5. Cure Lounge and Patio at Nita Lake Lodge 604-966-5700, nitalakelodge.com CORN-MUDDLED PINA COLADA
Sure, the Pina Colada might have been created in 19th century Puerto Rico, but the frothy coconut cocktail didn’t become popularized until Rupert Holmes’s cheesy single (“If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain … ”) shot up the Billboard charts in 1979. Bar Manager Rhiannon Csordas gives the ultimate paper-umbrella drink a decidedly non-beachy, farm-to-bar makeover with dried corn on the cob muddled in chocolate bitters. Shaken like crazy with pineapple juice, lime and Earl Grey tea-infused bourbon, this left-field Pina Colada has a familiar creaminess, but also a curious kick that tastes nothing like “a worn-out recording of a favourite song.”