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Calgary, Canada · Contemporary craft cocktail bar · North America
A welcoming Calgary cocktail bar focused on polished, inventive drinks without formality. The current menu mixes playful flavors, clarified serves and spirit-forward builds, alongside food.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-09
Plan Your Visit
1302 1 St SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0W8, CanadaBeltline
- Style
- Contemporary craft cocktail barChecked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Hours
- Sunday–Monday 16:00–23:00; Tuesday–Saturday 16:00–01:00.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Booking
- Online reservations through OpenTable.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Prices
- Current signature cocktails CAD 18–22.Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
- Menu
- View the venue’s menu ↗Checked 2026-09-09 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
45.7 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 77.5
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 2.4
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 96.4
- Serious press
- 10.9
- Social Vibes
- 61.6
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
88/ 100
The original score, confidence, mentions and score-read date are retained; this source check does not recalculate them.
Score context
Cassandra Stefanic’s May 2024 Proof feature describes an inventive cocktail bar and interviews assistant manager Amber MacMullin about making it welcoming. Those statements express the team’s approach, rather than a set of customer reviews.
Guest sources checked:
Source-role review of the existing record; publication dates are not visit dates.
Guest score details
Source observations
- Feature: inventive drinks
- Manager: welcoming neighbourhood approach
Source excerpt
“We want to educate, not intimidate... We want people to feel like they’re going to a neighbourhood bar.”
Edited excerpts of assistant manager Amber MacMullin’s statements in Cassandra Stefanic’s 3 May 2024 interview; this is the operator’s voice.
Source: curiocity.com (linked below)
This read cites editorial or award context. Those links are distinct from guest accounts; only the reviewed links in Reviews & press count toward Press.
Editorial citations in this read
- curiocity.comCassandra Stefanic — Editorial source · 3 May 2024
Interview; the sample joins two statements by assistant manager Amber MacMullin. Operator voice, not customer testimony. Metadata updated 7 May 2024.
Other cited sources
- canadas100best.comUnverified source · Publication / visit date not established
The source’s text was unavailable during this check.
Crowd signal
Google 4.6★ across 1,559 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.