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CTV News
16-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
These 6 Calgary bars made a list of Canada's 100 best
Six Calgary locations are among those featured on a new list of Canada's 100 Best Bars for 2025. The list, released on Thursday, was generated by a panel of judges across the country, and is said to reflect the diversity of the country's thriving bar scene. The judges rank their five best in-person bar experiences over the past 16 months – at least one of which has to outside of their home province or region. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App Judges aren't allowed to vote for a bar in which they have a personal or financial interest. Canada's 100 Best website says the list features everything from swanky cocktail lounges and wine bars to cheerful public houses. The Calgary spots featured on the 2025 list include: Edmonton only has one bar featured on the list: Honi Honi at Number 28.
CTV News
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Edmonton tiki bar makes a splash as one of Canada's best 100 bars
Bartender Travis McKenna prepares drinks at Honi Honi in downtown Edmonton on May 14, 2025. (Sean McClune/CTV News Edmonton) A tiki bar in downtown Edmonton has been named one of the best 100 bars in Canada, cracking the list in the 28th spot. Tucked away in Ice District and opened two years ago, Honi Honi is an intimate lounge that seats 40 people in a space with thatched decor and twinkling lights hanging down from the ceiling. The news came with a bit of surprise and mystery. 'We don't know who nominated us,' Travis McKenna, a bartender at Honi Honi, told CTV News Edmonton on Wednesday. 'As soon as we got notified that we were going to be on the list, it was a bit of a shock. It was very exciting.' McKenna said this is the first day being open since the list was announced, so it is too soon to tell if business will be boosted. '(Hopefully) it'll help us stay in business (and) bring some more people to the bar,' he said, adding that they are a bit of a destination spot that stays true to their theme. 'We're trying to stick to it and stay faithful to it and to the titans that brought tiki to the world in the first place,' McKenna said. 'Trying to do as much as we can and without cutting any corners.' 'We're not trying to reinvent the wheel here.' According to the top 100 list, Honi Honi upholds tiki tradition with 'drinks served in the requisite coconuts and pirate-chest or skull cups.' Honi Honi staff say they plan to stay the course and stay humble. 'It's encouraging to know that we're on the right path and that we're doing something correct,' McKenna said. A new menu is coming out soon, with some old menu items being added to the mix and other drinks reimagined. 'Just excited to shake things up a little bit and go into the summer with some new drinks.' The bar is open Wednesday to Saturday from 5 p.m. until midnight. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Sean McClune
