and vodka.
Along with the Alchemy cocktail kits available through Braven are a variety of delicious single-serve cocktails, premade to go. Take home a Negroni, Paper Plane, or the Grand Margarita.
Alchemy Bar: JW Marriott Edmonton, ICE District, 10344 102 St NW
Braven: JW Marriott 10344 102 St. NW
Phone: (780) 784-8580
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Lone Pine Distilling Inc.
Located in the middle of town, this local distillery’s cocktail kits could be a convenient option for any Edmontonian. The Lone Pine giftboxes come in five cocktail flavour options: The Bee Balm, Chickadee Grey, Creamsicle, the Gateway Caesar, and the Rhubarb Gin & Tonic.
Lone Pine Distilling Inc.: 10375 – 59 Avenue NW
Phone: (587) 469.8099
JOEY Restaurants
Enjoy fabulous JOEY cocktails to go from any one of their four Edmonton locations. These kits include the more beloved classics like Aperol Spritz, Peach Bellini and Margarita, as well awesome JOEY originals. Try a Joey Coffee Cocktail with Bailey’s and Cold Brew Coffee, or a Red Delicious with Absolut Apple, Disarrono, and cranberry juice.
- South Common – 9911 19 Ave NW, Edmonton
- Bell Tower: 10310 101 St NW, Edmonton
- Mayfield: 130 Mayfield Common Northwest, Edmonton
- Sherwood: 250-222 Baseline Rd., Sherwood Park
Cost: $33-$93
Julio’s Barrio
Craving that Julio’s Bulldog summer patio vibe? You can still achieve it at home! Order yourself a feast and finish it with one of their beverages-to-go like a classic Bulldog This drink includes Margarita slush, tequila, Triple Sec, and a Coronita to tip upside down in the glass. The beer and margarita slowly combine as you sip this genius and refreshing concoction. You can also add a little bit of spice with their Dogtor Pepper Bulldog Kit.
Julio’s Barrio: 10450 82 Ave NW
Phone: (780) 431-0774
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Malt & Mortar
Along with a large variety of food, beers, and seltzers to take home, you can also take home a couple different types of Cocktail Kits from Malt & Mortar. Try an old favourite like a Long Island Iced Tea or Margarita; or try something a bit more unique with their Julio’s Bulldog kit or Back Porch Tea Kit.
Malt & Mortar: 10416 82 Ave
Phone: (587) 454-6093
Cost: $13.50-$15 (serves one)
MD Distillery
Pick from a variety of cocktail kits for all sorts of tastes from MD Distillery! They offer a cute Date Night package with wine and desserts, or your standard cocktails ready to make. The MD Caesar Kit includes all the essentials, plus pickled onion and asparagus for garnish. You can also make your own Hard Seltzer at home with their latest kit.
MD Distillery Ltd: 20 Circle Dr #100, St. Albert
Phone: (780) 544-0600
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Biera Market
Biera adds a sweet twist to the traditional Manhattan cocktail through their new Cherry Bourbon Manhattan Kit. Your box includes everything you need for a deliciously sweet cocktail like Don Nowoselski Orchard cherry juice and grapefruit bitters, orange syrup, Buffalo Trace bourbon, and candied orange peels to finish the drink. Along with the cocktail kit, Biera also sells bottled Old Fashioned drinks to go.
Biera Market & Blind Enthusiasm Brewing: 9570 76 Ave NW
Phone: (587) 525-8589
Cost: $16-$45
State & Main
The uber refreshing cocktails you can create from the State & Main kits are perfect for summer sipping. Try a Mason Jar Margarita flavoured with their house-blend of lemon-lime margarita mix; or create the perfect minty mojito flavoured with cucumber, and peach Schnapps. Their third cocktail kit gives you the option to make either a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned.
State & Main: 7 Mahogany Plaza SE #470
8 Nolan Hill Gate NW #300
Cost: $42-$52
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Blue Plate Diner
You can take a variety of dishes and meals to go from the Blue Plate Diner in Edmonton’s north end, now including cocktails! Their “Bevvies to Go” menu includes three different Eau Claire Distillery drinks: Rupert’s Whiskey Sassafras, a Parlour Gin & Tonic, and a Spruceberry Smash.
Blue Plate Diner: 12323 Stony Plain Road, Edmonton, AB
Phone: (780) 429-0740
Cost: $8 (serves 1)
The Confederation Lounge at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald
Along with the gourmet food you can now take home from the Hotel Mac, you can also add on something to drink. Their handcrafted cocktails to go are made with Fort Distillery spirits, and include the Fort Mac Gimlet, Cosmo, Old Fashioned, and Bearface Boulevardier.
The Confederation Lounge at Fairmont Hotel Macdonald: 10065 100th Street
Phone: (780) 424 5181
Cost: $15-$17 (serves one)
