Great Cocktails, Average Beer.

Reserve Menu

42 The Esplanade

For evenings that stay off the record

Low lights, clinking ice, a bartender who knows your order before you say it.

  • Crowded bar counter, guests and warm lighting
  • Guest in profile holding a whiskey cocktail
  • Guest enjoying oysters with cocktails
  • Pink coupe on black table with red velvet banquette
  • Two chefs plating dishes at the pass
  • Tall Manhattan-style highball with a pale garnish on clear ice
  • Coffee bean jello cubes in a tight grid
  • Couple laughing with cocktails in warm booth light

The Menu

Every pour tells a story — Andrew Whibley makes sure of it. The food menu is just as curated.

Melon Highball

Fruit Forward

Beefeater Gin, Tio Pepe Fino Sherry, Melon, Lime, Seltzer (2oz)

Fresh Peach

Bright and Complex

Planteray 3 Stars Rum, Acid-Adjusted Peach Cordial, Vanilla (2oz)

Espresso Ghost

Clear Espresso Martini

Brown Butter-Washed Absolut Vodka, Coffee Distillate, Hazelnut, Chocolate (2.5oz)

French Orchard

Spice, Tannin and dry peel bitter

Calvados Boulard, Bitter Orange (2.25oz)

Atholl Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned Riff

Oat-infused Lot No 40 Whisky, Amaro Nonino, Benedictine, Angostura (2.25oz)

Crimson Ember

Bright Floral Smoky Sour

Olmeca Altos Blanco tequila, Del Maguey Vida Mezcal, Aperol, Campari, Luxardo Maraschino, Pomegranate, Hibiscus, Lime (2 oz)

Pineapple Negroni

Tropical and Bittersweet

Planteray Stiggins’ Fancy rum, Toasted Coconut, Luxardo Bitter Bianco, Cocchi Vermouth Di Torino (3oz)

Jello Shot Cubes

London Garden Fizz

Gin, Citrus, Cucumber, Elderflower

Glass Espresso

Vodka, Coffee, Liqueur, Hazelnut, Espresso (N)

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42 The Esplanade
Toronto, ON

Hours

Monday – Saturday
5:00 pm – 2:00 am

Contact

(416) 900-1438

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