Retail revolutionaries

These innovators know what we are looking for before we do.

Only a decade ago, an elegant cocktailmixing glass, weighted shaker tins or the cocktail bitters, tinctures and syrups pro bartenders use were out of reach for most Canadians. Retail pioneers like online store The Crafty Bartender and Toronto’s Cocktail Emporium boutiques changed all that. Here’s how, in their own words.