The Top 7 Places to Drink Near Rain Dog Bar
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Rank 1. Rain Dog Bar
Beer Bar
A craft beer bar in Inglewood that takes the whole thing genuinely seriously, which is rarer than it sounds. The list reads like a love letter to obscure brewing, with hard-to-find Trappist ales, local favourites, and global rarities organized by style and vintage. The food pulls equal weight, with charcuterie and chef-driven plates that make staying for dinner an easy yes. Regulars who actually know what they're drinking, which keeps the vibe honest.
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Rank 2. Business & Pleasure
Cocktail Bar
Part bodega, part cocktail den, Business & Pleasure is an Inglewood spot where the front room does coffee and sandwiches by day and wine-to-go whenever, while the back gets serious with nostalgia-driven cocktails and a genuinely passionate single malt program. The crowd is the kind that looks like they stumbled in and somehow stayed for dinner. The vaulted ceiling makes it feel a bit grander than it has any right to, which is exactly the point.
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Rank 3. Paper Lantern
Vietnamese Cocktail Bar
You duck below a Chinatown restaurant and land in a red-lantern-lit Vietnamese speakeasy that feels like someone's very good secret. The cocktail list leans tropical but gets creative with things like a pandan riff on a Painkiller or a Vietnamese iced coffee done properly boozy. The food, bánh mì, skewers, shaken beef, is the kind of bar snack situation that makes you order more than you planned. Dress however, just show up curious.
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Rank 4. Missy’s This That
Cocktail Bar
Upstairs from a convenience store in Calgary, Missy's This That is the kind of cocktail bar that tricks you with its shady exterior before hitting you with a 12-page wine list that includes vintage Champagne and rare Burgundy. Cocktails are smart and a little cheeky, snacks are good enough to keep you planted, and the crowd tends to be the sort who knows exactly what they walked into. Canada's 100 Best Bars agrees.
- 50 Best 2026 · #79 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Cocktail Bar – Canada
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #9 · Best Bars
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Rank 5. Shelter
Eastern European-ish
Shelter is a cozy cocktail bar where every drink is built around smell as much as taste, which sounds like a TED talk but actually just means your cocktail arrives with some kind of aromatic wizardry that makes it weirdly memorable. The gas masks mounted behind the bar set the mood, equal parts unsettling and cool. It pulls a crowd who likes to feel like they discovered something, and honestly, they did.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2026 · 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #98 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Canada's 100 Best 2026 · #20 · Best Bars
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Rank 6. Proof
Cocktail Bar
Proof is a serious cocktail bar that somehow never takes itself too seriously, and that balance is the whole thing. The backbar is floor-to-ceiling and comes with a library ladder, which tells you everything. The menu is organized by spirit and goes deep, so let the staff steer you if it gets overwhelming. The crowd runs from whisky nerds squinting at rare bottles to people who just want a well-made gin drink on a Tuesday.
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